Girish Karnad Movies

Vijay falls in love with a woman, who rejects him for a wealthy man, which drives him to work for a gangster in order to get rich but soon lands him...

About the saints Kanaka and Purandara who led the Bhakti movement, which insisted that theological language be spoken in popular dialect rather than...

Narayanappa, a Madhwa Brahmin man, dies in the Agrahara of the village Durvasapura. As per Madhwa customs, his last rites must be performed at the...

Widower Nawab Yusuf Khan lives a wealthy lifestyle in Sultanpur, British India, along with his school-going son, Shahnawaz, and a college-going...

Chetan loves Mallika but his father hires an underworld don, Kotwal, to break their relationship. Irked by his father's actions, Chetan approaches...

Ram is imprisoned when he is framed by his friends for being involved in an arms deal and murdering the commissioner. However, he escapes from jail...

Sivaramakrishnan Nair meets his retired defence friend Mennon after a long time and invites him to stay with his family. During his stay, his elder...

Through the story of a young widow who is devoted to her father-in-law but also desires to remarry the film portrays evolving Indian attitudes...

Vasantasena, a courtesan who dances at the King Palaka's court hides in Charudatta's house while running away from the amorous attentions of the...

A veterinarian, Dr. Rao, makes a visit to a village, where he intends to commence a co-operative society dairy for the betterment of the rural...

A rural drama about the rivalry between two villages as seen through the eyes of a young boy, Kitti.

In the mid-1980s, Shaam (Anant Nag) and Revati (Smita Patil) live in a Vatara (housing complex) with a host of other families and two little girls.

A documentary on the films of Shyam Benegal explores the time, ethos, and concerns of the New Cinema Movement in India through his oeuvre.

A tale of intrigue and rivalry between two wealthy brothers as they conspire to create havoc in the other's life.

Subbamma (Tara), third wife of Chandre Gowda (Girish Karnad), is a rebellious mistress of the household and encourages sporadic acts of defiance...

Strict and authoritarian, Rudran disowns his elder daughter for eloping. His younger daughter, Thilothama, lives under his rigid rules until she...

The movie explores the cultural problems experienced by an American woman, newly married to an Indian, adjusting to Indian norms and customs. It...

A personal portrait of director Shyam Benegal, made by his collaborator, Khalid Mohammed

A famous singer, Aasha, falls in love with a truck driver, who believes his wife is dead, but when Aasha discovers that his wife is alive, she...

Gunaa, a mentally-disturbed man, imagines a fictitious character of a woman to be his future wife. One day, he sees a girl in a temple and assumes...