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K Viswanath Passes Away: Legendary Director, Actor & Producer Dies Due To Ill Health At The Age Of 92!
K Viswanath is one among the two directors who sculpted the Telugu face of Kamal Haasan. K Viswanath is more familiar as an actor in Tamil Nadu. He acted in Kuruthi Punal, Yaaradi Nee Mohini, Rajapattai and Linga.
Legendary director K Viswanath passed away due to ill health. He is 92 years old. He is popularly known as 'Kala Tapasvi'. He was born on 19.2.1930 in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. He has a wife named Jayalakshmi, sons named Nagendranath and Rabindranath and a daughter named Padmavathi.
He started his film career in 1957 in Chennai. In 1975, he directed the Telugu film Atma Kauravam for the first time. Nandi Award was given for this. Since then he has directed several Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films including Siri Siri Muvva, Sankarabharanam, Salangai Oli and Sippikkul Muthu.
K Viswanath is one among the two directors who sculpted the Telugu face of Kamal Haasan. Another director is Singitam Srinivasa Rao. K Viswanath is more familiar as an actor. Kuruthi Punal, Yaaradi Nee Mohini, Rajapattai and Linga are some important films in his acting with popular Tamil heroes Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Dhanush and Vikram.
Salute to a master . pic.twitter.com/zs0ElDYVUM
— Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) February 3, 2023
Apart from film direction, acting and film production K. Vishwanath also worked as an audiographer and a screenplay writer. He has also received many awards including Padma Shri Award, Dadasaheb Phalke Award and National Award. It is important to note that he has won Nandi Award eight times, National Award six times and Film Fare Award nine times.
కాశీనాధుని విశ్వనాధ్ గారు తెలుగు సినిమా గర్వించదగ్గ దర్శకులు. ప్రశస్తమైన సినిమాలను సృష్టించి, తెలుగు సినిమాకు ఒక గౌరవాన్ని, గుర్తింపును తెచ్చిన గొప్ప వ్యక్తి, కె.విశ్వనాథ్ గారు. ఆయన లేని లోటు తీరనిది. #RipLegend #RIPViswanath #KVishwanath pic.twitter.com/rsnMdPkZtC
— Sreedhar Sri (@SreedharSri4u) February 2, 2023
It has been reported that he was suffering from old age and health problems for the last few years. Unfortunately, he passed away at his home in Hyderabadat the age of 92. Following this, many people from Tamil, Telugu and Hindi film indutries are expressing their condolences through social media. May his soul rest in peace.
K Vishwanath garu about Thalaivar#Linga audio launch memories...😇#RIPVishwanathGaru #RipLegend pic.twitter.com/4lchYDe9Cg
— 🕵 கருப்பு சட்டை ஆத்திகன் 👈 (@Santhos12823320) February 3, 2023
