G. V. Iyer
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 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), Mithun Chakraborty won national award for Best Supporting Actor.
Adi Shankaracharya
as Veda VyasaThe first and only Indian movie to be made in Sanskrit. The movie follows the life and times of...
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Bedara Kannappa
as Kailashanath ShastriA hunter tries to prove his extreme devotion to Lord Shiva by removing both of his eyes.
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Hari Bhakta
as uncreditedHari Bhakta is a 1956 Kannada-language film directed by T. V. Singh Thakur. The film stars...
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Jagajyothi Basveshwara
as uncreditedThe life of Basava, a philosopher and social reformer from Karnataka who lived in the 12th...
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Ranadheera Kanteerava
as ThungaryaRanadheera Kanteerava is a 1960 Indian Kannada-language historical drama biographical film...
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Sodari
as SarvantaryamiSodari is a 1955 Indian Kannada-language film directed by T. V. Singh Thakur. The film stars...
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Hamsageethe
as uncreditedHamsa Geethe is based on the real-life story of the 18th-century Carnatic musician Bhairavi...
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Rushya Shringa
as uncreditedThe local god prophesies that Balappa can solve the problem of a lack of rain in the village...
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Hemavathi
as uncreditedHemavathi, a noble priest's daughter, is married off to a jobless man in the city who abandons...
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