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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...
B.V. Karanth: A genius of theatre
Karanth is regarded as a genius of theatre by the legion of friends, co-workers and students he leaves behind in the theatre world, including in remote towns and villages of the country where he took theatre. As much loved for his qualities of heart (his friends recall the "naivete" and "vulnerability" of his personality) as his mastery over the stage, Karanth leaves a formidable legacy not just for Kannada theatre on which of course he has left an imprint but for Indian theatre in general. "He was one of the first major all-India theatre personalities," said Prasanna, playwright and | Click Here...