
Known for
Writing
Born
September 3, 1917
Birthplace
Nanjanagud, Mysore, India
Died
December 21, 2003 (aged 86)
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....
1998
Screenplay, Story, Director
1993
Director, Screenplay
1989
Director, Writer
1989
Screenplay, Director
1986
Director, Writer
1983
as Veda Vyasa, Writer, Director
1977
1976
1975
Producer, Screenplay, Director
1968
Dialogue, Lyricist
1968
Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialogue, Lyricist
1967
Screenplay, Lyricist, Dialogue
1967
Dialogue, Lyricist
1967
Writer
1966
Lyricist
1966
Dialogue, Lyricist
1965
Story
1964
Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
1962
Writer, Producer, Lyricist
1961
Screenplay, Lyricist
1961
Screenplay, Dialogue, Lyricist
1961
Writer, Lyricist
1960
1960
as Thungarya, Producer, Story, Screenplay, Dialogue, Lyricist
1959
Writer