Girish Karnad, who was last seen in Tiger Zinda Hai, died on Monday morning in Bengaluru. The 81-year-old actor, who was being treated for his prolonged illness, passed away due to multiple organ failure. The funeral will take place today. The Jnanpith Awardee was a popular name in the film circle as well as theatre circle. He made his acting debut in a Kannada movie Samskara in 1970. He also worked in Hindi films like Manthan (1976), Pukar (2000), Iqbal (2005), Dor (2006) and Ek Tha Tiger (2012). Girsh Karnad, who was a famous playwright, had predominantly acted in South Indian films in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. He was mostly chosen to play negative characters in most of his films and performed it with much aplomb. He was last seen in Kannada in 2018 film Neenillada Male, which turned out to be a damp squib at the box office. His notable works in Tamil include 24, Kadhalan, Chellamey.
