Multilingual actor and playwright Girish Karnad is no more. The actor, who entertained the audience with his performances, has passed away at his residence in Bengaluru on Monday, June 10. He was aged 81.

For four decades, Girish Karnad has composed multilingual plays to tackle contemporary issues. In fact, he also translated his plays into English and received accolades. His plays have been translated into a few Indian languages, and have been directed by prominent personalities like Ebrahim Alkazi, B. V. Karanth, Alyque Padamsee, Prasanna, Arvind Gaur, Satyadev Dubey, Vijaya Mehta, Shyamanand Jalan, Amal Allana and Zafer Mohiuddin.