Girish Karnad
Actor
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.
Filmography
Ek Tha Tiger
as Shenoy 2012
Tiger Zinda Hai
as Shenoy 2017
24
as Sathya's grandfather 2016
Iqbal
as Guruji 2005
Peepli Live
as Avinash Nimade 2010
Hey Ram
as Uppilli Iyengar 2000
Dor
as Randhir Singh 2006
8 x 10 Tasveer
as Anil Sharma 2009
Mugamoodi
as Anand's Grand father 2012
Gunaa
as Doctor Ganesh 1991
China Gate
as Forest Officer Sunder Rajan 1998
Kaadhalan
as Kakarla Sathyanarayana Moorthy 1994
Pukar
as Mr. Rajvansh 2000
Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.
as Satya Prasad 2004
Nishant
as Schoolmaster 1975
Minsara Kanavu
as Amalraj 1997
Chellamae
as Rajasekhar 2004