A condolence meet was held at Bharat Bhavan on Wednesday remembering the veteran actor Girish Karnad.
Girish Karnad passed away on Monday at the age of 81 after a prolonged illness in Bengaluru. All the playwriggts of the city and employees of Bharat Bhavan were present on the condolence meet.
Karnad was ailing for some time now. A multifaceted personality, Karnad has acted in several plays and movies that have received critical acclamation.
Known writer and theatre personality of the city Vinay Upadhyay remmebered the days when Girish Karnad had worked with Habib Tanveer and BV Karanth. He said that Karnad shared a special relationship with the stage of Bharat Bhavan. He has staged many plays at Bharat Bhavan and the theatre world will never forget his contributions.
For four decades Karnad composed plays, often using history and mythology to tackle contemporary issues. He translated his plays into English and received acclaim. His plays have been translated into some Indian languages and directed by directors like Ebrahim Alkazi, B. V. Karanth, Alyque Padamsee, Prasanna, Arvind Gaur, Satyadev Dubey, Vijaya Mehta, Shyamanand Jalan, Amal Allana and Zafer Mohiuddin. He was active in the world of Indian cinema working as an actor, director and screenwriter, in Hindi and Kannada cinema, and has earned awards. He was conferred Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan by the Government of India and won four Filmfare Awards, of which three are Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada and the fourth a Filmfare Best Screenplay Award.
CAO Prem Shankar Shukla was also present at Bharat Bhavan.