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Girish Karnad is a writer, stage actor, translator born in Matheran (India).
Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi films. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi. He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India. For four decades Karnad composed plays, often using history and mythology to tackle contemporary issues. He translated his plays into English and received acclaim. His plays have been translated into some Indian languages and directed by directors like Ebrahim Alkazi, B. V.
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| Born | 19 May 1938, Matheran |
| Profession | writer, stage actor, translator |
| Nationality | India |
| Employer | Oxford University Press |
| Educated at | Karnatak University, Lincoln College, Magdalen College |
| Children | Raghu Karnad |
| Awards | Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada, Rhodes Scholarship, Jnanpith Award, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri in arts |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Capricorn |
| Nakshatra | Uttara Ashadha (Pada 3) |
| Sun Sign | Taurus |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Sagittarius |
| Birth data reliability | Accurate |
Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 148 Bollywood personalities with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 18 of them (12%) have the Moon in Capricorn, like Girish Karnad, and 3 (2%) share the Uttara Ashadha Nakshatra — the #21 most common Moon Nakshatra among Bollywood personalities, where Swati leads with 10 (7%).
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Girish Karnad was born on 19 May 1938 in Matheran. Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Girish Karnad's Moon sign (Rashi) is Capricorn and the Nakshatra is Uttara Ashadha, pada 3, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
Girish Karnad's Ascendant is Sagittarius, calculated from the recorded birth time.
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