Veteran director, playwright and actor Girish Karnad passed away at
the age of 81 on 10th June 2019. Karnad died due to a prolonged illness.
His
career:
Karnad made his acting and screenwriting debut
in a 1970 on a release called ‘Samskara’ which won the President’s Golden Lotus
Award.
He served as the Director of the Film and
Television Institute of India during 1974-1975. He was also the Chairman of the
Sangeet Natak Akademi, the National Academy of the Performing Arts from 1988 to
1993. In the early 1990s, he hosted the Turning Point, a science magazine,
on Doordarshan.
The Jnanpith awardee’s plays have been
translated into English and several Indian languages. His plays have been
directed by directors like Alyque Padamsee, Ebrahim Alkazi, Arvind Gaur, BV
Karanth, Zafer Mohiuddin, Satyadev Dubey, Shyamanand Jalan, Amal Allana, Vijaya
Mehta and Prasanna.
Awards:
Girish Karnad was conferred with Padma Shri
award in 1974 for contributions to theatre. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan
for literature.
