Girish Karnad

Girish Karnad (1938-2019) was not only a legendary playwright, but as an actor, director and most importantly as a screenwriter, he was also one of the major figures in the golden age of Indian parallel cinema. Besides, he also directed two plays – Badal Sircar’s Ebong Indrajit in English (his own translation) in the early 1970s and his play Bikhre Bimb in Hindi (2005). However, not many people know that he was trained in the Tabla, besides being trained in Hindustani Classical music and Hindustani Classical Dance. Even fewer people know that from a very young age, Karnad used to be very fond of drawing and sketching. He would sketch portraits of his icons and heroes. He was pretty much self-trained, though one might think otherwise after going through his sketches, most of which are striking as portraitures. These artworks are exhibited here. Title of this exhibition is ‘CHARACTERS’- The Unseen Expressions. All these artworks of Girish Karnad are NOT FOR SALE. Size of the artworks are almost 8 x 6 inch approx.

Master-Strokes

Sudeb Singha

[In the 1960s and 70s, Girish Karnad (19th May 1938 – 10th June 2019) emerged as one of the major playwrights of post-independence India who, along with contemporaries Badal Sircar, Vijay Tendulkar and Mohan Rakesh, redefined Modern Indian Theatre. For almost sixty years, Girish Karnad consistently critiqued existing social norms and customs as much as he critiqued urbanization through his plays. At the same time, he kept experimenting throughout, choosing from a remarkably wide array of styles and forms.

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