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Girish Karnad, (born May 19, 1938, Bombay Presidency now in Maharashtra, India), Indian playwright, author, actor, and director whose films and plays, written largely in, explore the present by way of the past. After graduating from Karnataka University in 1958, Karnad studied philosophy, politics, and economics as a at the (1960–63). He wrote his first, the critically acclaimed Yayati (1961), while still at Oxford.

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Centred on the story of a mythological king, the play established Karnad’s use of the themes of history and mythology that would inform his work over the following decades. Karnad’s next play, Tughlaq (1964), tells the story of the 14th-century sultan and remains among the best known of his works. Samskara (1970) marked Karnad’s entry into filmmaking. He wrote the and played the lead role in the film, an of an anti novel of the same name by U.R. Karnad followed with Vamsha Vriksha (1971), codirected by B.V.

During this period Karnad continued to produce work as a playwright, including Hayavadana (1971), widely recognized as among the most important plays of postindependence. For his contributions to, he was awarded the Padma Shri, one of India’s top civilian honours, in 1974. Karnad’s other well-known films in Kannada include Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane (1977) and Ondanondu Kaaladalli (1978). He also worked in, the critically acclaimed Utsav (1984), an adaptation of Shūdraka’s 4th-century play Mrichchakatika. With the play Nagamandala (1988), Karnad framed an unhappy contemporary marriage in imagery drawn from Kannada folk tales. In 1992 the Indian government awarded Karnad another of its highest honours, the Padma Bhushan, in recognition of his contributions to the arts. He was the recipient of the, India’s highest literary prize, in 1999 for his contributions to and theatre.

He continued to work in film, directing such movies as Kanooru Heggadithi (1999) and in Iqbal (2005) and Life Goes On (2009), among others.