G. V. Iyer

G. V. Iyer

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G. V. Iyer Profile

  • Name:
  • G. V. Iyer
  • Other Name:
  • Ganapathi Venkatrama Iyer
  • Born:
  • September 3, 1917
  • Died:
  • December 21, 2003

G. V. Iyer Biography

Ganapathi Venkatrama Iyer, shortly known as G. V. Iyer was a National award winning film maker of Kannada film industry. He was known by the nickname - "Kannada Bheeshma". He is the only person to make National award winning movies in Sanskrit. Adi Shankaracharya released in 1983 won four National Film Award, including Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Audiography. His film themes are spiritually based. In 1993, his movie, Bhagavad Gita won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and was nominated for Best Film at the Bogota Film Festival.

 

Iyer was born on 3 September 1917 in Nanjanagud, Mysore. He joined the Gubbi Veeranna theatre group as an actor at the age of 8. Radharamana was his debut movie as an actor and a few of his eraly films include -Mahakavi Kalidasa, Sodhari, Hemavati, Hari Bhaktha and Bedara Kannapa. But later he entered direction field.  Hamsageethe was one of his early movies which received critical appreciation. But later he has also directed and written scripts for many commercial movies as well. Ranadheera Kanteerava was a major success and he continued doing commercial movies till 1970.

 

He was very proficient in Sanskrit and it led to his directorial venture in Sanskrit - Adi Shankara (1983), a biopic of Shankaracharya. The movie which received 4 major awards at National award section is regarded as his masterpiece. After this movie, he became spiritually inclined and it well reflected in his character as well. Later too, he has made biopic of   Swami Vivekananda, Madhvacharya in Kannada and Ramanujacharya in Tamil. In 1993, Bhagavat Gita won him Best Film at the National Film Awards. He also produced a television series Natyarani Shanthala, based on several works by Samethanahalli Rama Rao in Kannada.

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Updated: January 16, 2014

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