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{{Short description|Indian actor (1937–2021)}}
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|birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|10|15|1937|04|27|df=yes}}
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|death_place = [[Hubballi]], Karnataka
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'''G. K. Govinda Rao''' (27 April 1937 – 15 October 2021) was a writer, intellectual, professor of English and [[Kannada]] film actor from [[Karnataka]], India.

==Career==
G.K.Govinda Rao has acted in several Kannada films including ''[[Grahana (film)|Grahana]]'' and has appeared in lead roles in the Kannada T.V. serials ''[[Maha Parva]]'' and. ''[[Malgudi Days (TV series)|Malgudi Days]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Malgudi days 1987|url=https://spuul.com/episodes/1047-a-hero|publisher=spuul.com|accessdate=2 December 2014|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011140419/https://spuul.com/episodes/1047-a-hero|url-status=live}}</ref> He is considered an authoritative resource person in the fields of theater and cinema.<ref>{{cite news|title=Session with G.K. Govinda Rao|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/session-with-gk-govinda-rao/article5481065.ece|accessdate=4 April 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=20 December 2013|archive-date=7 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092555/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/session-with-gk-govinda-rao/article5481065.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> He has been invited to give lectures to university students on theatre topics.<ref name=lecture>{{cite news|title=Students told to savour Shakespeare's works|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/students-told-to-savour-shakespeares-works/article3934208.ece|accessdate=4 April 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 September 2012|archive-date=7 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092456/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/students-told-to-savour-shakespeares-works/article3934208.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Filmography==
* ''[[Katha Sangama (1976 film)|Katha Sangama]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Grahana (film)|Grahana]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Mithileya Seetheyaru]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Doctor Krishna]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Curfew (1994 film)|Curfew]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Nishyabda]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Bhoomi Thayiya Chochchala Maga]]'' (1998)
* ''Ajju'' (2004)
* ''[[Shastri (2005)|Shastri]]'' (2005)
* ''[[...Re (film)|...Re]]'' (2016)

==Television==
* ''[[Maha Parva]]''
* ''[[Malgudi Days (TV series)|Malgudi Days]]''
* [[Mukta (TV series)]]

==Social movement==
G.K.Govinda Rao has participated in several social movements and has openly criticized certain "divisive" political parties and supported Congress party during the 2014 General elections.<ref name=khajane>{{cite news|last=Muralidhara Khajane|first=Nagesh Prabhu|title=Distinctly Bangalore South|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/distinctly-bangalore-south/article5865393.ece|accessdate=4 April 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=5 April 2014|archive-date=7 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092541/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/distinctly-bangalore-south/article5865393.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> He opposed superstitions practiced in society like [[Made Made Snana]] and gave lectures to create awareness against prevailing superstitions.<ref name=will>{{cite news|title=Mangalore: 'Reinforce Will Power, Root Out Superstitions' – G K Govinda Rao|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=126273|accessdate=6 April 2014|newspaper=Dijhiworld|date=2 December 2012|archive-date=7 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407104059/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=126273|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Criticism and controversies===
G.K.Govinda Rao is known for having a sharp tongue and once termed the quality of Kannada motion pictures produced at Gandhinagar, Bangalore as ''daridra'' (wretched) which created controversy and certain film producers protested his statement and demanded an apology from Mr. Rao.<ref name=manju>{{cite news|title=K Manju demands apology from GK Govinda Rao|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news-interviews/K-Manju-demands-apology-from-GK-Govinda-Rao/articleshow/27794428.cms|accessdate=5 April 2014|newspaper=The Times of India|date=23 December 2013|archive-date=23 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923203314/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news-interviews/K-Manju-demands-apology-from-GK-Govinda-Rao/articleshow/27794428.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> He also criticized noted writers [[S. L. Bhyrappa]], [[Vishwesha Teertha|Pejavar Seer]] and [[Narendra Modi]] for their stands on ''urulu seve'', treatment of minorities, etc.<ref name=seer>{{cite news|title=Bhyrappa, Pejawar Seer's thinkings flayed|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/118947/bhyrappa-pejawar-seers-thinkings-flayed.html|accessdate=5 April 2014|newspaper=Deccan Herald, Bangalore|date=7 December 2013|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923224730/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/118947/bhyrappa-pejawar-seers-thinkings-flayed.html|url-status=live}}</ref> G.K.Govinda Rao has stated that he was not a supporter of the [[Naxalite|Naxal Movement]] of Karnataka although he expressed displeasure on the arrest of Vittala Malekudiya for his alleged link with Naxals.<ref name=vittala>{{cite news|last=CD Network|title=Vittala is innocent: G K Govinda Rao|url=http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php/news/39954-vittala-is-innocent-g-k-govinda-rao|accessdate=6 April 2014|newspaper=Coastaldigest.com|date=14 May 2012|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923205217/http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php/news/39954-vittala-is-innocent-g-k-govinda-rao|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|7971264}}

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[[Category:1937 births]]
[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Indian socialists]]
[[Category:Poets from Karnataka]]
[[Category:People from Bengaluru]]
[[Category:Kannada-language writers]]
[[Category:Male actors from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Male actors in Kannada cinema]]

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