ప్రముఖ సంగీత దర్శకుడు శ్రీ గురజాడ కృష్ణదాస్ వెంకటేష్ గారు popularly known as GKVenkatesh సెప్టెంబర్ 21, 1927 న జన్మించారు.
జన్మతా తెలుగువారయినా, ఆయన కన్నడ సినిమాలలో రాణించారు-- మనవారిని గుర్తించకపోవడమూ, గౌరవించుకోకపోవడమూ మనకి అలవాటేగా....
As a teenager, he played Veena for the great music directors such as S. V. Venkatraman, S. M. Subbaiah Naidu and C. R. Subburaman. Since 1964 he began to compose music for both Kannada and Tamil films. In the late 1960s, it is notable that Ilaiyaraja and L. Vaidyanathan were playing instruments under GKV's troupe, assisting to compose music. GKV launched P. B. Sreenivos as a successful in Kannada films. A versatile music director, GKV used elaborate Western-style orchestration in his songs, be they of any genre. He successfully brought Master singer Dr. Bhimsen Joshi to sing for films Sandhyaraga (1966). Bhimsen Joshi sang again in the movie Nodi Swami Navirodu Heege (1983).
జన్మతా తెలుగువారయినా, ఆయన కన్నడ సినిమాలలో రాణించారు-- మనవారిని గుర్తించకపోవడమూ, గౌరవించుకోకపోవడమూ మనకి అలవాటేగా....
As a teenager, he played Veena for the great music directors such as S. V. Venkatraman, S. M. Subbaiah Naidu and C. R. Subburaman. Since 1964 he began to compose music for both Kannada and Tamil films. In the late 1960s, it is notable that Ilaiyaraja and L. Vaidyanathan were playing instruments under GKV's troupe, assisting to compose music. GKV launched P. B. Sreenivos as a successful in Kannada films. A versatile music director, GKV used elaborate Western-style orchestration in his songs, be they of any genre. He successfully brought Master singer Dr. Bhimsen Joshi to sing for films Sandhyaraga (1966). Bhimsen Joshi sang again in the movie Nodi Swami Navirodu Heege (1983).
Ustad Bismillah Khan was reluctant to play Shehnai for films during his later part of years. GKV got the Maestro to play Shehnai for lead character Appanna, enacted by Dr.Rajkumar in Sanadi Appanna (1977). The songs became chartbusters and are aired regularly on the Kannada Radio