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Girish Karnad

Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Rhodes Scholar, who predominantly worked in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. Paywright, film-maker and activist Girish Karnad breathed his last at 6.30am on Monday at a Bangalore hospital. 
Karnad was born in Matheran in present-day Maharashtra. He earned his bachelor in arts degree in math and statistics from Karnataka Arts College in Dharwad. Later, he attended the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. Karnad was a vociferous proponent of the freedom of expression and multi-culturalism. He was opposed to Hindu fundamentalism. He had worn a placard that read “Me Too Urban Naxal” at an event to mark the first anniversary of journalist Gauri Lankesh’s death. Karnad’s plays dallied with history, folklore and mythology. The plays, mostly written in Kannada, were translated into English and several Indian languages, receiving critical acclaim. These works of Karnad help us gauge his contribution to Kannada culture and the greater Indian consciousness:
His famous plays

Yayati

The story of Karnad’s first play Yayati was taken from the Mahabharata and the Puranas. The play deals with sacrifice, responsibility and self-realization. 

The central character of the play, Yayati, was presented to reflect the modern alienated man with his insatiable desires. The story revolves around the exchange of youth between son and father.

The Dreams of Tipu Sultan

This play was written in 1997 as Tipu Sultan Kanda Kanasu. It has been performed across the world and the importance of the play has been acknowledged by numerous scholars. In the play, Karnad recounts the last days of Mysore’s king through the eyes of a British scholar and a court historian.

Tughlaq

This remains one of Karnad’s most popular works. Tughlaq in the play’s title refers to Mohammad bin Tughlaq, an eccentric yet well-intentioned ruler of Delhi. The play, written in 1964, is a critique of the Nehruvian era which began with certain ideals but ended in disillusionment.

He was great playwright and writer as well. He gives us most of popular works.


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