Acting
Community Rating
5.9
TMDB estimate
Born
May 19, 1938
Died
June 10, 2019 (age 81)
Born in
Maharashtra, India
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.
The Master: Shyam Benegal
as Himself
2022
—Revisiting Samskara
2018
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Tiger Zinda Hai
as Shenoy
2017
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24
as Sathya's grandfather
2016
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Chalk N Duster
2016
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Rana Vikrama
as K. V. Anand Rao
2015
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Gurudakshina
2015
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Rudra Tandava
2015
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Samrat & Co.
as Mahendra Pratap Singh
2014
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Chandra
2014
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Yaare Koogadali
2012
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Mugamoodi
as Anand's Grand father
2012
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Ek Tha Tiger
as Shenoy
2012
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Kempe Gowda
as Mahadev (Kavya's father)
2011
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Komaram Puli
as Prime Minister
2010
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Aashayein
as G. Parthasarthi
2010
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Peepli Live
as Avinash Nimade
2010
—Life Goes On
as Alok
2009
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8 x 10 Tasveer
as Anil Sharma
2009
—Dhanam
as Ananth's father
2008
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