G. Srinivasan was a film producer

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

 who founded the independent production company

Production company

A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...

 Madras Talkies

Madras Talkies

Madras Talkies is a Film and Television Production and Distribution Company in India started in 1995 with Mani Ratnam and Suhasini Maniratnam as partners. Madras Talkies is actively involved in production of films and television serials, which are distributed all over the world...

, with his elder brother, the director and screenwriter Mani Ratnam

Mani Ratnam

Mani Ratnam is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. He made his directorial debut with the Kannada film Pallavi Anu Pallavi starring Anil Kapoor in 1983...

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He produced acclaimed films such as Iruvar

Iruvar

Iruvar is a 1997 Tamil film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Mani Ratnam, with music composed by A. R. Rahman. The film is a fictionalized account of the lives of 1980s Tamil Nadu political icons M. G. Ramachandran and M...

(1997), Kannathil Muthamittal

Kannathil Muthamittal

Kannathil Muthamittal is a 2002 Tamil drama film directed by Mani Ratnam. It stars P. S. Keerthana, R. Madhavan, Simran, Nandita Das, Pasupathy, J. D. Chakravarthy and Prakash Raj. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. The film's title is a famous phrase from a poem...

(2002), Aayitha Ezhuthu

Aayitha Ezhuthu

Aayutha Ezhuthu is a 2004 Tamil political film directed by Mani Ratnam. It stars Surya, Madhavan and Siddharth in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by Oscar winning Music Director A. R. Rahman...

(2004), Yuva

Yuva

Yuva , originally titled Howrah Bridge is a feature film directed by Indian director Mani Ratnam and released in 2004. Simultaneously made in Hindi and Tamil , the prime objective of the movie was to motivate educated Indian youths to enter politics.The film tells the stories of three young men...

(2004) and Guru

Guru (2006 film)

Guru is a 2007 Indian biographical film co-written and directed by Mani Ratnam. It stars Mithun Chakraborty, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, R. Madhavan, Vidya Balan in the leading roles. The movie also has Mallika Sherawat in a guest appearance. The score and soundtrack for the film is composed...

, released in 2007.
He was a practising Chartered Accountant

Chartered Accountant

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He was married to Sandhya. His brother is film director Mani Ratnam. His elder brother was film producer G Venkateswaran

G. Venkateswaran

G. Venkateswaran , popularly known as G.V., was a film producer. He was the older brother of acclaimed director and screenwriter Mani Ratnam and G. Srinivasan. GV was the promoter of G.V...

, who committed suicide in May 2003. He has three daughters - Shreya (20) and twins Divya and Akshaya (16) .

G Srinivasan died in an accident while he was trekking in a tourist resort in Manali along with his wife and elder daughter on Sunday, 27 May 2007. Srinivasan slipped and fell into a 100-foot-deep gorge.

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