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Karnad blasts 'unplanned' growth
Renowned actor, director and playwright Girish Karnad is unhappy about the 'unplanned' growth of Pune and the 'ugly' buildings cropping up all over the city.
Karnad spoke his mind, for which he is known, while speaking to TOI here on Sunday. He said, "Huge buildings with glass walls have come up all over, which make the city look ugly in terms of architecture.
In Pune for the P.L. Deshpande festival, the Jnanpeeth awardee said, "There is also a lot of traffic congestion, which is inevitable when a city expands. However, something can surely be done about the planning of the city.
The city is not growing in a planned manner, which is destroying its beauty." Karnad, who was the director of Film and Television Institute of India in 1974, recalled that Pune used to be a beautiful city those days.
Speaking about Hindi films, Karnad was all praise for director Nagesh Kukunoor, in whose film, Iqbal, he played the role of a cricket coach.
"I had seen the film, Teen Deewarein, directed by Kukunoor, which I liked and I decided to work with him. That is how I went on to do the film," said Karnad, who acted in a Hindi film after a gap of five years.
"I acted in movies only for money. If I had a choice, I wouldn't have acted. But I have been very lucky in getting good movies and working with directors like Shyam Benegal, Jabbar Patel and Mrinal Sen," he said.
Earlier, speaking at a news conference, Karnad said Marathi literature and Marathi theatre have had an impact on him, even as he grew up in Karnataka.
"Karnataka hadn't flourished in the literary sense and my parents were Marathi theatre buffs. Hence, I was connected to Marathi and loved reading Marathi literature," he reminisced.
Asked why his plays like Tughlaq, Hayavadana and Nagamandala draw from historical and mythological sources, Karnad said a lot of historical material that has not been looked into made him explore it.
In a lighter vein, Karnad said that he was unable to invent new themes, therefore, he resorted to mythology. On the status of Marathi theatre, Karnad said it was doing well and has a lot of energy.
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