G. V. Iyer

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1917-09-03

Deathday 2003-12-21 (86 years old)

Place of Birth Nanjanagud, Mysore, India

Also Known As Ganapathi Venkataramana Iyer, G.V.Iyer, G.V. Iyer

G. V. Iyer

Biography

Ganapathi Venkataramana Iyer (3 September 1917 – 21 December 2003), popularly known as G. V. Iyer, was a well-known Indian film director and actor. He was nicknamed "Kannada Bheeshma", and was the only person who made movies in Sanskrit. His movie Adi Shankaracharya (1983) won four National Film Award, including Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Audiography. His films were well known for their spiritual themes. He was born in 1917 in Nanjanagud in Mysore district of Karnataka state in South India. His most critically acclaimed films Bhagavad Gita (1993), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and was nominated for Best Film at the Bogotá Film Festival. And Swami Vivekananda (1998), Mithun Chakraborty won national award for Best Supporting Actor.

Known For

Writer

1998
1998
Swami Vivekananda

as Screenplay

1989
Ramanujacharya

as Writer

1986
Madhavacharya

as Writer

1983
1975
Hamsageethe

as Screenplay

1968
Mysuru Tanga

as Story

1968
Mysuru Tanga

as Screenplay

1968
Mysuru Tanga

as Dialogue

1968
Mysuru Tanga

as Lyricist

1967
Gange Gowri

as Writer

1967
Immadi Pulikeshi

as Screenplay

1967
Immadi Pulikeshi

as Lyricist

1967
Immadi Pulikeshi

as Dialogue

1967
Beedi Basavanna

as Dialogue

1967
Beedi Basavanna

as Lyricist

1966
Sandhya Raaga

as Lyricist

1966
Emme Thammanna

as Dialogue

1966
Emme Thammanna

as Lyricist

1965
Pazhani

as Story

1962
1960
Ranadheera Kanteerava

as Screenplay

1960
1960
1956
Hari Bhakta

as Screenplay

1956
Hari Bhakta

as Story

1956
Hari Bhakta

as Dialogue

1955
Sodari

as Dialogue

1955
Sodari

as Story

1955
Sodari

as Lyricist

1955
Sodari

as Screenplay

Actor

1983
Adi Shankaracharya

as Veda Vyasa

1960
1955
Sodari

as Sarvantaryami

1954
Bedara Kannappa

as Kailashanath Shastri

Director

1998
Swami Vivekananda

as Director

1993
Bhagavad Gita

as Director

1989
Ramanujacharya

as Director

1986
Madhavacharya

as Director

1983
Adi Shankaracharya

as Director

1975
Hamsageethe

as Director

1968
Mysuru Tanga

as Director

Producer

1975
Hamsageethe

as Producer

1960