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Girish Karnad

Girish Karnad at Cornell University, 2009
Girish Karnad at Cornell University, 2009

Born Girish Raghunath Karnad
(1938-05-19) 19 May 1938 (age 80)
Matheran, Bombay Presidency, British India
(now in Maharashtra, India)
Occupation Playwright, film director, film actor
Nationality Indian
Alma mater
Karnatak University, University of Oxford
Genre Fiction
Literary movement Navya
Notable works
Tughalak 1964
Taledanda

Girish Raghunath Karnad (born 19 May 1938) is an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer,[1] playwright and a Rhodes Scholar, who predominantly works in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s, marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi.[2] He is a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India.[3]


For four decades Karnad has composed plays, often using history and mythology to tackle contemporary issues. He has translated his plays into English and has received acclaim.[4] His plays have been translated into some Indian languages and directed by directors like Ebrahim Alkazi, B. V. Karanth, Alyque Padamsee, Prasanna, Arvind Gaur, Satyadev Dubey, Vijaya Mehta, Shyamanand Jalan, Amal Allana and Zafer Mohiuddin.[4] He is active in the world of Indian cinema working as an actor, director and screenwriter, in Hindi and Kannada cinema, and has earned awards. He was conferred Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan by the Government of India and won four Filmfare Awards, of which three are Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada and the fourth a Filmfare Best Screenplay Award.




Contents






  • 1 Early life and education


  • 2 Career


    • 2.1 Literature


    • 2.2 Movies


    • 2.3 Other notable works




  • 3 Awards and honours


    • 3.1 For literature


    • 3.2 For cinema


    • 3.3 Others




  • 4 Controversies


  • 5 Personal life


  • 6 Activism


  • 7 Bibliography


    • 7.1 Plays in Kannada


    • 7.2 Plays in English




  • 8 Filmography


    • 8.1 Movies


    • 8.2 TV series




  • 9 Movies directed


  • 10 Other works


  • 11 Works in translation


  • 12 Autobiography


  • 13 Notes


  • 14 References


  • 15 Further reading


  • 16 External links





Early life and education


Girish Raghunath Karnad was born in Matheran, in present-day Maharashtra, in 1938. His mother Krishnabai née Mankikar was a young widow with a son, and while training to be a nurse, met Dr. Raghunath Karnad who was a doctor in the Bombay Medical Service. For five years they could not get married because of the prevailing prejudice against widow remarriage. Finally their marriage was sanctified under the dispensation of the Arya Samaj. Girish was the third of the four children born thereafter.[5]


Girish Karnad's initial schooling was in Marathi. In Sirsi, Karnataka, he was exposed to travelling theatre groups, Natak Mandalis, as his parents were deeply interested in their plays.[6] As a youngster, Karnad was an ardent admirer of Yakshagana and the theater in his village.[7] His family moved to Dharwad in Karnataka when he was 14 years old, where he grew up with his two sisters and niece.[8]


He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and statistics from Karnatak Arts College, Dharwad (Karnataka University), in 1958. Upon graduation Karnad went to England and studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Magdalen in Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar (1960–63), earning his Master of Arts degree in philosophy, political science and economics.[4] Karnad was elected President of the Oxford Union in 1963.



Career


After working with the Oxford University Press, Chennai for seven years (1963–70), he resigned to take to writing full-time.[4] While in Madras (now known as Chennai) he got involved with local amateur theatre group, The Madras Players.[9]


During 1987–88, he was at the University of Chicago as visiting professor and Fulbright playwright-in-residence.[4] During his tenure at Chicago Nagamandala had its world premiere at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis based on Karnad's English translation of the Kannada original.[10] Most recently, he served as director of the Nehru Centre and as Minister of Culture, in the Indian High Commission, London (2000–2003).


He served as director of the Film and Television Institute of India (1974–1975) and chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, the National Academy of the Performing Arts (1988–93).



