Parayarukandi Vettath Gangadharan (1943 – 13 October 2023) was an Indian film producer and businessman from

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

. He produced 22

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

films under his production company Grihalakshmi Productions. As a producer, he won two

National Film Awards The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...

, five

Kerala State Film Awards The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Cha ...

, and six

Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...

among other awards.

Biography

Parayarukandi Vettath Gangadharan was born at

Calicut Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth large ...

in 1943 to Madhavi Sami (1916–1996) and Sami of the Parayarukandi Vettath house (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 ''Mathrubhumi'' is a Malayalam newspaper that is published from Kerala, India. It was founded by K. P. Kesava Menon, an active volunteer in the Indian freedom struggle against the British. The word "Mathrubhumi" translates to 'mother land'. ...

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.Noted film producer P V Gangadharan passes away in Kozhikode
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Filmography (producer)

Awards

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Asianet Film Awards The Asianet Film Awards is an award ceremony for films presented annually by Asianet, a Malayalam-language television network from the south-Indian state of Kerala. Asianet says an awards ceremony has been instituted to honour artistic and ...

References

External links

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P V Gangadharan elected VP of int'l film producers federation.Yahoo! Movies page for Calmness (2001)
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