Person

G. V. Iyer

Writing · 1917–2003 · Nanjanagud, Mysore, India

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.

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  Hamsageethe

  1975

• Post Master

  Director

• Wall Poster

  Screenplay

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  Swami Vivekananda

  Director

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  Bhagavad Gita

  Director

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  Kantheredu Nodu

  1961

• Madhavacharya

  Director

• Kittur Chennamma

  Writer

• Ramanujacharya

  Director

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  Hemavathi

  1977

• 1998Swami VivekanandaDirector
• 1993Bhagavad GitaDirector
• 1989RamanujacharyaDirector
• 1989Wall PosterScreenplay
• 1986MadhavacharyaDirector
• 1983Adi ShankaracharyaVeda Vyasa
• 1977Hemavathi
• 1976Rushya Shringa
• 1975Hamsageethe
• 1968Mysuru TangaDirector
• 1967Immadi PulikeshiScreenplay
• 1967Beedi BasavannaDialogue
• 1967Gange GowriWriter
• 1966Sandhya RaagaLyricist
• 1966Emme ThammannaDialogue
• 1965PazhaniStory
• 1964Post MasterDirector
• 1961Kantheredu Nodu
• 1961Kittur ChennammaWriter
• 1960Ranadheera KanteeravaThungarya
• 1959Jagajyothi Basveshwara
• 1956Ohileshwara
• 1956Hari Bhakta
• 1955SodariSarvantaryami
• 1954Bedara KannappaKailashanath Shastri