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Jnanapeeth Award Winner Shri Girish Karnad



Girish Raghunath Karnad (Kannada:ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್) (born 19 May 1938), is a contemporary writer, playwright, actor and movie director in Kannada language. He is the latest one among seven recipients[1] of Jnanpith Award for Kannada the highest literary honour conferred in India. For four decades, Karnad has been composing plays, often using history and mythology to tackle contemporary issues. He is also active in the world of Indian cinema working as an actor, director and Screenwriter earning numerous awards along the way. He was conferred Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan by Government of India.

Early life

Girish Karnad was born in Matheran, Maharashtra in a Konkani speaking family. His initial schooling was in Marathi. As a youngster Karnad was an ardent admirer of Yakshagana and the theater in his village.[2] He earned his Bachelors of Arts degree from Karnataka University, Dharwad in 1958. Upon graduation Karnad went to England and studied at Lincoln and Magdalen colleges in Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, earning his Master of Arts degree in philosophy, political science and economics. Karnad was a Visiting Professor and Fulbright Scholar in Residence at the University of Chicago.

Career life

Literature

Karnad is most famous as a playwright. His plays, written in Kannada, have been widely translated into English and all major Indian languages. One interesting aspect about Karnad is that, his plays are written neither in English in which he dreamed of earning international literary fame, nor in his mother tongue Konkani. Instead, they are composed in his adopted language Kannada. When Karnad started writing plays, Kannada literature was highly influenced by renaissance in Western literature. Writers would chose a subject which looked entirely alien to manifestation of native soil. In a situation like that Karnad found a new approach like drawing historical and mythological sources to tackle contemporary themes. His first play "Yayati"(1961), ridicules the ironies of life through characters in Mahabharata and became an instant success, immediately translated and staged in several other Indian languages. "Tughlaq"(1964), his best loved play, established Karnad as one of the most promising playwrights in the country.

Movies

His directorial debut came with the movie "VamshaVruksha", based on a Kannada novel by S.L. Bhairappa. The movie went on to win several national and international awards. Before that Karnad had acted in a movie called "Samskara" which is based on a novel by U.R. Ananthamurthy directed by Pattabhirama Reddy. That movie bagged the first President's Golden Lotus Award for Kannada cinema. Later, Karnad directed several movies in Kannada and Hindi. Some of his famous Kannada movies include "Tabbaliyu neenade magane", "Ondanondu Kaaladalli", "Cheluvi" and "Kadu". Hindi movies directed by him include "Utsav" and "Godhuli". A recently acclaimed movie by Karnad is "Kanooru Heggaditi", based on a novel by Kannada writer Kuvempu. Apart from directing and screenwriting all the above movies, Karnad has also acted in several other movies and received critical acclamation.

He has been criticised by the eminent Kannada novelist S.L. Bhairappa for being untrue to history in order to curry favor with the establishment.

Other notable works

He has played the role of Karadi, the sootradhar (narrator), for several stories in the popular audiobook series for kids "Karadi Tales". He has also been the voice of APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India, in the audiobook of Kalam's autobiography by Charkha Audiobooks "Wings of Fire".

Further reading

* Jaydipsinh Dodiya, Plays of Girish Karnad

Awards and Honors

For literature

* Sangeet Natak Akademi award - 1972
* Padma Shri - 1974
* Padma Bhushan - 1992
* Kannada Sahitya Academy award - 1992
* Sahitya Academy award - 1994
* Jnanpith Award - 1998
* Rajyotsava Award

For movies

* President's Golden Lotus for the Best Indian film for "Samskara" - 1970
* National Award for Excellence in Direction for "VamshaVruksha"(Shared with B.V. Karanth) - 1972
* National Award for the Best Script for "Bhumika" - 1978
* Golden Lotus for the Best Non-Feature Film for "Kanaka Purandara" - 1989
* Karnataka State Award for the Best Supporting Actor in "Santa Shishunala Shareef" - 1991
* FilmFare Award for Best Script for Godhuli(shared with B.V. Karanth) - 1979
* Mysore State Award for Best Kannada film and the Best Direction for VamshaVruksha - 1972
* Gubbi Veeranna Award
* Filmfare Nominations as Best Supporting Actor for Aasha (1980) and Teri Kasam (1982)

And many more. He has also served as the Director of the Film and Television Institute of India from 1974 to 1975, TheIndian Co-Chairman for the Joint Media Committee of the Indo-US sub-Commission on Education and Culture from 1984 to 1993, and Chairman of the Sangeet Natak Academy from 1988 to 1993, President of Karnataka Nataka Academy from 1976 to 1978.