Literature




Girish Karnad in 2010


Karnad is known as a playwright. His plays, written in Kannada, have been translated into English and some Indian languages. Kannada is his language of choice.


When Karnad started writing plays, Kannada literature was highly influenced by the renaissance in Western literature. Writers would choose a subject that looked entirely alien to manifestation of native soil. C. Rajagopalachari's version of the Mahabharata published in 1951, left a deep impact on him[11] and soon, sometime in the mid-1950s, one day he experienced a rush of dialogues by characters from the Mahabharata in Kannada. "I could actually hear the dialogues being spoken into my ears ... I was just the scribe," said Karnad in a later interview. Yayati was published in 1961, when he was 23 years old. It is based on the story of King Yayati, one of the ancestors of the Pandavas, who was cursed into premature old age by his preceptor, Shukracharya, who was incensed at Yayati's infidelity. Yayati in turn asks his sons to sacrifice their youth for him, and one of them agrees. It ridicules the ironies of life through characters in Mahabharata. It became an instant success, immediately translated and staged in several other Indian languages.[10]


Karnad found a new approach of drawing historical and mythological sources to tackle contemporary themes and existentialist crisis of modern man through characters locked in psychological and philosophical conflicts. His next was Tughlaq (1964), about a rashly idealist 14th-century Sultan of Delhi, Muhammad bin Tughluq, and allegory on the Nehruvian era which started with ambitious idealism and ended up in disillusionment.[11] This established Karnad, now 26 years old, as a promising playwright in the country. It was staged by the National School of Drama Repertory under the direction of Ebrahim Alkazi, with the actor Manohar Singh, playing the visionary king who later becomes disillusioned and turns bitter, amidst the historic Purana Qila in Delhi. It was staged in London by the National School of Drama for the Festival of India in 1982.[4][10]


Hayavadana (1971) was based on a theme drawn from The Transposed Heads, a 1940 novella by Thomas Mann, which is originally found in the 11th-century Sanskrit text Kathasaritsagara. Herein he employed the folk theatre form of Yakshagana. A German version of the play was directed by Vijaya Mehta as part of the repertoire of the Deutsches National Theatre, Weimar.


Naga-Mandala (Play with Cobra, 1988) was based on a folk tale related to him by A. K. Ramanujam, brought him the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award for the Most Creative Work of 1989. It was directed by J. Garland Wright, as part of the celebrations of the 30th anniversary of Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis. The theatre subsequently commissioned him to write the play, Agni Mattu Male (The Fire and the Rain). Though before it came Taledanda (Death by Beheading, 1990) which used the backdrop, the rise of Veerashaivism, a radical protest and reform movement in 12th century Karnataka to bring out current issues.[4][12]



Movies


Karnad made his acting as well as screenwriting debut in a Kannada movie, Samskara (1970), based on a novel by U.R. Ananthamurthy and directed by Pattabhirama Reddy. That movie won the first President's Golden Lotus Award for Kannada cinema.


In television, he played the role of Swami's father in the TV series Malgudi Days (1986–1987), based on R. K. Narayan's books. He also hosted the science magazine Turning Point on Doordarshan, in the early 1990s.


He made his directorial debut with Vamsha Vriksha (1971), based on a Kannada novel by S. L. Bhyrappa. It won him National Film Award for Best Direction along with B. V. Karanth, who co-directed the film. Later, Karnad directed several movies in Kannada and Hindi, including Godhuli (1977) and Utsav (1984). Karnad has made number of documentaries, like one on the Kannada poet D. R. Bendre (1972), Kanaka-Purandara (English, 1988) on two medieval Bhakti poets of Karnataka, Kanaka Dasa and Purandara Dasa, and The Lamp in the Niche (English, 1989) on Sufism and the Bhakti movement. Many of his films and documentaries have won several national and international awards.


Some of his famous Kannada movies include Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane, Ondanondu Kaladalli, Cheluvi and Kaadu and most recent film Kanooru Heggaditi (1999), based on a novel by Kannada writer Kuvempu.


