Girish Karnad

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Indian playwright actor film director person screenwriter

Girish Karnad was a prominent Indian playwright, actor, and director known for his pioneering contributions to modern Indian theatre and cinema, particularly in Kannada.

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Label Occurrences
Girish Karnad canonical 10
Girish Raghunath Karnad 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian playwright ⓘ
actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
person ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
awardReceived Jnanpith Award ⓘ
National Film Award for Best Direction ⓘ
National Film Award for Best Feature Film ⓘ
Padma Bhushan ⓘ
Padma Shri ⓘ
Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award ⓘ
causeOfDeath multiple organ failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1938-05-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2019-06-10 ⓘ
educatedAt Karnatak University ⓘ
surface form: Karnatak University, Dharwad

University of Oxford ⓘ
fieldOfStudy economics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
politics ⓘ
fullName Girish Karnad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Girish Raghunath Karnad
genre modern Indian theatre ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Kannada ⓘ
movement modern Indian drama ⓘ
nativeLanguage Kannada ⓘ
notableWork Agni Mattu Male ⓘ
Anju Mallige ⓘ
Cheluvi ⓘ
Hayavadana ⓘ
Kaadu ⓘ
Malgudi Days ⓘ
Manthan ⓘ
Nagamandala ⓘ
Nagamandala ⓘ
surface form: Nagamandala: Play with Cobra

Nishant ⓘ
Ondanondu Kaladalli ⓘ
Swami ⓘ
The Fire and the Rain ⓘ
Muhammad bin Tughlaq ⓘ
surface form: Tughlaq

Yayati ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Matheran, Bombay Presidency, British India ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bengaluru ⓘ
surface form: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
positionHeld Chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi ⓘ
Director of the Film and Television Institute of India ⓘ
President of the Karnataka Nataka Akademi ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
residence Bengaluru ⓘ
surface form: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
scholarship Rhodes Scholars ⓘ
surface form: Rhodes Scholarship
spouse Saraswathy Ganapathy ⓘ

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Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada → notableRecipient → Girish Karnad ⓘ
Pampa Award → hasRecipient → Girish Karnad ⓘ
Manthan → stars → Girish Karnad ⓘ
Nishant → starring → Girish Karnad ⓘ
Nishant → hasCastMember → Girish Karnad ⓘ
Jnanpith Award → notableRecipient → Girish Karnad ⓘ
Marathi theatre → notablePlaywright → Girish Karnad ⓘ
Kadhalan → starring → Girish Karnad ⓘ
Girish Karnad → fullName → Girish Karnad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Girish Raghunath Karnad
Vamshavruksha → adaptationDirector → Girish Karnad ⓘ
Kannada literature → hasNotableAuthor → Girish Karnad ⓘ