G. V. Iyer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

G. V. Iyer

Indian actor

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1917

Place of Birth: Nanjangud, Karnataka, India

Date of Death: 21-Dec-2003

Profession: screenwriter, actor, author, film director

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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 were 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), for which Mithun Chakraborty won the national award for Best Supporting Actor.