His Hindi movies include Nishaant (1975), Manthan (1976), Swami (1977) and Pukar (2000). He has acted in a number of Nagesh Kukunoor films, starting with Iqbal (2005), where Karnad's role of the ruthless cricket coach got him critical acclaim. This was followed by Dor (2006), 8 x 10 Tasveer (2009) and Aashayein (2010). He played a key role in movies "Ek Tha Tiger"(2012) and its sequel "Tiger Zinda Hai"(2017) produced by Yash Raj Films.


Karnad has acted in the Kannada gangster movie Aa Dinagalu.



Other notable works


He provided the voice of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India, in the audiobook of Kalam's autobiography by Charkha Audiobooks Wings of Fire.



Awards and honours



For literature




  • Sangeet Natak Akademi award and Varthur navya Award – 1972


  • Padma Shri – 1974[13]


  • Padma Bhushan – 1992[13]


  • Kannada Sahitya Parishat Award – 1992


  • Sahitya Academy award – 1994


  • Jnanpith Award – 1998


  • Kalidas Samman – 1998

  • Rajyotsava Award


University of Southern California, Los Angeles – 2011[14]



For cinema


National Film Awards


  • 1971: Best Direction: Vamsha Vriksha (with B. V. Karanth)

  • 1971: Best Feature Film in Kannada: Vamsha Vriksha

  • 1973: Second Best Feature Film: Kaadu

  • 1977: Best Feature Film in Kannada: Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane[15][16]

  • 1978: Best Screenplay: Bhumika (with Shyam Benegal and Satyadev Dubey)

  • 1978: Best Feature Film in Kannada: Ondanondu Kaladalli

  • 1989: Best Non-Feature Film: Kanaka Purandara

  • 1990: Best Non-feature Film on Social Issues: The Lamp in the Niche

  • 1992: Best Film on Environment Conservation: Cheluvi

  • 1999: Best Feature Film in Kannada: Kaanuru Heggadathi[17]

  • 2017:. Tata litreture live lifetime achievement award 2017:


Filmfare Awards South


  • 1972: Filmfare Award for Best Director - Kannada – Vamsha Vriksha

  • 1974: Filmfare Award for Best Director - Kannada – Kaadu

  • 1978: Filmfare Award for Best Director - Kannada – Ondanondu Kaladalli

  • 1983: Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Kannada - Ananda Bhairavi


Filmfare Awards


  • 1980: Filmfare Best Screenplay Award: Godhuli (with B. V. Karanth)

  • 1980: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award: Aasha: Nominated

  • 1982: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award: Teri Kasam : Nominated


Karnataka State Film Awards


  • 1971-72 First Best Film – Vamsha Vriksha

  • 1971-72 Best Dialogue Writer – Vamsha Vriksha

  • 1973-74 Second Best Film – Kaadu

  • 1989-90 Best Supporting Actor – Santha Shishunala Sharifa

  • 1995-96 Best Supporting Actor – Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai

  • 1999-00 Second Best Film – Kanooru Heggadithi



Others




  • Gubbi Veeranna Award for his services to theatre (as a playwright)

  • Karnad served as the director of the Film and Television Institute of India from 1974–1975, the Indian co-chairman for the Joint Media Committee of the Indo-US Sub-Commission on Education and Culture from 1984–1993, chairman of the Sangeet Natak Academy from 1988–1993, and president of Karnataka Nataka Academy from 1976–1978.

  • Honorary Doctorate from University of Southern California, Los Angeles – 2011[18]



Controversies


At the Tata Literary Festival held in Mumbai in 2012, Karnad was invited to speak about "his life in theater" in an hour-long session. Instead of talking about the subject, he took the opportunity to lash out at V. S. Naipaul for his "antipathy towards Indian Muslims". V. S. Naipaul had earlier been conferred the Lifetime achievement award by the festival's organisers. Karnad also criticized the organizers for having honored Naipaul.


