Girish Karnad
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.4951 |
| Birthday | 1938-05-19 |
| Place of Birth | Maharashtra, India |
| Also Known As | ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್, |
1979
The Jewelled Lamp
9/1
Ratnadeep revolves around a person who was fed up with his job and to get out of that situation, he applied for two months leave. The story follows wh...
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The Jewelled Lamp
1991
Mysooru Mallige
10/1
Padma is in love with poet Manju. After he goes missing while trying to save a friend from nationalists, a heartbroken Padma decides to get his poems...
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Mysooru Mallige
2005
Iqbal
6.962/79
This is all about chasing your dreams, no matter what the obstacles. The story involves a young deaf and dumb boy who is crazy about cricket.
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Iqbal
1998
Aakrosh: Cyclone Of Anger
4.667/3
An officer faces personal challenges after he is assigned to stop killers of the Prime Minister.
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Aakrosh: Cyclone Of Anger
1992
Cheluvi
9.667/3
Cheluvi, a poor young woman, has a secret magical power. With the magic, she turns into a tree which produces exotic flowers. Soon, her secret is spot...
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Cheluvi
1980
Man Pasand
7/1
Kamli belongs to a poor family. She sells datuns for a living. She sells them in local suburban trains as well as on railway platforms. One day she me...
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Man Pasand
2014
Samrat & Co.
5.4/5
A young, beautiful and rich girl, Dimpy Singh, approaches Samrat Tilakdhari, a private investigator, with a strange case. Their garden got ruined for...
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Samrat & Co.
2010
Aashayein
6.667/12
The story revolves around Rahul Singh (John Abraham), a compulsive gambler who wins Rs. 20 million from a bet and throws a party to celebrate. Everyon...
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Aashayein
2006
Dor
7.446/28
Shankar Singh and his wife, Meera, live in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India along with widowed paternal grandmother, Laxmibai, his mom, Gowri, and dad, Randh...
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Dor
1986
Naan Adimai Illai
6.2/5
Vijay and Priya fall in love and get married against her father's wishes. However, when they get separated after a fight, Priya's father plots to keep...
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Naan Adimai Illai
1987
Sutradhar
9/1
Prerna is the only daughter of the local school's headmaster. She gets to meet her childhood friend, Kumar, who is now one of the teachers at the same...
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Sutradhar
2009
8 x 10 Tasveer
5.2/26
8X10 Tasveer is a story about young man named Jai Puri, (Akshay Kumar), who possesses supernatural powers. Jai is of Indian origin who works as a fore...
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8 x 10 Tasveer
2009
Life Goes On
3/1
The drama explores the relations between a grief stricken father and his three daughters. Set in London, the time is now, the family of Indian origin....
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Life Goes On
1990
Santha Shishunala Sharif
7/1
The story is based on the life of acclaimed saint poet Shishunala Sharif who wrote several moral poems striving towards social reformation. A collecti...
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Santha Shishunala Sharif
1980
Apne Paraye
8/1
Film about the trials facing a family whose patriarch has squandered money into a series of unwise ventures.
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Apne Paraye
2004
Chellamae
6.038/13
A young man follows his newlywed neighbour from Chennai to Goa when she moves there with her husband. He ends up kidnapping her when his obsession tak...
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Chellamae
1974
Jadu Ka Shankh
10/1
Shyam and Soni live with their mother in a village. They are very poor. The children give away the only bread piece to a hungry saint, who in turn giv...
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Jadu Ka Shankh
1998
China Gate
6.694/18
After witnessing the brutal slaying of her Forest Officer father, Sunder Rajan, at the hands of dreaded dacoit Jageera, Sandhya goes to Colonel Krishn...
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China Gate
1982
Umbartha
6.9/8
After her husband’s death, Mrs. Mahajan runs a prosperous household with her two sons, while her daughter-in-law Sulabha grows increasingly restless i...
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Umbartha
1975
Nishant
7.143/14
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 b...
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Nishant
1976
Manthan
7.077/13
A veterinarian, Dr. Rao, makes a visit to a village, where he intends to commence a co-operative society dairy for the betterment of the rural people....
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Manthan
2011
Kempe Gowda
5.8/7
An enraged and influential gangster plans the ultimate vengeance against an honest police officer.
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Kempe Gowda
1999
Prathyartha
5.2/2
Akshay, a family man, finds himself compromising with his conscience when he is blackmailed to murder the home minister of the nation for the safety o...
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Prathyartha
1989
Mil Gayee Manzil Mujhe
8.667/3
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 i...
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Mil Gayee Manzil Mujhe
1985
Zamana
10/1
Poona-based Satish is a professional photographer and lives with his pregnant wife, Sudha, and son named Vinod. While developing some photographs with...
