ACTOR · FROM MAHARASHTRA, INDIA
Girish Karnad
1938–2019100 credits since 1970
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ABOUT GIRISH
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born19 May 1938
Died10 June 2019
BirthplaceMaharashtra, India
Known forActing
On Cineora23 of 94 titles
Known for
The titles people know Girish from.
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MovieCareer
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 23
- Average IMDb
- 7.0
- Highest rated
- Malgudi DaysIMDb 9.4
- Working since
- 1970
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2010s
17 titles · IMDb 6.1 on averageRevisiting Samskara
Not on CineoraMovieas Shenoy
Movieas Sathya's grandfather
as K. V. Anand Rao
as Mahendra Pratap Singh
The 2000s
13 titles · IMDb 7.1 on averageLife Goes On
Not on Cineoraas Alok
Movieas Anil Sharma
Dhanam
Not on Cineoraas Ananth's father
as Girish Naik
as Shastry
Movieas Randhir Singh
Movieas Guruji
The 1990s
24 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average
as Jagannath Rao
as Home Minister of India
Kaanooru Heggadithi
Not on Cineoraas Chandre Gowda
Movieas Forest Officer Sunder Rajan
as Rudran
as Sriram
Movieas Amalraj
The 1980s
22 titles · IMDb 8.3 on average
as Anand (Movie Director)
Seriesas W. T. Srinivasan (Swami’s Father) / The Watchman · 54 episodes
as Zamindar
as Appu Menon
The 1970s
7 titles · IMDb 7.6 on average
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Girish’s titles.
Naseeruddin ShahIqbal, Hey Ram and 5 more
A.R. RahmanComposer · 24, Pukar and 3 more
Kulbhushan KharbandaPukar, China Gate and 3 more
Amrish PuriMeri Jung, Manthan and 2 more
Anant NagMalgudi Days, Manthan and 2 more
Nagesh KukunoorDirector · Iqbal, 8x10 Tasveer and 2 more
NassarKomaram Puli, Mugamoodi and 1 more
Shyam BenegalDirector · Manthan, Nishant and 1 more