The audience, which had gathered to hear Karnad speak, had mixed reactions to the speech. Some, like organizer Anil Dharker, tried ineffectually to steer the speech toward less controversial waters. Others were amused by the episode, and some commented on the research and logic that had gone into the speech (unfortunately overshadowed by its 'scandalous' nature).[19]


Just a few weeks after this, Karnad again created controversy by claiming that Rabindranath Tagore was a second-rate playwright and that his plays were "unbearable".[20][21]


In November 2015, during celebrations marking the anniversary of 18th-century Muslim ruler Tipu Sultan's birth, Karnad stated that Bangalore International Airport should have been named after Tipu Sultan instead of Kempe Gowda. This created a furore among right-wing groups. Karnad apologised the following day.[22][23]



Personal life


Karnad is married to Dr. Saraswathy Ganapathy and they have two children. He lives in Bangalore.[4] Girish Karnad, while working in Madras for Oxford University Press on his return from England, met his future wife Saraswathi Ganapathy at a party. They decided to marry but the marriage was only formalised ten years later, when Karnad was 42 years old. Saraswathi was born to a Parsi mother, Nargis Mugaseth, and a Kodava father, Kodandera Ganapathy.[24]



Activism


He is a proponent of multi-culturalism and freedom of expression, Girish Karnad has been a critic of religious fundamentalism and Hindutva in India. He publicly condemned the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992 and later spoke against the attempts to create controversy about the Idgah Maidan in Hubli.[4] He is a proponent of secularism and has opposed RSS, BJP and other Hindu organizations on several occasions. He opposed Narendra Modi for the Prime Minister's post in the 2014 parliament elections.



Bibliography



Plays in Kannada



  • "Maa Nishaadha" (One Act Play)

  • "Yayati" (1961)[25]

  • "Tughlaq" (1964) (translated in Hindustani by B. V. Karanth. Major Indian directors who have staged it: Ebrahim Alkazi, Prasanna, Arvind Gaur, Dinesh Thakur & Shyamanand Jalan (in Bengali).

  • "Hayavadana" (1972)

  • "Anjumallige" (1977) (translated in Bengali name "JAMINI", by Dr. Biswa Roy, Director Film and T.V media. Published by Papyrus, in the year January 2007. )

  • "Hittina Hunja" aka "Bali" (The Sacrifice) (1980)

  • "Nagamandala" (1988) (Play with Cobra)

  • "Taledanda" (1990) (Death by Beheading), in Hindi it is known as Rakt-Kalyan translated by Ram Gopal Bajaj, first directed by Ebrahim Alkazi for NSD rep., then by Arvind Gaur (1995–2008, still running) for Asmita Theater Group, New Delhi.[26]

  • "Agni mattu Male" (1995) (Agni Aur Varsha, The Fire and the Rain), first directed by Prasanna for NSD Rep.

  • "Tipu Sultan Kanda Kanasu" (The Dreams of Tipu Sultan)

  • "Odakalu Bimba" (2006) (Hindi, Bikre Bimb; English, A heap of Broken Images)

  • "Maduve Album" (2006)

  • "Flowers" (2012)

  • "Benda Kaalu on Toast" (2012)



Plays in English




  • Collected Plays, Vol.1, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2005 (Tughlaq, Hayavadana, Bali: The Sacrifice, and Naga Mandala)


  • Collected Plays, Vol.2, Oxford University Press, 2005 (Tale-Danda, The Fire and the Rain, The Dreams of Tippu Sultan, Two Monologues: Flowers and Broken Images)


  • Yayati, Oxford University Press, 2008.


  • Wedding Album, Oxford University Press, 2009.


  • Boiled Beans on Toast, Oxford University Press, 2014.



Filmography



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Year
Title
Role
Language
Notes
2017

Tiger Zinda Hai
Dr. Shenoy (RAW Chief)
Hindi

2016

Chalk n Duster
Manohar Sawant
Hindi
2016

Shivaay
Anushka's father
Hindi
2016

24
Sathya's grandfather
Tamil

2015
Chandrika

Kannada
2015

Dheera Rana Vikrama
K. V. Anand Rao (Home Minister Of Karnataka)


2015

Rudra Tandava

Chiranjeevi Sarja's Father


2014
Savari 2
Vishwanath


2014

Samrat & Co.



