Odakalu Bimba
Remarkable plays of veteran playwright Girish Karnad
He was a playwright, actor, and director. He is known to introduce history, mythology, and folklore in his theatre for almost four decades and tackling contemporary issues via theatre. He was born in Maharashtra on May 19, 1938, and was the recipient of the Jnanpith award which is the highest literary honor conferred in our country. Some of his remarkable plays are: 1) Odakalu Bimba It is a Kannada monodrama written in 2005. This play was translated in Hindi and English was staged with the title of Bikhre Bomb and 'A heap of broken images' respectively. | Click Here...
Girish Karnad – The Colossus of Indian Theatre
2019 has been a year of many losses and Girnish Karnad’s death on 10th June 2019 was one of the major tragedies to strike the Indian Theatre Industry. In fact, his contribution to the Kannada theatre was so great that the Karnataka government announced a one day holiday for government offices, schools and colleges and three days of mourning. He was cremated with state honors. An actor, film director, playwright, Kannada writer, and a Rhodes Scholar, Girish Karnad donned multiples in the 81 years of his life. This mathematician turned theatre veteran and recipient of the Jnanpith Aw | Click Here...