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Zamana
1984
Tarang
6.25/4
Rahul, the son-in-law of an old industrialist and one of the heirs to his fortune, clashes with Dinesh, the industrialist’s nephew who is openly unscr...
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Tarang
2012
Mugamoodi
4.5/23
A man can no longer tolerate injustice and corruption and he becomes a vigilante to fight for a better society.
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Mugamoodi
2014
Chandra
2.2/2
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Chandra
1998
Kadhal Mannan
5.9/6
Strict and authoritarian, Rudran disowns his elder daughter for eloping. His younger daughter, Thilothama, lives under his rigid rules until she falls...
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Kadhal Mannan
1996
Aatank
4.667/3
Jesu and Peter are childhood friends who live in a coastal village in India and depend on fishing as their livelihood. The community is oppressed by a...
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Aatank
1996
Dharma Chakram
7.333/3
The story is about a family in which mother and son together fight against father for the principles and human values. Srividhya, as a ditched wife, r...
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Dharma Chakram
1996
The Prince
4.667/3
The Prince is the story of the other side of a Mafia family. Jeeva (Mohanlal), son of a Don (Girish Karnad), falls in love with Swarna, daughter of a...
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The Prince
2007
Lava Kusha
0/0
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Lava Kusha
1991
Gunaa
7.05/20
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 tha...
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Gunaa
2006
Tananam Tananam
0/0
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Tananam Tananam
1970
Samskara
7.333/6
Narayanappa, a Madhwa Brahmin man, dies in the Agrahara of the village Durvasapura. As per Madhwa customs, his last rites must be performed at the ear...
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Samskara
1997
Ratchagan
7.667/6
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...
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Ratchagan
1996
Sivasakthi
0/0
Marc Zuber Antony alias Tony (Mahesh Anand), an international smuggler, ended up in an isolated island after killing some navy officers. He decided to...
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Sivasakthi
2007
Aa Dinagalu
7/6
Chetan loves Mallika but his father hires an underworld don, Kotwal, to break their relationship. Irked by his father's actions, Chetan approaches Kot...
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Aa Dinagalu
2016
24
7.195/131
Scientist turned Entrepreneur Dr. Sethuraman tries to safeguard his newly invented time travel device from falling into the hands of his Evil Twin Bro...
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24
2004
Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.
6.531/16
Shankar Dada is a local goon who sets out to fulfill his parents' dream of him being a doctor. With help from his sidekick ATM, he enrolls himself in...
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Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.
2016
Chalk N Duster
7.2/5
Chalk n Duster is an emotional journey of two teachers Vidya ( Shabana Azmi) & Jyoti ( Juhi Chawla) , serving at a Mumbai - based High School. The...
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Chalk N Duster
1999
Kaanooru Heggadithi
0/0
Subbamma (Tara), third wife of Chandre Gowda (Girish Karnad), is a rebellious mistress of the household and encourages sporadic acts of defiance again...
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Kaanooru Heggadithi
1990
Nehru: The Jewel of India
0/0
Based on the life of Jawaharlal Nehru (played by Pratap Sharma) -- who succeeded Mahatma Gandhi and became independent India's first prime minister --...
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Nehru: The Jewel of India
1977
Swami
4/2
Saudamini is a pampered girl until she is forced to marry the widower Ghanshyam and move into his large household. Saudamini cannot cope with her husb...
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Swami
1995
Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai
0/0
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Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai
1994
Kaadhalan
6.639/18
Prabhu, a college student, falls in love with Shruthi, a governor's daughter. On knowing about their love affair, her father imprisons Prabhu and forb...
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Kaadhalan
2000
Hey Ram
7.2/63
Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the probl...
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Hey Ram
1988
Akarshan
4/3
Love story about an actress falling in love with her costar
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Akarshan
1992
Pranadaata
0/0
A doctor with amnesia starts treating patients when he remembers how to use surgical instruments. Meanwhile, his wife and daughter, who get banished f...
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Pranadaata
1985
Sur Sangam
7.25/2
As Pandit Shivshankar Shastri fades to obscurity with no one to carry on his legacy of Indian Classical Music, Tulsi sends her son to learn from him.
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Sur Sangam
2017
Tiger Zinda Hai
6.2/174
When a group of Indian and Pakistani nurses are held hostage in Iraq by a terrorist organization, a renowned Indian secret agent is drawn out of hidin...
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Tiger Zinda Hai
2000
Pukar
6.694/18
Major Jaidev saves a politician from the clutches of a dreaded terrorist. However, the terrorist joins hands with his childhood friend Anjali to ruin...
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Pukar
1985
Meri Jung
7.4/10
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...
