Acting

Girish Karnad

1938–2019 · Acting

59.9avg grm

25titles

#2,562best rank

7honors

best title · #2,562 on siteIqbal2005 · as Guruji65.8

Honors

7

1987Fulbright Scholarship

1998Jnanpith Award

1992Padma Bhushan

1960Rhodes Scholarship

1994Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada

Bio

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

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2010s3 titles

242016 · as Sathya's Grandfather63.4 K

Kempe Gowda2011 · as Mahadev (Kavya's father)57.3 A

Aashayein2010 · as G. Parthasarthi56.4

2000s5 titles

Aa Dinagalu2007 · as Girish Naayak (Chethan's father)60.0 D

Dor2006 · as Randhir Singh62.3 I

Iqbal2005 · as Guruji65.8 S

Shankar Dada MBBS2004 · as Satya Prasad59.0 H

Hey Ram2000 · as Uppilli Iyengar64.3

1990s8 titles

AK 471999 · as Jagannath Rao58.9 A

AK 471999 · as Ram's Father58.9 P

Prathyartha1999 · as Home Minister of India58.8 K

Kadhal Mannan199856.1 K

Kaadhalan1994 · as Kakarla Sathyanarayana55.5 F

The Flowering Tree1992 · as Village Headman59.1 G

Guna1991 · as Dr. Ganesh64.0 A

Antarnaad199158.8

1980s5 titles

Malgudi Days1986 · as Watchman · series64.3 M

Malgudi Days1986 · as Father · series64.3 M

Meri Jung1985 · as Deepak Verma56.6 U

Umbartha1982 · as Advocate Subhash Mahajan58.6 A

Apne Paraye1980 · as Harish58.5

1970s4 titles

Ondanondu Kaladalli1978 · as Director59.3 M

Manthan1976 · as Dr. Manohar Rao58.8 N

Nishant1975 · as Schoolmaster58.8 S

Samskara1970 · as Praneshacharya58.5

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Girish Karnad

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born1938

died2019

known forActing

titles on site25

best title rank#2,562 · Iqbal (2005)

avg GRM59.9

honors7 · Fulbright Scholarship, 1987

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

ranked on this site

2010s

3 titles

63.4242016 · as Sathya's Grandfather K

57.3Kempe Gowda2011 · as Mahadev (Kavya's father)A

56.4Aashayein2010 · as G. Parthasarthi

2000s

5 titles

60.0Aa Dinagalu2007 · as Girish Naayak (Chethan's father)D

62.3Dor2006 · as Randhir Singh I

65.8Iqbal2005 · as Guruji S

59.0Shankar Dada MBBS2004 · as Satya Prasad H

64.3Hey Ram2000 · as Uppilli Iyengar

1990s

8 titles

58.9AK 471999 · as Jagannath Rao A

58.9AK 471999 · as Ram's Father P

58.8Prathyartha1999 · as Home Minister of India K

56.1Kadhal Mannan1998 K

55.5Kaadhalan1994 · as Kakarla Sathyanarayana F

59.1The Flowering Tree1992 · as Village Headman G

64.0Guna1991 · as Dr. Ganesh A

58.8Antarnaad1991

1980s

5 titles

64.3Malgudi Days1986 · as Watchman · series M

64.3Malgudi Days1986 · as Father · series M

56.6Meri Jung1985 · as Deepak Verma U

58.6Umbartha1982 · as Advocate Subhash Mahajan A

58.5Apne Paraye1980 · as Harish

1970s

4 titles

59.3Ondanondu Kaladalli1978 · as Director M

58.8Manthan1976 · as Dr. Manohar Rao N

58.8Nishant1975 · as Schoolmaster S

58.5Samskara1970 · as Praneshacharya

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