Girish Raghunath Karnad
- Actor, Playwright, Film Director, Screenwriter, Professor
in feet inches- 5 9
in Kilograms- 80 kg
Dark Brown
Black White
Play Screenwriting:
- 'Maa Nishaadha' (1960)
Kannada Film & Screenwriting:
- 'Samskara' (1970)
Direction:
- 'Vamsha Vriksha' (1971)
TV:
- 'Malgudi Days' (1987)
- Sangeet Natak Akademi award and Varthur navya Award- 1972
- Padma Shri- 1974
- Padma Bhushan- 1992
- Kannada Sahitya Parishat Award- 1992
- Sahitya Academy Award- 1994
- Jnanpith Award- 1998
- Kalidas Samman- 1998
- University of Southern California, Los Angeles- 2011
- Best Direction: Vamsha Vriksha (with B. V. Karanth)- 1971
- Best Feature Film in Kannada: Vamsha Vriksha- 1971
- Best Feature Film in Kannada: Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane- 1977
- Best Screenplay: Bhumika (with Shyam Benegal and Satyadev Dubey)- 1978
- Best Feature Film in Kannada: Ondanondu Kaladalli- 1978
- Best Non-Feature Film: Kanaka Purandara- 1989
- Best Non-feature Film on Social Issues: The Lamp in the Niche- 1990
- Best Film on Environment Conservation: Cheluvi- 1992
- Best Feature Film in Kannada: Kaanuru Heggadathi- 1999
- Best Director for the Kannada film: Vamsha Vriksha- 1972
- Best Director for the Kannada film: Kaadu- 1974
- Best Director for the Kannada film: Ondanondu Kaladalli- 1978
- Best Actor for the Kannada film: Ananda Bhairavi- 1983
- Best Screenplay Award: Godhuli (with B. V. Karanth)- 1980
- Honorary Doctorate from University of Southern California, Los Angeles- 2011
Hinduism
- Bangalore, India
Reading, Writing, Listening to soft music, Yoga
Thursday, 19 May 1938
84
Bombay Presidency, British India
Taurus
Indian
Bengaluru, India
- Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy)
- Not Known
- Karnatak Arts College, Dharwad, Karnataka University
- Magdalen College, University of Oxford, England
Married
- N/A
Son
- - Raghu Karnad
Daughter
- - Not Known
- Dr. Saraswathy Ganapathy
Father
- - Late Rao Saheb Dr Karnad
Mother
- - Late Krishna Bai Mankeekara
Brother
- -None
Sisters
- - 2
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Grey, Black, Brown, Blue
Cricket
'Why Survive? Being Old in America' (Robert Neil Butler)
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