Tag: Girish Karnad

VIFF-2020: 1st edition of the Vishwarang International Film Festival begins online

One of the key highlights of the first day of Vishwarang International Film Festival was a Masterclass with renowned actor Mohan Agashe on the subject ‘Actor and Life’.

November 24, 2020

Kabir Bedi urges people to donate for Vanraj Bhatia

Kabir on Monday took to Twitter and said that he visited the 92-years-old National Award winner.

September 17, 2019

Film fest to pay tribute to Veeru Devgan, Girish Karnad

The legacy of the legends will be remembered at the 10th edition of the Jagran Film Festival, where two movies of each of them will be screened.

July 3, 2019

A dramatic fiesta

To celebrate the amazing works of some of the brilliantly-talented playwrights, Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts (SRCPA) held its annual Summer Theatre Festival this year at Shri Ram Centre, Mandi House.

June 27, 2019

My books address issues of dislocation, migration, movement: Amitav Ghosh

Ghosh became the first Indian writer in English to be conferred the Jnanpith Award by former Governor of West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Wednesday.

June 14, 2019

Bengali film fraternity laments Girish Karnad’s death

Karnad died at his residence in Bengaluru on Monday morning. He was 81.

June 10, 2019

Three-day state mourning for Girish Karnad in Karnataka

Karnad, 81, died at his residence in Bengaluru earlier today due to multi-organ failure.

June 10, 2019

Veteran actor, playwright Girish Karnad dies at 81; PM Modi, others express condolence

He is also credited for bringing in the age of modern Indian playwrighting in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi.

June 10, 2019

After filmmakers’ call to oust BJP, now 200 writers appeal to ‘vote out hate politics’

The statement has been signed by over 200 writers from across India with names such as Arundhati Roy, Amitav Ghosh, Jerry Pinto, Romila Thapar and Girish Karnad as part of it.

April 2, 2019

Police complaint filed against Girish Karnad over ‘Me Too Urban Naxal’ placard

A case was filed against noted playwright and actor Girish Karnad for wearing a placard with the words ‘Me Too Urban Naxal’ on it during an event in Bengaluru on 5 September. Karnad, a Jnanpith awardee, was at an event marking the first death anniversary of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh. The complaint against Karnad was filed...

September 8, 2018