His name was Girish Karnad. Read in MalayalamKarnad also acted in Samskara and that role was one of the markers of a long, illustrious career of a gifted polymath: he wrote and directed theatre and film, he acted, he mentored and taught. Girish Karnad was a familiar figure in some of the most memorable Hindi movies of the 70s and 80s. Manthan (1976) was based on how the famous milk co-operative in Anand (AMUL) came to be formed, in which Karnad plays a fictionalised version of Verghese Kurien, the man behind the ‘milk revolution’. Also Read | Girish Karnad passes away | Celebs pay tribute to Girish Karnad | Girish Karnad: A pictorial tributeIt is Girish Karnad’s masterful hard-hitting dramas with a strong social core that we will remember him for.

Source: Indian Express June 10, 2019 07:28 UTC