One of the key highlights of the first day of Vishwarang International Film Festival was a Masterclass with renowned actor Mohan Agashe on the subject ‘Actor and Life’.
Kabir on Monday took to Twitter and said that he visited the 92-years-old National Award winner.
The legacy of the legends will be remembered at the 10th edition of the Jagran Film Festival, where two movies of each of them will be screened.
To celebrate the amazing works of some of the brilliantly-talented playwrights, Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts (SRCPA) held its annual Summer Theatre Festival this year at Shri Ram Centre, Mandi House.
Ghosh became the first Indian writer in English to be conferred the Jnanpith Award by former Governor of West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Wednesday.
Karnad died at his residence in Bengaluru on Monday morning. He was 81.
Karnad, 81, died at his residence in Bengaluru earlier today due to multi-organ failure.
He is also credited for bringing in the age of modern Indian playwrighting in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi.
The statement has been signed by over 200 writers from across India with names such as Arundhati Roy, Amitav Ghosh, Jerry Pinto, Romila Thapar and Girish Karnad as part of it.
A case was filed against noted playwright and actor Girish Karnad for wearing a placard with the words ‘Me Too…