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Meri Jung
2010
Komaram Puli
4.667/6
Puli joins the police force since he wants to avenge his father's murder at the hands of Al Saleem. He gets an opportunity to bring Al Saleem to justi...
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Komaram Puli
2012
Ek Tha Tiger
6.2/215
A top Indian agent is sent to observe the actions of a scientist but the mission complicates when he falls in love with the scientist's Pakistani care...
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Ek Tha Tiger
2015
Rudra Tandava
4.5/4
Rudra Tandava follows a timid young man who has a loving family. When his brother, a government official, is murdered, the protagonist and his father...
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Rudra Tandava
1987
Neela Kurinji Poothappol....
0/0
Sivaramakrishnan Nair meets his retired defence friend Mennon after a long time and invites him to stay with his family. During his stay, his elder da...
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Neela Kurinji Poothappol....
1991
Chaitanya
7.5/2
A Garage Mechanic, Chaitanya, who wants to participate in a car race, finds himself beaten and left for dead after he comes to the assistance of a jou...
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Chaitanya
1987
Sankeertana
8/3
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Sankeertana
1997
Minsara Kanavu
6.679/14
Priya decides that she wants to be a nun, much to the horror of her father and Thomas, the boy who is in love with her. Thomas decides to enlist the h...
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Minsara Kanavu
1980
Aasha
6/3
A famous singer, Aasha, falls in love with a truck driver, who believes his wife is dead, but when Aasha discovers that his wife is alive, she struggl...
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Aasha
1982
Aparoopa
7/1
Set in the tea plantations of Assam in northeast India, where a young woman quits her studies to marry a wealthy man whom her father owes money. The m...
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Aparoopa
2008
Dhanam
0/0
Ananthakrishnan, coming from a conservative and rich Brahmin family, falls in love at first sight with Dhanam, a beautiful prostitute. Soon Ananthu pr...
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Dhanam
1983
Anveshane
10/1
In the mid-1980s, Shaam (Anant Nag) and Revati (Smita Patil) live in a Vatara (housing complex) with a host of other families and two little girls.
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Anveshane
1983
Ananda Bhairavi
8/1
Steeped in tradition, a village elder defies social scorn to preserve the dying art of Kuchipudi dance. Ostracized for training a young woman, he face...
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Ananda Bhairavi
2015
Rana Vikrama
5/2
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Rana Vikrama
2015
Gurudakshina
4/1
An orphaned boy Dev is adopted by Guruji and brought to his dance academy in Kolkata, owing to his dancing skills. Impressed by his talent, guruji tak...
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Gurudakshina
2018
Revisiting Samskara
0/0
Samskara, the film by Pattabhi Rama Reddy, created a revolution in Indian cinema 50 years ago. Winning National and International awards. It broke bar...
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Revisiting Samskara
1981
Paanch Qaidi
8/1
Once upon a time in a village a dacoit named Daku Mangal Singh (Ranjeet) harasses the villagers for lagaan, When Inspector-in-charge Vijay (Girish Kar...
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Paanch Qaidi
2012
Yaare Koogadali
0/0
Kumara and Natesa escape from their village and settle in the city. Later they start to work at a gas station. Soon they are chased by a gang of goons...
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Yaare Koogadali
2010
Peepli Live
7.338/74
Natha decides to commit suicide to get the farmers' compensation. However, the media and politicians learn about his intentions and descend on their v...
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Peepli Live
1990
Prathama Ushakirana
0/0
Filmfare South Award-winning Kannada film dealing with child psychiatry.
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Prathama Ushakirana
1984
Divorce
10/1
Mr. Oswal is a very rich, influential, domineering man who lives with his wife and two sons, Jayant and Ajay. Mr. Oswal convinces his elder son Jayant...
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Divorce
2022
The Master: Shyam Benegal
4/1
A personal portrait of director Shyam Benegal, made by his collaborator, Khalid Mohammed
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The Master: Shyam Benegal
1985
Nee Thanda Kanike
0/0
A young boy, who is never loved by his father, grows up to become a spoilt and alcoholic man. However, he turns his life around when he falls in love...
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Nee Thanda Kanike
1971
Vamsha Vriksha
7/1
Through the story of a young widow who is devoted to her father-in-law but also desires to remarry the film portrays evolving Indian attitudes towards...
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Vamsha Vriksha
1981
Shama
8/1
Widower Nawab Yusuf Khan lives a wealthy lifestyle in Sultanpur, British India, along with his school-going son, Shahnawaz, and a college-going brothe...
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Shama
2001
Vande Matharam
0/0
Gayathri, a police officer, is entrusted with the responsibility of eliminating terrorists. When her younger brother is lured into terrorism, she has...
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