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Veteran Actor Girish Karnad Birth Anniversary: Facts, Awards & Honours

Girish Karnad was a well-known Kannada actor, writer, and playwright as well as a scholar, director, academician, and Jnanpith Awardee.
Girish Karnad was born in Matheran, Maharashtra, nine years before India's independence on May 19, 1938. He grew up in a Konkani-speaking family.
As a Rhodes Scholar, he completed his education at Oxford's Lincoln and Magdalen colleges. He had a Master of Arts in philosophy, political science, and economics.
Before travelling to England at the age of 22, Girish composed his first play, Yayati, which was a huge success.
He is a major contributor to the Sandalwood film industry.
With Pattabhirama Reddy's Samskara (1970), the great actor made his screenwriting and acting debut. It was awarded the President's Golden Lotus Award for Kannada Cinema.
He created the cult television series Malgudi Days and for the first eight episodes, he also played Swami's father.
He received the Jnanapith Award, India's highest literary honour, as well as the Padma Shri (1974) and Padma Bhushan awards (1992), among others.
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