Yayati is the debut drama of Girish Karnad - Jnyanapeetha laureate- prolific Kannada Playwright. Karnad was a multi-faceted personality and achieved critical success and pan-India popularity as an actor, director, writer and playwright.

Rajeswari Hanumantha Rao provides the synopsis of the drama and talks about how Girish's Yayati is unique particularly in the development and portrayal of the character "Chitralekha" and reads the final act of the play.