Viswanath (Died) Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Movies, Awards, Images

Viswanath aka Kasinadhuni Viswanath was a popular director, screenwriter, and actor. He mostly worked in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi films. He received five National Awards, seven Nandi Awards, and Ten Filmfare Awards South. He also won a Filmfare Award for his work in the Eeshwar Hindi film. Viswanath won the Nandi Award for his debut film as a director. As an actor, he mostly worked in Tamil and Telugu movies. In addition, he also worked in two Kannada films Prema Baraha and Oppanda. Unfortunately, this acclaimed legendary director Viswanath passed away in a private hospital in Hyderabad at midnight on Thursday (February 02, 2023) due to prolonged illness.

Biography

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Interesting Facts

• He was not an active person on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
• In 1992, he received Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and the prestigious civilian honor Padma Shri for his contribution to the field of arts.
• His films mostly addressed the issues of caste, color, disability, gender, discrimination, misogyny, alcoholism, and other social deformities that needed a change.
• Viswanath directed more than 50 films.

Movies

as a director

Year	Film	Language	Credits	Notes
1965	Aatma Gowravam	Telugu	Director	Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Bronze); Debut as a director
1967	Private Master	Telugu	Director
1968	Kalisochina Adrushtam	Telugu	Director
1968	Undamma Bottu Pedata	Telugu	Director
1969	Nindu Hrudayalu	Telugu	Director
1971	Chelleli Kapuram	Telugu	Director	Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Gold)
1971	Chinnanati Snehitulu	Telugu	Director
1971	Nindu Dampathulu	Telugu	Director
1972	Kalam Marindi	Telugu	Story, screenplay writer and director	Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Gold)
1973	Neramu Siksha	Telugu	Screenplay, writer and director
1973	Sarada	Telugu	Director	Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Gold)
1974	Amma Manasu	Telugu	Story, screenplay writer and director
1974	O Seeta Katha	Telugu	Director	Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Silver) Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Direction
1975	Chinnanati Kalalu	Telugu	Director
1975	Jeevana Jyothi	Telugu	Director	Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Gold) Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Direction
1976	Mangalyaniki Maromudi	Telugu	Screenplay, writer and director
1976	Siri Siri Muvva	Telugu	Story, screenplay, writer and director
1976	Prema Bandham	Telugu	Director
1976	Jeevitha Nouka	Telugu	Director
1978	Kalanthakulu	Telugu	Director
1978	Seetamalakshmi	Telugu	Story, screenplay, writer and director
1979	President Peramma	Telugu	Director
1979	Sankarabharanam	Telugu	Story writer and director	Prize of the Public at the Besançon Film Festival of France Special Mention – Moscow International Film Festival National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Gold)
1979	Sargam	Hindi	Director	Remake of Siri Siri Muvva
1980	Alludu Pattina Bharatam	Telugu	Director
1980	Subhodayam	Telugu	Story-writer and director
1981	Saptapadi	Telugu	Story, screenplay writer and director	Special Mention – Moscow International Film Festival National Film Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu
1982	Kaamchor	Hindi	Director	Remake of Subhodayam
1982	Subhalekha	Telugu	Story, screenplay, writer and director	Filmfare Award for Best Direction
1983	Sagara Sangamam	Telugu	Story-writer and director	Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Bronze) Filmfare Award for Best Direction Dubbed into Tamil as Salangai Oli
1983	Shubh Kaamna	Hindi	Director	Remake of Subhalekha
1984	Janani Janmabhoomi	Telugu	Story, screenplay writer and director
1984	Jaag Utha Insan	Hindi	Director	Remake of Saptapadi
1985	Sanjog	Hindi	Director	Remake of Jeevana Jyothi
1985	Sur Sangam	Hindi	Director	Remake of Sankarabharanam
1985	Swathi Muthyam	Telugu	Story, screenplay, writer and director	India's Official Entry for Best Foreign Language film at the 59th Academy Awards National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Gold) Nandi Award for Best Direction Filmfare Award for Best Direction Special Mention – Asia Pacific Film Festival Special Mention – Moscow International Film Festival
1986	Sirivennela	Telugu	Story, screenplay, writer and director
1987	Sruthilayalu	Telugu	Story, screenplay, writer and director	Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Gold) Nandi Award for Best Direction Filmfare Award for Best Direction
1987	Swayamkrushi	Telugu	Story, screenplay, writer and director	Special Mention – Moscow International Film Festival
1988	Swarnakamalam	Telugu	Story, screenplay, writer and director	Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Gold) Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu Cinema Express Award for Best Direction Ann Arbor Film Festival
1989	Eeshwar	Hindi	Story, screenplay, writer and director	Remake of Swathi Muthyam Filmfare Award for Best Story
1989	Sutradharulu	Telugu	Story, screenplay, writer and director	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Bronze)
1992	Aapadbandhavudu	Telugu	Story, screenplay, writer and director	Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Bronze) Filmfare Award for Best Direction
1992	Sangeet	Hindi	Director
1992	Swathi Kiranam	Telugu	Story, screenplay, writer and director
1993	Dhanwaan	Hindi	Director
1995	Subha Sankalpam	Telugu	Director and Actor	Filmfare Award for Best Direction
1996	Aurat Aurat Aurat	Hindi	Director
1997	Chinnabbayi	Telugu	Director
2004	Swarabhishekam	Telugu	Actor, story, screenplay writer and director	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
2010	Subhapradam	Telugu	Director

