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B-10 | Friday, June 14, 2019 BOLLYWOOD www.WeeklyVoice.com Actor-Director Karnad Dead; Cremated Without Fanfare Bengaluru: Girish Karnad, a suburb, with his bereaved family, Sahitya Akademi honour. ar in the University of Oxford, Jnanpith winner, multi-lingual relatives and friends following it In a career spanning six de - where he studied philosophy, scholar, master playwright, in a convoy without fanfare,- po cades, Karnad acted in Kannada, politics and economics. screenwriter, actor, director and lice security or escort. Hindi and Marathi ilms, in both Karnad may be best remem- an iconic personality in India’s “Though the Karnataka gov- mainstream and parallel cinema. bered as Swami’s father in ‘Mal- cultural landscape, died here on ernment decided to conduct Kar- He also featured in television se- gudi Days’ or as the presenter Monday. He was 81. nad’s last rites with state honours, rials, including the famous ‘Mal- of Doordarshan’s science show “Karnad died at his home at we have decided to respect his gudi Days’, based on the works “Turning Point”, while for Hindi around 8.30 a.m. due to age-re- wishes and allowed his family of renowned Indian English au- movie audiences, his roles in lated symptoms,” the Karnataka to do it accordingly,” an oficial thor, R.K. Narayan. “Manthan”, “Nishant”, “Pukar”, Chief Minister’s ofice said. said. The family also declined to He bagged four Filmfare “Iqbal”, “Dor” and “Ek Tha Ti- The veteran artist is survived keep his body for public viewing. awards, including three for best ger” left an impact. by his widow Saraswathy Ga- Karnad succumbed to multi- director for “Vamsha Vriksha” in Karnad served as director of napathy, his son Raghu Amay andorgan failure at his residence on 1972, “Kaadu” in 1974 and “On- the state-run Film and Television daughter Shalmali Radha.
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