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Ganapathi Venkataramana Iyer ಕನ್ನಡ - ಗಣಪತಿ ವೆಂಕಟರಮಣ ಅಯ್ಯರ್(3 September 1917 – 21 December 2003), popularly known as G. V. Iyer,ಜಿ.ವಿ. ಅಯ್ಯರ್ was a well-known Indian film director and actor. His mother tongue is Tamil. He was nicknamed "Kannada Bheeshma",〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.jointscene.com/artists/Kollywood/G.V._Iyer/10137 )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=31st National Film Awards )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=31st National Film Awards (PDF) )〕 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'' (1993), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and was nominated for Best Film at the Bogotá Film Festival. ==Career== He started his career at the age of eight when he joined the Gubbi Veeranna theatre group.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.kannadastore.com/kannada-video-cd-gv-iyer-movies-collectors-set-p-2710.html )〕 His first role as an actor in cinema was in the film ''Radha Ramana''. 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, B. V. Karanth and T.G. Lingappa) 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. He was proficient in both Kannada and Sanskrit and was soon to make the first movie in Sanskrit, about the famous philosopher ''Adi Shankara'' (1983). The movie received the National Film Awards for Best 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. He later went on to make a film on Madhvacharya in Kannada and Ramanujacharya in Tamil. He also made a remarkable Sanskrit movie ''Bhagavad Gita'' (1993), which won Best Film at the National Film Awards of 1993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000467/1993 )〕 The film was also nominated for Best Film at the Bogotá Film Festival. He also produced a television series ''Natyarani Shanthala'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nowrunning.com/news/kannada/manju-bhargavi-returns-to-work-in-kannada/22865/story.htm )〕 a historical, on the Hoysala Jain queen Shanthala, who was married to a Vaishnava King. It was re-made in Hindi as well as in Kannada. It was based on several works by Samethanahalli Rama Rao in Kannada. He later went on to make a movie ''Swami Vivekananda''. It was an attempt to portray Swami Vivekananda, realistically. Though it had many famous actors such as Mithun Chakraborty, Hema Malini and Sarvadaman Banerjee, the movie failed to become a commercial success. He was planning a film based on the Hindu epic ''Ramayana'', with Sanjay Dutt playing the role of Ravana, before his sudden death on 21 December 2003 at the age of 87. His last rites took place at his Bharadhwaja Ashrama, near Dodda Aladamara, on the outskirts of Bangalore, near Kengeri.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mysoresamachar.com/gv_iyer_dead.htm )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「G. V. Iyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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