Girish Karnad Passes Away At 81 Of Multiple Organ Failures; Sandalwood Mourns His Loss
Girish Karnad, passed away today (June 10, 2019). Prolonged illness is believed to be the reason for his demise and multiple organ failure. Sandalwood is mourning his loss.
Girish
Karnad,
the
veteran
theatre
personality
and
a
renowned
Sandalwood
director-actor
passed
away
today
(June
10,
2019).
He
was
aged
81
and
took
his
last
breath
in
Bangalore.
Prolonged
illness
is
believed
to
be
the
reason
for
his
demise
and
multiple
organ
failure,
according
to
TOI
reports.
He
is
survived
by
wife
Dr
Saraswathy
Ganapathy
and
two
children.
Girish
is
the
recipient
of
some
of
the
highest
awards
such
as
Padma
Bhushan
and
Jnanpith
Award,
India's
highest
literary
prize.
Girish
was
known
for
using
history
and
mythology
in
his
work
to
tackle
social
issues.
For
more
than
four
decades,
he
composed
plays
in
Kannada.
His
work
has
been
adapted
by
filmmakers
from
different
industries
such
Satyadev
Dubey,
Vijaya
Mehta,
Aman
Allana
and
others.
Though
he
predominantly
worked
in
the
Kannada
industry,
he
was
in
Maharashtra
in
1938.
He
did
his
initial
schooling
in
Marathi
and
eventually
developed
deep
interest
in
theatre
when
he
was
studying
in
Sirsi,
Karnataka.
He
has
also
acted
in
some
of
the
biggest
hits
such
as
Rana
Vikrama,
Kempegowda
in
Kannada
and
Bollywood's
Ek
Tha
Tiger
and
Tiger
Zinda
Hai,
in
which
he
played
a
key
role.