Hyderabad: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Chief Ministers on Monday condoled the death of Jnanpith winner and multi-lingual actor Girish Karnad.
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao said the contributions made by Girish Karnad in the field of literature, theatre, film attained international fame. He conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved family.
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Hon'ble CM Sri KCR expressed deep condolences on the demise of noted Kannada writer, Director, Theatre artist Padma Shri &amp; Padma Bhushan Sri Girish Karnad. CM said the contributions made by Girish Karnad in the field of literature, theatre, film have attained international fame.
&mdash; Telangana CMO (@TelanganaCMO) <a href="https://twitter.com/TelanganaCMO/status/1138043917205626882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy described Karnad's death as a great loss to both literary and cine fields.
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