2013

Sweety Nanna Jodi


2012

Yaare Koogadali



2012

Mugamoodi

Tamil

2012

Ek Tha Tiger
Dr. Shenoy (RAW Chief)


2011

Kempe Gowda
Mahadev Gowda (Kavya's Father)


2011

Narthagi

Tamil

2010

Komaram Puli
Narasimha Rao (Prime minister)
Telugu

2009

Life Goes On
Sanjay


2009

Aashayein
Parthasarthi


2009

8 x 10 Tasveer
Anil Sharma


2008
Sangaathi

Kannada

2008
Chilipili Hakkigalu
School Master
Kannada

2007

Lava Kusha
Protagonists' father
Kannada

2007

Aa Dinagalu
Girish Nayak
Kannada
Screenplay Writer also
2006

Tananam Tananam
Shastry
Kannada

2006

Dor
Randhir Singh


2005

Iqbal
Guruji


2004

Shankar Dada MBBS
Satya Prasad
Telugu

2004

Chellamae
Rajasekhar
Tamil

2001
Vande Matharam

Vijayashanti's Father
Kannada

2000

Hey Ram
Uppilli Iyengar
Tamil

2000

Pukar
Mr. Rajvansh


1999

Prathyartha
Sheshanag Dixit (Home Minister of India)


1999
Janumadatha
Dr. Akbar Ali
Kannada

1999

AK-47
Jagannath Rao (Shiva Rajkumar's Father)


1999

Kanooru Heggadithi

Kannada
Director also
1998

Aakrosh: Cyclone of Anger
Rajwansh Shashtri


1998
April Fool

Kannada

1998

China Gate
Forest Officer Sunder Rajan


1997

Minsaara Kanavu
Amal Raj
Tamil

1997

Ratchagan
Sriram
Tamil

1996

The Prince
Vishwanath
Malayalam

1996

Aatank
Inspector Khan


1996

Dharma Chakram

Telugu

1995

Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai
Hanagal Kumaraswamiji


1994

Aagatha
Psychiatrist
Kannada

1994

Kadhalan
Kakarla Satyanarayana Murti
Tamil

1994
Poorna Sathya

Kannada

1993
Praana Daata



1992
Cheluvi
Village Headman


1991

Gunaa



1991

Antarnaad



1991
Brahma



1991

Chaitanya



1991

Mysore Mallige

Sudharani's Father
Kannada

1990
Nehru: The Jewel of India



1990

Santha Shishunala Sharifa
Govindabhatta
Kannada

1989

Mil Gayee Manzil Mujhe



1989

Prathama Ushakirana
Doctor
Kannada

1988

Akarshan



1988
Kaadina Benki

Kannada

1987

Sutradhar
Zamindar


1986

Naan Adimai Illai
Rajasekhar

Tamil

1986

Neela Kurinji Poothappol
Appu Menon
Malayalam

1985
Sur Sangam
Pandit Shivshankar Shastri


1985

Meri Jung
Deepak Verma


1985

Zamana
Satish Kumar


1986
Nenapina Doni

Kannada

1985

Nee Thanda Kanike

Dr. Vishnuvardhan's Father


1984
Divorce



1984

Tarang
Dinesh


1983

Anveshane
Rotti


1983

Ek Baar Chale Aao
Din Dayal


1983

Ananda Bhairavi
Narayana Sarma

Bilingual Film
1982

Teri Kasam
Rakesh


1982

Aparoopa



1982

Umbartha
Advocate Subhash Mahajan
Marathi

1981
Shama
Nawab Yusuf Khan


1980

Apne Paraye
Harish
Hindi

1980

Man Pasand
Kashinath


1980

Aasha
Deepak


1980

Beqasoor
Dr. Anand Bhatnagar


1979

Ratnadeep

Hindi

1979

Sampark
Heera
Hindi

1978

Sandharbha
Psychiatrist
Kannada
Special Appearance in climax
1977

Jeevan Mukt
Amarjeet
Hindi

1977

Swami
Ghanshyam
Hindi

1976

Manthan
Dr.Rao
Hindi

1975

Nishaant
Schoolmaster
Hindi

1974

Jadu Ka Shankh

Hindi

1971

Vamsha Vriksha
Raju (lecturer)


