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Best plays of Girish Karnad

Girish Karnad, Indian actor and director and also a Kannada writer, primarily worked in South Indian cinemas and Bollywood. He has changed the face of playwriting in Kannada, marking the age of modern India just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi. He was also awarded the highest literary award in 1998, Jnanpith. His plays were mostly composed consisting of history and mythology to solve contemporary issues. He was not only awarded the greatest Indian awards like Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan but also won 4 Filmfare a | Click Here...