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Girish Karnad

1938 - 2019

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Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian playwright, actor, film director, Kannada writer, 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, just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi. He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India. For four decades Karnad composed plays, often using history and mythology to tackle contemporary issues. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Girish Karnad is the 2,656th most popular actor (down from 1,969th in 2019), the 426th most popular biography from India (down from 325th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Indian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Girish Karnad ranks 2,656 out of 13,578. Before him are Nicola Di Bari, William Forsythe, Franka Potente, Grey DeLisle, Pamela Bach, and Mary Ure. After him are Gordon Jackson, Nieves Navarro, Gale Sondergaard, Jill St. John, Bill Irwin, and E. G. Daily.

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Among people born in 1938, Girish Karnad ranks 249. Before him are Fred Anton Maier, Andrei Amalrik, Larry Niven, Myechyslaw Hryb, Corine Rottschäfer, and Theodor Kallifatides. After him are Nieves Navarro, Michael Löwy, Emile Griffith, Perry Anderson, Alan Dershowitz, and Marinella. Among people deceased in 2019, Girish Karnad ranks 206. Before him are Lê Đức Anh, Seymour Cassel, Gyoji Matsumoto, Michel Aumont, Paul Volcker, and José José. After him are Egil Danielsen, Syd Mead, Ilaria Occhini, Ric Ocasek, Guillaume Faye, and Alasdair Gray.

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In India

Among people born in India, Girish Karnad ranks 426 out of 1,861. Before him are D. R. Bendre (1896), Margaret Abbott (1878), Viswanathan Anand (1969), Man Singh I (1550), Zail Singh (1916), and Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (1919). After him are Abanindranath Tagore (1871), Shah Alam II (1728), Anish Kapoor (1954), The Great Khali (1972), Fatima Sheikh (1831), and Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Girish Karnad ranks 47. Before him are Prakash Raj (1965), Nagarjuna (1959), Merle Oberon (1911), Rishi Kapoor (1952), Suriya (1975), and Jaya Prada (1962). After him are Sridevi (1963), Irrfan Khan (1967), Anil Kapoor (1956), Bhupen Hazarika (1926), Madhubala (1933), and Tina Ambani (1957).

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