Girish Karnad at Cornell University, 2009 Born Girish Raghunath Karnad ( 1938-05-19) 19 May 1938 (age 80),, (now in, ) Occupation Playwright, film director, film actor Nationality Indian Alma mater, Genre Fiction Literary movement Notable works Tughalak 1964 Girish Raghunath Karnad (born 19 May 1938) is an Indian actor, film director, writer, playwright and a, who predominantly works in and. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s, marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in, just as did in, in Marathi, and in Hindi. He is a recipient of the 1998, the highest literary honour conferred in India. For four decades Karnad has been composing plays, often using history and to tackle contemporary issues. He has translated his plays into English and has received acclaim. His plays have been translated into some Indian languages and directed by directors like,,,,,,,, and Zafer Mohiuddin. He is active in the world of working as an actor, director, and screenwriter, in Hindi and Kannada cinema, earning awards along the way.

In television, he played the role of Swami's father in the TV series Malgudi Days. Girish Karnad and Mahesh Dattani: Methods and Motives, Yking Books. Turning Point was a weeklyscience magazine programme that aired on Doordarshan in 1991. The show won several awards. The script and direction was by Neelabh Kaul and Indraneel Kaul. It was co-produced by Doordarshan & Vyeth Television. The presenter was Girish Karnad, with special appearances by Yash Pal. Actor Naseeruddin Shah, classical dancer Mallika Sarabhai, and director Mahesh Bhatt also.

The differences in mentalities and culture were the main theme of this serial. Granddaughter of Sai Paranjpayee played a character. Another very interesting serial Lal Deewarein Panchpan Khambe or Panchpan khambe Laal Deewarein starring Mita Vashisht and Aman Verma. Fauji and Circus were two serials that saw MS favorite SRK make big on the larger screen. Mouthful of Sky - most probably was the first English serial to be telecasted starring Milind Soman and Rahul Bose was also my favorite. Meri Awaaz Suno was a very favorite program of mine, I rarely missed an episode. All the hoards of musical programs of today owe their credits to this program, which was the pioneer.

Yayati was published in 1961, when he was 23 years old. It is based on the story of King, one of the ancestors of the, who was cursed into premature old age by his preceptor,, who was incensed at Yayati's infidelity. Yayati in turn asks his sons to sacrifice their youth for him, and one of them agrees. It ridicules the ironies of life through characters in Mahabharata. It became an instant success, immediately translated and staged in several other Indian languages. Karnad found a new approach of drawing historical and mythological sources to tackle contemporary themes and crisis of modern man through characters locked in psychological and philosophical conflicts.

While penning down this review I recollected watching many other serials that had not created a mass impact but as a serial they were good and I liked watching them but unfortunately can’t remember the names. One such serial had Girish Karnad as the father, Firdaus Dadi, a very common face in today’s TV as the daughter and Farida Jajal as the governess. The story was on the issues of child adoption and the complexities of emotions that rise within the family as a result. Another serial most probably the name was Purvayeeyan or Purvaayi, was a story of an NRI who decides to come back to his hometown in India with his family and settle here in his joint family. The differences in mentalities and culture were the main theme of this serial. Granddaughter of Sai Paranjpayee played a character.

Earlier, she even acted in a Kannada film “Prakruthi’. It was a narrative tale of families living in the Western Ghats before Independence. The dancer also had appeared as “Mohini' in a Kannada serial named “Kadambari Kanaja” which is aired on Udaya TV. This TV series had revolved around two sisters and their life within which depicts a lot of hurdles and problems and the two sisters how to overcome forms the other part of the story. Prateeksha Kashi also has the special credit of appearing in another telefilm “Hejjegurthugalu” where she played a pivotal role of Akkamahadevi.

Atlantic Publishers & Dist. • Julia Leslie, 'Nailed to the Past: Girish Karnad's Plays' Journal of South Asian Literature, 1999, 31–2 (for 1996–7), pp. 50–84. • Julia Leslie, 'Understanding Basava: History, Hagiography and a Modern Kannada Drama' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1998, 61, pp. 228–61. • Zinia Mitra ' A Tale of Subversion with a Conundrum of Mask: A Reading into Girish Karnard's Naga Mandala' in Indian Drama in English ed.K.Chakraborty, Delhi, PHI,2011,, INR:295.00 395 pp. External links [ ] Wikiquote has quotations related to: Wikimedia Commons has media related to. • (1962) • D.

