Girish Karnad

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Girish karnad was born in 19 may 1938 and died, in 10 june 2019.girish karnad was an Indian actor, film director, kannada writer, playwright and A rhodes Scholar, who predominantly worked in south indian cinema and bollywood, his rise as a playwright in the 1960s.

India's obsession with cinema means karnad was best known for his acting roles, but it is for his plays, in which he often used myths, folklore and historical events to examine the cultural, economic and social changes in post -independence india, that he will be remembered. Strongly influenced by the philosopher krishnamurti, who questioned traditional Indian devotion to caste, religion and duty, karnad worked from the position that the individual was the marker of his own existence rather than subject to hindu notions of fate and karma. 

Written in the south indian language of kannada, many of his plays were translated into English by Oxford university press as well as into several other indian languages.

The First three were an immediate success. Yayati((1961), written while karnad was a student at Oxford, deal with the expectations of the indian family against personal freedom. Tughlaq (1964) captured the disappointment of early independent India;and Hayavadanna. Looked at issues around personal identity and female emancipation. 

Many of the films he made in a 35-year career as a director won national  awards. Among then are kaadu(1973), Tabbaliya neende magance, about an American woman newly married to an Indian, vishv(1984), in which a courtesan relationship with a poor brahmin man causes choos, and kanooni heggudithi(1999) on the limited position of women in rural .

His final work, RAKSHASA -TANHAI was published last year, and he is due to appear in four films this year. He was awarded the padma shri, one of India's top civilian honours, in 1974,and the padma bhushan in 1998 he was the recipient

 Of the jananspith award, India's highest literary prize. 

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