It is already reported that legendary director K Viswanath breathed his last night. He passed away at his residence in Hyderabad due to age-related health issues.
Reportedly, K Viswanath’s departed soul is placed as his residence for the film circles to pay their last respects. To offer their final prayers, stars like Chiranjeevi, Pawan Kalyan, and Venkatesh along with producers like Allu Arvind, and Suresh Babu among others visited K Viswanath’s residence.
Along with film industry bigwigs, political leaders like Venkaiah Naidu offered last respect to the creative director and extended condolences to the bereaved family members. Sources reveal that K Viswanath’s funeral will happen this evening at Mahaprasthanam, Jubilee Hills.
K Viswanath was 92 years old. It is already reported that K Viswanath was a recipient of five National Film Awards, seven state Nandi Awards, ten Filmfare Awards South, and a Filmfare Award in Hindi. The creative director was honored with the “Prize of the Public” at the “Besançon Film Festival of France” in 1981. In 1992, Viswanath received the Andhra Pradesh state Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and the civilian honor Padma Shri for his contribution to the field of arts. In 2017, he was conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest award in Indian cinema.
In 1951, Viswanath started his film career as an assistant director with the Telugu-Tamil bilingual film, Pathala Bhairavi. Eventually, he turned director in 1965 with the Telugu film Aatma Gowravam. The film won the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film of the year. Apart from Telugu, K Viswanath directed films in Tamil and Hindi languages as well.
