G.V Iyer

Ganapathi Venkataramana Iyer (3 September 1917 – 21 December 2003) was an Indian film director and actor. He was nicknamed “Kannada Bheeshma”.^[1] His film Adi Shankaracharya (1983) won four National Film Award, including Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Audiography.^[2][3] His film Swami Vivekananda (1998) was nominated in the Best Film category at the Bogotá Film Festival , for which Mithun Chakraborty won the national award for Best Supporting Actor.