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{{Short description|Indian director (1944–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = GS Panicker
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| birth_date = 1944
| birth_place = Thiruvananthapuram
| death_date = 22 August 2022 (aged 78)
| death_place = Chennai, India
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| occupation = {{hlist|[[Film director]]|[[Screen writer]]|[[film producer]]}}
| yearsactive =1978-1991
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'''GS Panicker''' was an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who was active primarily in his native Malayalam, apart from Kannada cinema, from 1978 to 1991. For ''Sahyante Makan'' (1982), he won the [[Kerala_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Children's_Film|Kerala State Award for Best Children's Film]]. His films [[Prakriti Manohari|''Prakrithi Manohari'']] (1980) and [[Pandavapuram|''Paandavapuram'']] (1986) were selected to the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). His film ''[[Ekakini]]'' (1978) won the [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Editor]]. <ref name="auto">{{Cite news|title=കഥയില്ലാത്ത 'ഏകാകിനി', ഇക്കിളിപ്പെടുത്തിയ 'വാസരശയ്യ'; ജി.എസ്. പണിക്കരെ ഓർമിക്കുമ്പോൾ|author=പ്രശാന്ത് കാനത്തൂർ|
url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/features/ekaakini-vasarashayya-gs-panicker-unforgettable-movies-1.7756279 |publisher=Mathrubhumi|date= 4 August 2022}}</ref>

==Early life==
During his school and pre-graduation days, Panicker was active in amateur theater in his hometown of [[Chirayinkeezhu]] in the [[Thiruvananthapuram]] district of Kerala. He was an avid filmgoer. After graduating, he moved to Chennai to learn about cinema. A year later, he gained admission to the film direction and screenplay-writing program at [[Film and Television Institute of India|FTII]] Pune.

==Career==
His initial scripts did not receive much attention. He then moved to Canada and worked in the television sector for three years to secure the budget for his maiden movie.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite news|title=Director GS panicker passes away|
url=https://keralakaumudi.com/en/news/news.php?id=875727|publisher=Kerala Kaumudi |date=4 August 2022}}
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On his return, he made his debut as a director and producer with ''[[Ekakini]]'', considered the first road movie in Malayalam. Between 1980 and 1991, he directed three feature films ([[Prakriti Manohari|''Prakrithi Manohari'']], ''Sahyante Makan'', [[Pandavapuram|''Paandavapuram'']]); ''Vaasarashayya'', a docu-fiction; and ''Neelavasantham'', a telefilm, all in Malayalam. ''Sahyante Makan'' is a children's film. During the same period, he directed ''Romanchana'' (1985), a Kannada film.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Romanchana| website=[[YouTube]] |
url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3grm55_Hts|date=30 August 2020}}</ref>

All his films have been commercially successful, with ''Vaasarashayya'' bringing bumper collections and being dubbed into multiple Indian languages.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vasarashayya| website=[[YouTube]] |
url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XidP3YJu_QQ|date=29 February 2024}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite news|title=സംവിധായകൻ ജി എസ് പണിക്കർ അന്തരിച്ചു |url=https://www.sirajlive.com/director-gs-panicker-passed-away.html|publisher=Sirajlive|date=4 August 2022}}
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==Death==
GS Panicker passed away while under treatment at a private hospital in Chennai in August 2022. He is survived by his wife, son, and daughter.<ref>{{Cite news|title=കഥയില്ലാത്ത 'ഏകാകിനി', ഇക്കിളിപ്പെടുത്തിയ 'വാസരശയ്യ'; ജി.എസ്. പണിക്കരെ ഓർമിക്കുമ്പോൾ|author=പ്രശാന്ത് കാനത്തൂർ|
url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/features/ekaakini-vasarashayya-gs-panicker-unforgettable-movies-1.7756279 |publisher=Mathrubhumi|date=4 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Film director GS Panicker passes away|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/Aug/04/film-directorg-s-panicker-passes-away-2484187.html | publisher=New Indian Express|date=4 August 2022}}
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==Filmography==
*''Ekakini'' (1978)
*''Prakrithi Manohari'' (1980)
*''Sahyante Makan'' (1982)
*''Romanchana'' (1985)
*''Paandavapuram'' (1986)
*''Vaasarashayya'' (1993)
*''Neelavasantham'' (1991)
*''Bhoothapandi''
*''Mid Summer Dreams'' (2018) – Shelved project<ref>{{Cite news|title=Director GS Panicker passes away|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/director-gs-panicker-passes-away/articleshow/93343232.cms| publisher=Times of India|date=4 August 2022}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Kerala State Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Film and Television Institute of India alumni]]
[[Category:Malayalam screenwriters]]
[[Category:Film directors from Kerala]]
[[Category:Malayalam film directors]]
[[Category:Malayalam film producers]]
[[Category:People from Thiruvananthapuram district]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Kerala]]
[[Category:1944 births]]
[[Category:2022 deaths]]

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