Bibliography

Plays

* Tughlaq
* Hayavadana
* Nagamandala
* Bali
* Agni mattu Male (The Fire and the Rain)
* Odakalu Bimba
* Yayaathi
* Anjumallige
* Maa Nishaadha
* Tippuvina Kanasugalu (The Dreams of Tipu Sultan)
* Taledanda
* Hittina Hunja

Karnad's works in visual media

Movies

* Iqbal (2005)
* Dor (2006)
* Manthan
* Nagamandala
* Agni mattu Male made into a Hindi movie titled "Agnivarsha"
* Umbartha (Marathi- with Smita Patil)
* Kadhalan
* Minsaara Kanavu
* Aa dinagalu

Movies Directed by Girish Karnad

* Utsav in Hindi
* Samskara in Kannada . He got a National Award for best direction.
* Ondanaondu Kaaladalli in Kannada
* Anand Bhairavi in both Kannada and Telugu
* Kanooru Heggadathi in Kannada

Plays

* All of his plays have been staged and performed in almost all languages of India.


Footnotes

1. ^ Jnanapeeth Awards. Ekavi. Retrieved on 2006-10-31.
2. ^ Conversation with Girish Karnad. Bhargavi Rao on Muse India. Muse India. Retrieved on 2007-07-11.
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Silk Smitha
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Vijayalakshmi (Telugu: విజయలక్ష్మి, 2 December 1960 – 23 September 1996), known popularly as Silk Smitha, was an Indian film artist who worked predominantly in the South Indian languages. She entered the film industry as an extra[1] actress, and first got noticed for her role as "Silk" in the 1979 Tamil film Vandichakkaram. She became a sought-after 'erotic actress' in the 1980s and in a career spanning 17 years, she appeared in over 450 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi languages. On September 23, 1996, she was found dead in her apartment in Chennai, apparently having committed suicide.

Early life
Born as Vijayalakshmi, in a poor family in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, Smitha left school after her fourth standard (in India, at about 8 years of age) due to the family's financial constraints. Her striking looks burdened her with uninvited attention, and her family married her off at a very young age. When she was ill-treated by her husband and in-laws, she ran away to Madras (now known as Chennai) and started living with an aunt

Career
Vijayalakshmi started as a touch-up artist for a B-grade actor, and soon got a break in small character roles.[2] Later she was discovered by Tamil director Vinu Chakravarthy at a flour mill. He renamed her Smitha, and took her under his wing: his wife taught her English, and arranged for her to learn dancing from another teacher.[4] Smitha made her debut in the Malayalam film Inaye Thedi in 1979.,[5] though soon, due to her marked sex appeal, she switched to roles of cabaret dancers and vamps and inevitably found herself type casted.[2] After garnering much notice and acclaim with her first major role in the Tamil film Vandichakkaram, in 1979, Smitha assumed the screen name "Silk", after her character's name in the movie.[6][7] However after it became a big hit, she could not escape typecasting, severely limiting her range throughout her career.[2]

Silk Smitha went on to star in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and a few Hindi films. Her dance numbers, semi-nude scenes and bold performances in films like Moondru Mugam made her the ultimate symbol of sensuality in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam cinema. Her item numbers in films like Amaran, Hallimeshtru Kannada were also celebrated at the box office. Some film critics, historians and journalists have referred to her as a "soft porn" actress.[8] A vast majority of her movies are considered 'softcore' by Indian standards and a common theme is her playing a freakishly strong agent in skimpy bikinis beating up huge thugs. Her acting prowess did not go completely unnoticed and in her rare non-sexual roles, she impressed critics and audiences, such as her portrayal of a wife hurt by her husband's infidelity in Alaigal Oivathillai (1981).[2] One of her films, Layanam (1989), has earned a cult status in the Indian adult film industry, and was dubbed in numerous languages including, Hindi as Reshma Ki Jawani (2002), which too acquired cult status.[2][9] Her most respected film is Moondram Pirai by Balu Mahendra, remade in Hindi as Sadma, with much of the top-drawer cast, including Sridevi, Kamal Hassan, and Silk Smitha reprising their roles.[10]

Such was her audience-drawing power that, at the peak of her career, according to Tamil film historian, Randor Guy, "Films that had lain in cans for years were sold by the simple addition of a Silk Smitha song.”

Death
In 1996, Smitha was found dead in her Chennai apartment. In the prior year she had been trying to move her career to become a film producer. Financial problems, a disillusionment in love and an alcohol dependency apparently led to depression. It is suspected that Smitha committed suicide

In popular culture
In 2011, a biopic on Silk Smitha's life, titled The Dirty Picture, was produced in Hindi by Ekta Kapoor. The movie was directed by Milan Luthria [12] and starred Vidya Balan as Smitha along with Emraan Hashmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Tusshar Kapoor. The movie was released on Smitha's birthday on December 2, 2011 and received favourable reviews.[2][13] The same day, The Times of India published her top 10 movie scenes in its Top 10 videos.[14]The Dirty Picture's Telugu dubbed version released in theatres across Andhra Pradesh has broken a 25-year record in box office collections (in dubbed films category).

Reports suggest that the family of Silk Smitha, on whom the film is based, is not happy with the movie. Silk Smitha's brother V Naga Vara Prasad claimed the film was made without the family's consent.

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