as an actor

Year	Film	Role	Language
1995	Subha Sankalpam	Raayudu	Telugu
1995	Kuruthipunal	Srinivasan	Tamil
1995	Vajram	Chakri's father	Telugu
1999	Mugavaree	Sridhar's father	Tamil
2000	Kalisundam Raa	Raghavayya	Telugu
2000	Kakkai Siraginilae	Sambasiva Iyer	Tamil
2001	Narasimha Naidu	Raghupathi Naidu	Telugu
2002	Seema Simham	Visweswara Rao	Telugu
2002	Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu	Ramachandrayya	Telugu
2002	Santosham	Ramachandrayya	Telugu
2002	Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo	Balaramayya Naidu	Telugu
2002	Bagavathi	Chief Minister	Tamil
2003	Pudhiya Geethai	Swamy	Tamil
2003	Tagore	Chief Minister	Telugu
2004	Lakshmi Narasimha	Lakshmi Narasimha's father	Telugu
2004	Swarabhishekam	Srinivasachari	Telugu
2005	Athadu	CBI Officer	Telugu
2007	Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule	Keerti's grandfather	Telugu
2008	Yaaradi Nee Mohini	Keerti's grandfather	Tamil
2008	Pandurangadu	Pandurangadu's father	Telugu
2011	Mr. Perfect	Maggie's grandfather	Telugu
2011	Rajapattai	Dakshanamurthy	Tamil
2012	Devasthanam	Srimannarayana	Telugu
2013	Singam II	Chief Minister	Tamil
2014	Lingaa	Karunakara	Tamil
2015	Uttama Villain	Poornachandra Rao	Tamil
2016	Hyper	Chief Minister	Telugu
2018	Prema Baraha	Seenu	Kannada
2018	Sollividava	Seenu	Tamil
2022	Oppanda	Rangaswamy	Kannada

Other Roles

Year	Film	Language	Credits	Notes
1951	Pathala Bhairavi	Telugu Tamil	Assistant Director
1957	Thodi Kodallu	Telugu	Audiographer	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
1957	Enga Veetu Mahalakshmi	Tamil	Audiographer
1959	Banda Ramudu	Telugu	Audiographer
1961	Iddaru Mitrulu	Telugu	Assistant Director
1963	Chaduvukunna Ammayilu	Telugu	Screenplay, writer
1964	Mooga Manasulu	Telugu	Assistant director	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu
1964	Doctor Chakravarty	Telugu	Assistant director	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Gold)
1968	Sudigundalu	Telugu	Writer	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Gold) Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu Tashkent Film Festival

Awards

Civilian Honor

• Padma Shri (1992), Government of India

International Honours

• 1981 – Prize of the Public at the Besançon Film Festival of France
• 1982–87 – Special Mention – Moscow International Film Festival
• 2014 – Gulf Andhra Award for Life Time Achievement in Cinema – U.A.E.

National Film Awards

• 2017 – Dadasaheb Phalke Award for lifetime achievement in cinema.
• 1980 – National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment – Sankarabharanam
• 1982 – Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration – Saptapadi
• 1987 – Best Feature Film in Telugu – Swathi Muthyam
• 1990 – Best Feature Film in Telugu – Sutradharulu
• 2005 – Best Feature Film in Telugu – Swarabhishekam

Nandi Awards

• 1980: Second Best Story Writer – Sankarabharanam
• 1981: Best Screenplay Writer – Saptapadi
• 1982: Best Story Writer – Subhalekha
• 1986: Best Director – Swathi Muthyam
• 1987: Best Director – Sruthilayalu
• 1992: Raghupathi Venkaiah Award – Lifetime achievement for outstanding contributions to Telugu cinema
• 1995: Best Character Actor – Subha Sankalpam
• 2000: Best Supporting Actor – Kalisundam Raa

Cinema Express Awards

• 1988: Cinema Express Award for Best Director – Swarnakamalam

CineMAA Awards

• CineMAA Award for lifetime achievement – (2008)

South Indian International Movie Awards

• 2021: Lifetime Achievement Award

Filmfare Awards

• 1989: Filmfare Best Story Award – Eeshwar

Filmfare Awards South

• 1974: Best Director – O Seeta Katha
• 1975: Best Director – Jeevana Jyoti
• 1982: Best Director – Subhalekha
• 1983: Best Director – Sagara Sangamam
• 1986: Best Director – Swathi Muthyam
• 1987: Best Director – Sruthilayalu[56]
• 1992: Best Director – Aapadbandhavudu
• 1995: Best Director – Subha Sankalpam
• 1994: Lifetime Achievement

Honorary Doctorate

• Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University

Other Honours

• 2012 – Viswa Vikhyata Darsaka Sarvabhowma for achievement in direction.
• 2012 – Chittoor V. Nagayya Puraskaram for lifetime achievement in cinema.
• 2017 – Film Nagar Cultural Center – Hyderabad Award for achievement in cinema.
• 2017 – Telugu Film Director’s Association Award for achievement in direction.
• 2017 – Aathmeeya Sanmanam from the Government of Andhra Pradesh for achievement in cinema at Vijayawada Thummalapalli Kalakshetram.

Images

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