Kannada Language Chair, CIL/ SLL&CS
Organize
A TRIBUTE TO GIRISH KARNAD (1938-2019)
on Tuesday, September 3, 2019, 5.00 PM at
Convention Centre, Audi-I, JNU
Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, Major Indian Poet & intellectual And
Shri Santanu Bose, DEAN, Academic, NSD, New Delhi
Will talk on Girish Karnad
Followed by a paly
Raktha Kalyan
Director: Shri Shantanu Bose,
Translated into Hindi: Ramgopal Bajaj
Duration: 1 hr 25 mins
Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film Director, Kannada writer, and a Rhodes Scholar, who predominantly worked in theatre, and cinema. He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India. He was conferred Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan by the Government of India. India’s history, mythology, folklore and contemporary issues formed the foundations for Karnad's fascinating exploration of what life would have been had any one of these tales or myths taken a different turn.
The play, RAKT KALYAN is a story spanning a few weeks that shows how a vibrant, prosperous society is plunged into anarchy and terror. The play was originally written in Kannada ( Tale danda) in 1989, sheds light on the socio-religious, political and economic conditions of Karnataka during 12th century A.D.