Plamthottam Gangadharan Viswambharan was an Indian film director who mainly worked in the Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning close to four decades, P.G. Viswambharan as he was popular known as directed more than 63 Malayalam films. Before, turning a full-fledged director in 1976, he worked with veteran director J. Sasikumar. His popular films include Ozhukkinethire (1976), Enne Snehikku Enne Mathrakm (1981), Veendum Chalikkunna Chakram (1984), Carnival (1989), Aagneyam (1993), Suvarna Simhaasanam (1997) and Puthooramputhri Unniyarcha (2002).