G. V. Iyer

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.

Filmography

Adi Shankaracharya

Veda Vyasa

Hemavathi

1977

Rushya Shringa

1976

Hamsageethe

1975

Kantheredu Nodu

1961

Ranadheera Kanteerava

Thungarya

Jagajyothi Basveshwara

1959

Ohileshwara

1956

Hari Bhakta

1956

Sodari

Sarvantaryami

Bedara Kannappa

Kailashanath Shastri