K. Viswanath is a recipient of five National Film Awards, seven state Nandi Awards, ten Filmfare Awards South, and a Filmfare Award in Hindi.

Who was K. Viswanath?

K. Viswanath was an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor. One of the most prolific filmmakers of Telugu cinema, he received international recognition for his works and is known for blending parallel cinema with mainstream commercial cinema.

K. Viswanath biography

Kasinadhuni Viswanath was born on February 19, 1930 in Repalle, Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district. His parents are Kasinadhuni Subramanyam and Kasinadhuni Saraswathy (Saraswathamma), and Pedapulivarru, an Andhra Pradesh village on the banks of the River Krishna, is where his ancestors originated.

His given name is Viswanath, while Kasinadhuni is his family name. Viswanath attended Guntur Hindu College for his intermediate studies and earned a BSc from Andhra Christian College of Andhra University.

His father was a partner at Vauhini Studios in Madras, where he started his career as a sound recordist. He trained there under the direction of A Krishnan, who oversaw the proper engineering department of Vauhini.

A Krishnan and Viswanath grew friends, and after the former transitioned into film directing, he would constantly bounce ideas off the latter. Viswanath began directing movies at Annapurna Pictures under Adurthi Subba Rao and K. Ramnoth. He desired a position as Bapu and director K. Balachander’s assistant.

K. Viswanath movies

In 1995, Viswanath debuted as an actor with Telugu film Subha Sankalpam. As a character actor, he has appeared in works such as Vajram (1995), Kalisundam Raa (2000), Narasimha Naidu (2001), Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu (2002), Santosham (2002), Seema Simham (2002), Tagore (2003), Lakshmi Narasimha (2004), Swarabhishekam (2004), Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule (2007), Athadu (2005), and Pandurangadu (2008), and Devasthanam (2012).

He essayed characters in Tamil works such as Kuruthipunal (1995), Mugavaree (1999), Kakkai Siraginilae (2000), Bagavathi (2002), Pudhiya Geethai (2003), Yaaradi Nee Mohini (2008), Rajapattai (2011), Singam II (2013), Lingaa (2014) and Uttama Villain (2015).

Who are K. Viswanath children?

K. Vishwanath has two sons and one daughter. Their names are Nagendranath Viswanath, Ravindranath Viswanath and Padmavathi Viswanath.

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