Girish Karnad
Acting Born May 19, 1938 Maharashtra, India 24 credits
Biography
Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi films. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada.He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India.
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Full filmography
- Malgudi Days (1987)
- Ek Tha Tiger (2012) as Shenoy
- Tiger Zinda Hai (2017) as Shenoy
- Manthan (1976) as Dr. Manohar Rao
- Meri Jung (1985) as Deepak Verma
- Pukar (2000) as Mr. Rajvansh
- Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. (2004) as Satya Prasad
- Kaanooru Heggadithi (1999) as Chandre Gowda
- Aatank (1996) as Inspector Khan
- 24 (2016) as Sathya's grandfather
- Hey Ram (2000) as Uppilli Iyengar
- China Gate (1998) as Forest Officer Sunder Rajan
- Peepli Live (2010) as Avinash Nimade
- Kaadhalan (1994) as Kakarla Sathyanarayana Moorthy
- A.K.47 (1999) as Jagannath Rao
- The Prince (1996) as Vishwanath
- Gunaa (1991) as Doctor Ganesh
- Kadhal Mannan (1998) as Rudran
- Prathyartha (1999) as Home Minister of India
- Zamana (1985) as Satish Kumar
- Minsara Kanavu (1997) as Amalraj
- Komaram Puli (2010) as Prime Minister
- Ratchagan (1997) as Sriram
- Mugamoodi (2012) as Anand's Grand father