Girish Karnad, one of the veterans of Indian Theater, and cinema has been honoured with the ambassadorship of UNESCO's International Theatre Institute. Karnad nearing 70, has composed many plays which won international awards and good critics' reviews. Many of his
Girish Raghunath Karnad is a contemporary writer, playwright, actor, and movie director. After being honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri in 1974 and Padma Bhushan in 1992, there is barely anything this man has not achieved.
