Ganapathi Venkatrama Iyer also known as G V Iyer was a well known Indian Film Director. 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. Iyer is the name given to a community of Brahmins (members of the priestly class / caste) of India whose members mostly profess the advaita philosophy propounded by sri Shankaracharya and whose ancestors have had strong ties with the Tamil region, for many centuries. ... Mysore is the second largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. ... Karnataka or Karnātakā (ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ in Kannada) is one of the four southern states of India. ... A map of Southern India, its rivers, regions and water bodies. ...

He started his career at the age of eight when he joined the Gubbi Veeranna Theater group. His first role as an actor in cinema was in the film Radharamana.Besides this he acted in a number of other movies such as Mahakavi Kalidasa,Sodhari,Hemavati,Hari Bhaktha and Bedara Kannapa.He soon started directing his own movies.The movie 'Hamsageethe’ (music by Dr.Balamuralikrishna and B.V.Karanth) was extremely well received and made him famous. Iyer wrote scripts, lyrics and produced and directed many commercial Kannada movies. Iyer’s biggest effort was Ranadheera Kanteerava. He continued making commercial movies until 1970. The Kannada movie Mahakavi Kalidasa was made in mid 1950s by the then famous singer of Karnataka Shri Honnappa Bhagavatar of Chamarajapet, Bangalore. ... Kannada - aptly described as sirigannada (known to few as Kanarese) is one of the oldest Dravidian languages and is spoken in its various dialects by roughly 45 million people. ...

He was proficient in both Kannada and Sanskrit and was soon to make the first movie in Sanskrit 'Adi Shankara’ (1984).The movie received National Award for Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Audiography and has been known as a master piece. It is believed that the movie made a great impact on Iyer.It was remarked that he stopped wearing footwear after making the movie. Sanskrit ( संस्कृतम्) is an Indo-European classical language of India and a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. ...

He later went on to make a movie on Madhavacharya in Kannada and Ramanujacharya in Tamil.He also made a remarkable Sanskrit movie Bhagawat Gita , which was adjudged the best film in National Awards,1993.

He also produced a television series 'Natyarani Shantala',a historical,on the Hoyasala Jain Queen, Shantala, who was married to a Vaishnava King.It was re-made in Hindi as well as in Kannada. JAIN is an activity within the Java Community Process, developing APIs for the creation of telephony (voice and data) services. ... Vaishnavism is the branch of Hinduism in which Vishnu or one of his avatars (i. ... Hindi (हिन्दी hindī) an Indo-European language spoken mainly in North, Central, and Western India, is one of the national languages of India. ...

He later went on to make a movie on Vivekananda.It was an attempt to portray Swami Vivekananda, realistically.Though it had many famous actors such as Mithun Chakravarthy, Hema Malini, Sarvadhaman Banerjee , the movie failed to become a commercial success. Swami Vivekananda (Bangla: স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ, Hindi: स्वामी विवेकानन्द) (whose pre-monastic name was Narendranath Dutta Bangla: নরেন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত, Hindi: नरेन्द्रनाथ दत्त) (January 12, 1863 - July 4, 1902) is considered one of the most famous and influential spiritual leaders of the Vedanta philosophy. ... Hema Malini in Seeta aur Geeta Hema Malini (born October 16, 1948 in Tamil Nadu) is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer, who starred in several successful Bollywood films in the 1970s, most notably the super-hit, Sholay. ...

He was planning a film based on the Hindu epic, 'Ramayana',with Sanjay Dutt playing the role of 'Ravana' before his sudden demise in December 2003 at the age of 87. A Hindu (archaic Hindoo), as per modern definition is an adherent of philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, the predominant religious, philosophical and cultural system of India (Bharat), Nepal, and the island of Bali. ... Sanjay Dutt Sanjay Dutt (born July 29, 1959) is a Bollywood megastar. ... A dipiction of Ravana, Hindu Demon King of Lanka In Hindu mythology, Ravana (Devanagari: रावण, IAST Rāvaṇa; sometimes transliterated Raavana and as Ravan) is the principal antagonist of the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. ...