Girish Karnad, (born May 19, 1938, 

Matheran, Bombay Presidency [now in

Maharashtra], India—died June 10, 2019, Bengaluru, Karnataka), Indian playwright,
author, actor, and film director whose movies and plays, written largely in Kannada,
explore the present by way of the past.

After graduating from Karnataka University in 1958, Karnad studied philosophy,

politics, and economics as a Rhodes scholar at the University of Oxford (1960–63).
He wrote his first play, the critically acclaimed Yayati (1961), while still at Oxford.
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 Muḥ ammad ibn Tughluq and remains among the best known of his works.

Samskara (1970) marked Karnad’s entry into filmmaking. He wrote

the screenplay and played the lead role in the film, an adaptation of an
anticaste novel of the same name by U.R. Ananthamurthy. Karnad followed
with Vamsha Vriksha (1971), codirected by B.V. Karanth. During this
period Karnad continued to produce work as a playwright,
including Hayavadana (1971), widely recognized as among the most
important plays of postindependence India. For his contributions
to theatre, he was awarded the Padma Shri, one of India’s top civilian
honours, in 1974.

Karnad’s other well-known films in Kannada included Tabbaliyu Neenade

Magane (1977; Godhuli) and Ondanondu Kaaladalli (1978). He also worked
in Hindi, directing the critically acclaimed Utsav (1984), an adaptation of Shudraka’s
4th-century Sanskrit 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 Jnanpith Award, India’s highest literary prize, in 1999 for his contributions
to literature and theatre. He continued to work in film, directing such movies
as Kanooru Heggadithi (1999) and acting in Iqbal (2005), Life Goes On (2009),
and 24 (2016), among others.
Karnataka, formerly (until 1973) Mysore, state of India, located on the western
coast of the subcontinent. It is bounded by the states of Goa and Maharashtra to the
north, Telangana to the east, Tamil Nadu to the southeast, and Kerala to the south
and by the Arabian Sea to the west. The state extends for about 420 miles (675 km)
from north to south and for about 300 miles (480 km) from east to west. Its coastline
stretches for some 200 miles (320 km). The capital is Bengaluru (Bangalore), near
the southeastern border.

Before the independence of India in 1947, Mysore was a prosperous and progressive
but landlocked princely state, with an area of less than 30,000 square miles (78,000
square km), located on the Karnataka Plateau. The transfer of additional territories
to the state in 1953 and 1956 united the Kannada-speaking peoples, gave the state an
outlet to the sea, and greatly extended its boundaries. The state took its present
name, a Kannada word meaning “lofty land,” in 1973. Area 74,051 square miles
(191,791 square km). Pop. (2011) 61,130,704.
Tiger Zinda Hai ( transl. Tiger Is Alive) is a 2017 Indian
Hindi-language spy action-thriller film written and directed
by Ali Abbas Zafar from a story by Zafar and Neelesh
Misra. The sequel to Ek Tha Tiger (2012), it is the second
instalment in the Tiger franchise and is the second
installment in the YRF Spy Universe.
 Girish Karnad Tiger Zinda Hai

Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar

Written by Ali Abbas Zafar

 Ali Abbas Zafar

Story by
 Neelesh Misra

Produced by Aditya Chopra

Starring  Salman Khan

 Katrina Kaif

 Angad Bedi

 Sajjad Delafrooz
Girish Karnad at Cornell University, 2009  Kumud Mishra

 Girish Karnad
Born Girish Raghunath Karnad  Paresh Rawal
19 May 1938
Cinematography Marcin Laskawiec
Matheran, Bombay
Presidency, British
Edited by India
Rameshwar S. Bhagat
(now in Maharashtra, India)

Music by Songs:
Died 10 June 2019 (aged 81)Vishal–Shekhar
Bengaluru, Karnataka, Score:
India

Julius Packiam
Occupation  Playwright
 director
Production Yash Raj Films
company actor

Alma mater Karnataka University

Distributed by Yash Raj Films
Magdalen College, Oxford

Period Release date

1961–2019  22 December 2017
Genre Fiction
Running time 162 minutes[1]
Literary Navya
movement
Budget ₹150 crore[2][3]
Notable works Tughlaq
BoxTaledanda
office est. ₹565.1 crore[4]
Ek Tha Tiger ( transl. Once There Was a Tiger) is a 2012 Indian Hindi-
language spy action-thriller film directed by Kabir Khan and co-
written by Khan and Neelesh Misra, from a story by and produced by
Aditya Chopra. It is the first installment in the Tiger franchise and the
first film in the YRF Spy Universe.
Nagamandala is a 1997 Indian Kannada-language
drama film, directed by T. S. Nagabharana based
on a play of same name by Girish Karnad.
 Utsav

Directed by Girish Karnad

Ek Tha Tiger
Nagamandala Utsav (Hindi: उत्सव;
Written by Sharad Joshi (Dialogue)
Directed by Kabir Khan
English: Festival) is a
1984 Hindi erotic
Screenplay by  Krishna
KabirBasrur
Khan
Written by
 Girish Karnad
Neelesh Misra

Story by Aditya Chopra

drama film, produced
Based on Mrichakatika

Produced by
by Śūdraka
Aditya Chopra
by Shashi Kapoor and
Produced
Starring by  Shashi Kapoor
Salman Khan
directed by Girish
 Katrina Kaif Karnad. The film is
Starring  Shankar
RanvirNag
Shorey

 Rekha
Roshan Seth
based ...
 Anuradha Patel
Girish Karnad

 Amjad Khan
Gavie Chahal
Directed by Shashi Kapoor T. S. Nagabharana
Cinematography Aseem Mishra
Shekhar Suman
Written by Girish Karnad
Edited by Rameshwar S. Bhagat
Narrated by Amjad Khan

Music by ProducedSongs:
by Srihari L. Khoday

Cinematography SohailAshok
Sen Mehta
Starring Guest Composers: Prakash Raj

Edited by Vijayalakshmi
Bhaudas Divakar
Sajid–Wajid

Background Score: Mandya Ramesh

Music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal
B. Jayashree
Julius Packiam
Vasant Dev (lyrics)
Vanitha Vasu
Production Yash Raj Films
Release
companydate  21 December 1984
Cinematography G. S. Bhaskar

Running time 145Films

minutes
Distributed by Yash Raj
Music by C. Ashwath

Country
Release date  India
August 15, 2012 (India)
Release date  1997
Running
Languagetime Hindi [1]
132 minutes
Country India

Budget ₹75 crore[2]

Language Kannada

Manthan
Directed by Shyam Benegal

Written by Kaifi Azmi (dialogue)

Screenplay by Vijay Tendulkar

Story by Verghese Kurien & Shyam Benegal

Produced by Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing

Federation Ltd.

Starring Smita Patil

Girish Karnad

Naseeruddin Shah

Amrish Puri

Cinematography Govind Nihalani

Edited by Bhanudas Divakar

Music by Vanraj Bhatia

Release date  1976 (India)

Running time 134 minutes

Country India

Language Hindi