1970

Samskara
Praneshacharya




TV series


1. Malgudi Days (1987) as Swami's Father

2. Indradhanush (1989) as Appu and Bala's Father



Movies directed





  • Vamsha Vriksha (1971, Kannada)


  • D.R. Bendre (1972, documentary)


  • Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane in (1977, Kannada)


  • Godhuli (1977, Hindi)


  • Ondanondu Kaladalli (1978, Kannada)


  • Kanooru Heggadithi (Kannada)


  • Kaadu (1973, Kannada)


  • Durga in Mahendar


  • Utsav (Hindi)


  • Woh Ghar (1984, Hindi), based on Kirtinath Kurtakoti's Kannada play Aa Mani


  • The Lamp in the Niche (1990) (documentary)


  • Cheluvi (1992, Kannada and Hindi (dubbed))


  • Chidambara Rahasya (2005, Kannada) (tv film for DD1)




Other works


  • Evam Indrajit (English) by Badal Sircar. Tr. by Girish Karnad. 1974.


Works in translation




  • Yayati. Oxford University Press.


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  • Tughlaq: A play in 13 scenes, Oxford Univ. Press, 1972


  • Hayavadana, Oxford University Press, 1975.


  • Tughlaq (Marathi), Tras. Vijay Tendulkar. Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd.
    ISBN 81-7185-370-6.


  • Three Plays: Naga-Mandala; Hayavadana; Tughlaq. Oxford University Press, 1996.
    ISBN 0-19-563765-8.

  • Tughlaq (Hindi). Tr. by B. V. Karanth. Rajkamal Prakashan Pvt Ltd, 2005.
    ISBN 81-7119-790-6.


  • Collected plays Vol 1: Tuglaq, Hayavadana, Bali: The Sacrifice, Naga-Mandala. Oxford University Press. 2005.
    ISBN 0-19-567310-7.


  • Collected Plays: Taledanda, the Fire and the Rain, the Dreams of Tipu Sultan, Flowers and Images: Two Dramatic Monologues: Flowers : Broken Images, Vol. 2. Oxford University Press, USA. 2005.
    ISBN 0-19-567311-5.


  • Three plays by Girish Karnad. Oxford University Press.
    ISBN 0-19-563765-8.



Autobiography



  • Aadaadtha Aayushya. Manohara Grantha Mala, 2011


Notes





  1. ^ "Sahitya Akademi : Who's Who of Indian Writers". Sahitya Akademi. Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 27 October 2015.


  2. ^ "Drama between the lines". Financial Express. 28 January 2007.


  3. ^ "Jnanpith for Dr Girish Karnad". Rediff.com. 21 January 1999. Retrieved 2 May 2014.


  4. ^ abcdefghi AWARDS: The multi-faceted playwright Frontline, Vol. 16, No. 3, 30 Jan.–12 Feb 1999.


  5. ^ http://www.caravanmagazine.in/essay/beginnings


  6. ^ Kumar, p.115


  7. ^ "Conversation with Girish Karnad". Bhargavi Rao on Muse India. Muse India. Archived from the original on 16 March 2007. Retrieved 11 July 2007.


  8. ^ "Conversation: 'I wish I were a magician'". Livemint. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-12.


  9. ^ Sachindananda, p. 57


  10. ^ abc "PROFILE: GIRISH KARNAD: Renaissance Man". India Today. 12 April 1999.


