G. V. Iyer
Film director
1917 – 2003
Who was G. V. Iyer?
Ganapathi Venkatrama 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, Adi Shankaracharya and which 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 film was Bhagavad Gita, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and was nominated for Best Film at the Bogotá Film Festival.
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- Born
- Sep 3, 1917
Nanjangud - Also known as
- Ganapathy Venkataramana Iyer
- Kannada Bheeshma
- Barefoot Director
- The Barefoot Director
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Lived in
- Karnataka
- Died
- Dec 21, 2003
Mumbai
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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