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Parayarukandi Vettath Gangadharan (1943 – 13 October 2023) was an Indian film producer and businessman from Kerala. He produced 22 Malayalam films under his production company Grihalakshmi Productions. As a producer, he won two National Film Awards, five Kerala State Film Awards, and six Filmfare Awards South among other awards.

Biography

Parayarukandi Vettath Gangadharan was born at Calicut in 1943 to Madhavi Sami (1916–1996) and P. V. Sami (1912–1990), a popular businessman and founder of KTC Group of Companies. He was the younger brother of P. V. Chandran, managing editor of Mathrubhumi newspaper, and an industrialist himself. P. V. G., as he was known, also served as the director of Mathrubhumi.

Gangadharan was married to P.V. Sherien, daughter of former Advocate General Ratna Singh. He had three daughters: Shenuga Jaythilak, Shegna Vigil and Sherga Sandeep. He died on 13 October 2023, at the age of 80.

Filmography (producer)

Awards

National Film Awards

Filmfare Awards South

Kerala State Film Awards

Asianet Film Awards

References

1. "Grihalakhmi Production/Films, India, meaningful family films with socially relevant themes". Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2008.
2. Noted film producer P V Gangadharan passes away in Kozhikode
3. https://archive.org/download/34th-filmfare-south-winners/34th%20Filmfare%20South%20winners.jpg
4. "Vidura". 1990.
5. "Filmfare - South Special". www.filmfare.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 1999. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
6. "The Hindu : Star-spangled show on cards". www.hinduonnet.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

• P. V. Gangadharan at IMDb
• `Films are forever'
• P V Gangadharan elected VP of int'l film producers federation.
• Yahoo! Movies page for Calmness (2001)
• https://archive.today/20130118234303/http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/p.v.-gangadharan/16280

• 1943 births
• 2023 deaths
• Malayalam film producers
• Businesspeople from Kozhikode
• Film producers from Kerala
• Producers who won the Best Feature Film National Film Award
• Producers who won the Best Film on National Integration National Film Award