A very famous face on today’s television rose to heights from this serial, Neena Gupta. There were host of other actors who put in their best. But I think it was with Buniyaad that I got hooked to the TV serials.

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An avid reader, a writer and a painter disguised as a mother and a lawyer-that’s Rashmi in a nutshell. Born and brought up in the vibrant city of Mumbai she inherited the ever ambitious and eternally optimistic spirit of the vivacious city. Belonging to today’s modern world and yet deeply rooted in Indian culture and traditions, she grew up on a steady diet of books, songs, movies and family get-togethers. She believes that life is what we make of it and we should be able to take everything that comes our way with a smile on our face and gratitude in our hearts. Witness simulation software free download.

His next was Tughlaq (1964), about a rashly idealist 14th-century,, and allegory on the era which started with ambitious idealism and ended up in disillusionment. This established Karnad, now 26 years old, as a promising playwright in the. It was staged by the Repertory under the direction of, with the actor, playing the visionary king who later becomes disillusioned and turns bitter, amidst the historic in Delhi. It was staged in London by the National School of Drama for the Festival of India in 1982. Hayavadana (1971) was based on a theme drawn from The Transposed Heads, a 1940 novella by, which is originally found in the 11th-century Sanskrit text. Herein he employed the folk theatre form of. A German version of the play was directed by as part of the repertoire of the.

'I could actually hear the dialogues being spoken into my ears. I was just the scribe,' said Karnad in a later interview. Yayati was published in 1961, when he was 23 years old. It is based on the story of King, one of the ancestors of the, who was cursed into premature old age by his preceptor,, who was incensed at Yayati's infidelity. Yayati in turn asks his sons to sacrifice their youth for him, and one of them agrees. It ridicules the ironies of life through characters in Mahabharata. It became an instant success, immediately translated and staged in several other Indian languages.

After working in Bangalore, and a brief stint in he quit his job to actively pursue theatre and films. Career [ ] Even while working as an economist and statistician, he was actively involved with the English professional theatre circuit in and Bangalore. He has acted in Madness, adapted from 's; 's The Orchard of Banchharam; Badal Sircar's The Other Side of History; Sunil Ganguly's Pratidwandi – The Adversary, adapted for the stage from 's and Lucknow 76. He wrote and directed Mindgame, an Indian adaptation of 's, at the Alliance Francaise De Bangalore in 2006. In April 2008, he formed his own troupe, Pandora's Act, whose first production, Feluda Pherot! At Rangashankara in July 2008 was a runaway success and was the first ever non-canonical dramatisation of Satyajit Ray's sleuth., Ray's leading man in Seemabodhho, and, the screen and film youth icon, starred in this production.

It was a big no-no but to my surprise later it had been my parents who had insisted on me watching a particular program on the TV, may be it was this time when the idiot box lost some of its idiocy and turned a new leaf to become a bit intelligent. My memories trace back to the days of Doordarshan and a few years later to DD Metro, although the cable wire did come in the late 80s but had not spread like an epidemic, at least it did not enter our house.

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This new theme got immediate response and was much appreciated. Another play of his, Tughlaq, made Karnad as one of the worthy playwrights to look out for.

There were also some English shows like What’s the Good Word with Sabira Merchant, Fire Ball XL5 and Der Alte – The Old Fox. These were days before the arrival of the T.V. Serials or soaps.

The appeal of this most amazing science show lay in the fact that these really great scientists introduced us to the wonders of science and explained scientific concepts in an easy language that even a layman could understand. Every serial ended with a reminder to a god fearing nation, “Develop scientific temper”. This was in an era when there was no Discovery Kids or National Geographic channel to expand our horizon. It is heartening to note that this year Prof. Yash Pal has got the second highest civilian award, Padma Vibhusan for his efforts to inculcate scientific temper among the youth.

Dancer par excellence Prateeksha Kashi was born to an artistic family in Karnataka. She is the daughter of Kuchipudi dancer, Vyjayanthi Kashi and Vijaya Kashi, who is a television and theatre artist. She was a grade ‘A’ artist on Doordarshan. Also, she also had the privilege of appearing on many dance production shows on various television media channels. She had appeared in a Sanskrit movie” Priyamanasam” which was directed by Vinod Mankara.