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Girish Karnad : The Artist, the citizen and the question of truth


About Girish Karnad :

Girish Karnad was an Indian Actor, Film director and Kannada Writer. His Notable works are, 

 1. Tughalak 1964
2. Taledanda 

 He had Predominantly worked in South India and also in Cinema. He was a recipient of 1998 Jananpith Award and this was the highest literary honour conferred in India. He also conferred the Padma Bhushan and the Bagged several accolades for Kannda cinema. He started his acting with 1970 Kannada film Samskara. After that, he worked in other popular Kannada Movies like Tabbaliyu , Ondanondu Kaladalli , Cheluvi etc. He was known for his role as Swami's Father in the Doordarshan adaptation of "Mlgudi Days". He also worked in Hindi Movies like Nishaant, Manthan, Swami and Pukar etc and also seen in "Ek Tha Tiger and "Tiger Zinda Hai". He also resists against wrong ideas. He was a firm voice protesting writers and Journalists in India. Karnad wrote his first play "Yayati" in 1961 while studying at Oxford University.
He passed away in Bengaluru. 

 Hate politics :

 There are many writers who told us that hate politics because we always think that everything is ok and in a political party, there were great people who always give is the right things. But it is not true. No doubt there were some good people or leaders but can we trust them? I hate the hyperbole of politics because People should speak literal and measured truth. People should describe reality as it is like many writers do including Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy, Girish Karnad etc. On 2019, Over 200 Writers Including Arundhati Roy, Girish Karnad Urge Indians To Vote Out 'Politics Of Hate'. So as a writer, you have to see what is good for or bad. As a writer, you may not ask this but as a citizen, you must ask that What is true? What is false? 




Tipu Sultan would have enjoyed Status of Shivaji if he was a Hindu : said by Girish Karnad 

This was also big controversy. Karnad said that 

        " It would been 'Apt' had the Bengaluru Internation Airport at Devanahalli near here been named after Tipu Sultan rater than Kempegowda, a feudatory ruler under the erstwhile Vijayanagar Empire which founded Bengaluru in 1537". 

 and he also said that, 

      " I feel that if Tipu Sultan was Hindu and not Muslim he would have attained the position in Karnataka that Shivaji Maharaj enjoy in Maharashtra"

 Through this two statement we can say that people may not agree with him because of Cast or may they thing that Karnad believed in cast system. After that "anti-Kannada and anti-Hindu" [ By people] Karnad said that,

     " Today when we are celebrating this day as Deepawali and Tipu Sultan Day, we can also celebrate it as Bihar Day."

 So we can see that he was not in favor of any political Parties like BJP but has always made known his ideological opposition to Political parties. 

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