  11. ^ ab Sachindananda, p. 58


  12. ^ Don Rubin (1998). The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Asia. Taylor & Francis. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-415-05933-6.


  13. ^ ab "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2015.


  14. ^ "USC News". Mobile.usc.edu. 14 April 2011. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.


  15. ^ "25th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Retrieved 4 October 2011.


  16. ^ "25th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 4 October 2011.


  17. ^ Biography and plays of Girish Karnad


  18. ^ http://www.sify.com/movies/honorary-doctorate-for-karnad-news-kannada-lcvpKQchdih.html


  19. ^ Girish Karnad slams V S Naipaul for his anti-Islam views, questions his Mumbai fest award, Indian Express, 3 November 2012.


  20. ^ [1]Deccan Chronicle.


  21. ^ "Rabindranath Tagore a 'second-rate playwright', Girish Karnad says". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 November 2012.


  22. ^ "Karnataka Simmers Over Tipu Sultan Row, Girish Karnad Offers Apology". NDTV. 12 November 2015.


  23. ^ "Girish Karnad offers apology over remarks on Kempegowda". The Hindu. 12 November 2015.


  24. ^ http://www.ourkarnataka.com/Articles/starofmysore/gkarnad.htm


  25. ^ Kumar, p. 114


  26. ^ Drama critics. "Girish Karnad's Rakt Kalyan (Tale-Danda)". Retrieved 25 December 2008.




References




  • Nand Kumar (2003). "Myths in the Plays of Girish Karnad". Indian English Drama. Sarup & Sons. ISBN 978-81-7625-353-6.


  • Sachindananda (2006). "Girish Karnad". Authors speak. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-260-1945-8.


  • Dr. Prafull D. Kulkarni (2010). The Dramatic World of Girish Karnad. Creative Books Nanded. ISBN 978-81-906717-5-0.


  • Dr. Prafull D. Kulkarni (2010). The Enchanting World of Indian English Drama A Socio-Cultural Review. Lulu, USA. ISBN 978-0-557-74285-1.



Further reading



  • Jaydipsinh Dodiya, ed.,The Plays of Girish Karnad: Critical Perspectives Prestige Books, New Delhi, 1999.

  • Pradeep Trikha, Multiple Celebrations, Celebrating Multiplicity in Girish Karnad – A Monograph

  • Chhote Lal Khatri, Girish Karnad: Naga-mandala : a critique. Prakash Book Depot, 2006.
    ISBN 81-7977-165-2.

  • Dr. Prafull D. Kulkarni, The Dramatic World of Girish Karnad. Creative Books Nanded, 2010.
    ISBN 978-81-906717-5-0.

  • P Dhanavel, The Indian Imagination of Girish Karnad, Prestige Books, New Delhi, 2000.

  • G Baskaran, ed., Girish Karnad and Mahesh Dattani: Methods and Motives, Yking Books, Jaipur, 2012.

  • Vanashree Tripathi, Three Plays of Girish Karnad: Hayavadana, Tale-Danda, The Fire and the Rain, Prestige Books, New Delhi, 2004.


  • Neeru Tandon (2006). "Myth and Folklore in Girish Karnad's Fire and the Rain". Perspectives and challenges in Indian-English drama. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. ISBN 978-81-269-0655-0.

  • Julia Leslie, "Nailed to the Past: Girish Karnad's Plays" Journal of South Asian Literature, 1999, 31–2 (for 1996–7), pp. 50–84. JSTOR

  • Julia Leslie, "Understanding Basava: History, Hagiography and a Modern Kannada Drama" Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1998, 61, pp. 228–61. DOI

  • Zinia Mitra " A Tale of Subversion with a Conundrum of Mask: A Reading into Girish Karnard's Naga Mandala" in Indian Drama in English ed.K.Chakraborty, Delhi, PHI,2011,
    ISBN 978-81-203-4289-7, INR:295.00 395 pp.



External links











  • Profile of Girish Karnad


  • Girish Karnad on IMDb

  • Profile of Girish Karnad on Virtual Bangalore

















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