Girish Karnad
Acting
Biography
Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright 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.He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India.
Born: May 19, 1938
Place of Birth: Maharashtra, India
Known For
Mil Gayee Manzil Mujhe
Vijay falls in love with a woman, who rejects him for a wealthy man, which drives him to work for a gangster in order to get rich but soon lands him in trouble.
Malgudi Days
Malgudi Days is an Indian television series based on the works of R.K. Narayan. The series was directed by Kannada actor and director, Shankar Nag and Carnatic musician L. Vaidyanathan composed the score. R. K Narayan's brother and acclaimed cartoonist R. K. Laxman was the sketch artist. The series was made in 1986 by film producer T. S. Narasimhan with Anant Nag as the lead actor. Thirty-nine episodes of Malgudi Days were telecast on Doordarshan over three seasons, starting in 1986. The first season was simultaneously made in English and in Hindi. Subsequent seasons were made in Hindi, and have been dubbed into other languages. It was re-telecast on Doordarshan and later on Sony Entertainment Television, and Maa Television in Telugu. This television series was shot entirely near Agumbe in Shimoga District, Karnataka. In 2004, the project was revived with film-maker Kavitha Lankesh replacing Shankar Nag as director. The new series of fifteen episodes was telecast from April 26, 2006 on Doordarshan.
Meri Jung
When evil lawyer Thakral prosecutes innocent family man Deepak and sends him to his death, his family is shattered--and when his son Arun grows up, he's determined to avenge his parents' suffering.
Dor
Shankar Singh and his wife, Meera, live in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India along with widowed paternal grandmother, Laxmibai, his mom, Gowri, and dad, Randhir. The family feel that they are blessed after Meera's entry in this family. Shankar must go and abroad in Saudi Arabia and bids farewell to Meera, promising to keep in touch, which he does, and also sends them a large portion of his earnings, which is used to pay off the family's debts. Then when no word is received from him, a worried Meera phones, and is devastated to learn that Shankar has been killed by being thrown off a 10th floor balcony. Her status quickly changes, her jewelery, ornaments, fancy clothes are taken off, and she is told to remain indoors. wear dark clothes, and is only allowed to pray at a Mandir.
Ratchagan
A girl falls for a violent man, who keeps taking law in his hands and beats people up. She wants to marry to him and eventually even he says yes, but her father has a condition that he should control his anger and work with him in his factory.
Peepli Live
Natha decides to commit suicide to get the farmers' compensation. However, the media and politicians learn about his intentions and descend on their village to capture the rare event.
24
Scientist turned Entrepreneur Dr. Sethuraman tries to safeguard his newly invented time travel device from falling into the hands of his Evil Twin Brother Aathreya.
Chalk N Duster
Chalk n Duster is an emotional journey of two teachers Vidya ( Shabana Azmi) & Jyoti ( Juhi Chawla) , serving at a Mumbai - based High School. Their passion and love for teaching, bonds them in a special relationship with their students. Their gratification is good grades, moral values they strive to impart to students
Nishant
A man whose wife is abducted seeks to have the culprits prosecuted for their crime, but no one will help him. Meanwhile, the wife—abused and berated by her abductors—cannot bring herself to face her husband.
Gunaa
Gunaa, a mentally-disturbed man, imagines a fictitious character of a woman to be his future wife. One day, he sees a girl in a temple and assumes that she is his imaginary love and kidnaps her.
Filmography
as Shenoy
as Sathya's grandfather
as K. V. Anand Rao
as Mahendra Pratap Singh
as Anand's Grand father
as Shenoy
as Mahadev (Kavya's father)
as Prime Minister
as G. Parthasarthi
as Avinash Nimade
as Anil Sharma
as Girish Naik
as Shastry
as Randhir Singh
as Guruji
as Satya Prasad
as Rajasekhar
as Uppilli Iyengar
as Mr. Rajvansh
as Home Minister of India
as Forest Officer Sunder Rajan
as Rudran
as Sriram
as Amalraj
as Vishwanath
as Inspector Khan
as Mahendra
as Hangal Kumaraswamiji
as Kakarla Sathyanarayana Moorthy
as Village Headman
as Doctor Ganesh
as Psychiatrist
as Govindabhatta
as Zamindar
as Appu Menon
as Satish Kumar
as Deepak Verma
as Dinesh
as Jayant Oswal
as Bhagavathula Venkata Rama Sarma
as Subhash Mahajan
as Mr. Kanna
as Harish
as Kashinath
as Mala's Friend
as Madan (Railway official)
as Ghanshyam
as Dr. Manohar Rao
as Schoolmaster
as Praneshacharya