Girish Karnad (1938-2019): He was a pillar of social justice

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I first saw Girish Karnad on the big screen in Shyam Benegals Manthan (1976). I was very young then. Yet, I have followed his cinematic work since then. Later, I grew to appreciate him as an intellectual who had strong views on many socio-political issues.
When I was making Ek Tha Tiger (2012), I thought of casting actors who werent from that world (commercial cinema). The idea was to create a new world around Salman Khan with them. So, I reached out to Girish sir. He was very gracious and came on board.

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I had the privilege of shooting with him in various cities such as Mumbai, Dublin and Istanbul. In Dublin and Istanbul especially, I used to just sit and chat with him on various subjects. His health was fine at that time. We even used to go on long walks. It was some time after that his health started deteriorating.

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