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K. Viswanath est un Acteur, Réalisateur, Scénariste, Assistant Director et Monteur Indien né le 19 février 1930

K. Viswanath

K. Viswanath
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Nom de naissance Kasinathuni Viswanath
Nationalité Inde
Naissance 19 février 1930
Mort 2 février 2023 (à 92 ans)
Récompenses Padma Shri, Filmfare Awards South, Nandi Awards

Kasinathuni Viswanath (born 19 February 1930) is an Indian film, sound designer turned director and actor known for his works in Telugu Cinema and Hindi Cinema. He is the recipient of five National Film Awards, five Nandi Awards, ten Filmfare Awards, and a Bollywood Filmfare Award. Viswanath's Hindi films include Sargam, Kaamchor, Sanjog, Jaag Utha Insan, Eeshwar, Sur Sangam, Shubh Kaamna, Sangeet and Dhanwaan. Viswanath has received international recognition for his works, and is known for blending parallel cinema elements with mainstream commercial cinema.


Viswanath's classical films Sankarabharanam (1979) and Sagara Sangamam (1983) were included among CNN-IBN's list of hundred greatest Indian films of all time.
His directorial works Sankarabharanam and Saptapadi, have garnered the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and Best Feature Film on National Integration, respectively. Sankarabharanam, was premiered at the 8th International Film Festival of India, the Tashkent Film Festival, and the Moscow International Film Festival held in May 1980, and has also won the Prize of the Public at the Besancon Film Festival of France in the year 1981.

Viswanath's Swati Mutyam was India's official entry to the 59th Academy Awards. Swati Mutyam, Sagara Sangamam and Sirivennela were premiered at the Asia Pacific Film Festival. Swayam Krushi was premiered to special mention at the Moscow International Film Festival.
Sankarabharanam, Sagara Sangamam, Shrutilayalu, Swarnakamalam and Swati Kiranam were premiered in the Indian Panorama section at International Film Festival of India, and AISFM Film Festival.

Biographie

Viswanath is married to Jaya Lakshmi and has three children: Padmavati, Nagendranath and Ravindranath. He speaks fluent Telugu, Tamil, and English.
He has six grand children. His younger cousin, Chandra Mohan is a universally renowned actor, voice actor. SP Balasubrahmanyam is also his cousin.

Le plus souvent avec

K. V. Mahadevan
K. V. Mahadevan
(21 films)
Brahmanandam
Brahmanandam
(20 films)
Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan
(8 films)
Jandhyala‌
Jandhyala‌
(9 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmographie de K. Viswanath (89 films)

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Acteur

Uttama Villain, 2h53
Réalisé par Ramesh Aravind
Genres Drame, Comédie, Romance
Acteurs Jayaram, Kamal Haasan, Andrea Jeremiah, Pooja Kumar, Parvathy, Nassar
Rôle Poornachandra Rao
Note72% 3.6451753.6451753.6451753.6451753.645175
Au 8ème siècle, quelque part en Inde, Uttaman est un acteur de Theyyam, une forme d’art théâtral. Manoranjan est une star du cinéma indien d'aujourd'hui. Quand le pont mystique s'ouvre entre ces deux époques, l'ordre établi s'ébranle.
Lingaa
Lingaa (2014)
, 2h58
Réalisé par K.S.Ravikumar
Genres Drame, Comédie, Action
Acteurs Rajinikanth, Anushka Shetty, Sonakshi Sinha, Vadivelu, Santhanam, Karunakaran
Rôle Karunakara
Note55% 2.798772.798772.798772.798772.79877
De l’Inde pré-indépendante à nos jours, un riche propriétaire se dresse, aux côtés des villageois opprimés, contre l’Administration anglaise, puis l’Etat indien, pour la construction et la sauvegarde d’un barrage, dans l’Etat du Tamil Nadu.
Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham, 2h12
Acteurs Regina Cassandra, Sai Dharam Tej, Jagapati Babu, Prakash Raj, Sayaji Shinde, Chandra Mohan
Note60% 3.0464453.0464453.0464453.0464453.046445
The story begins with a notorious politician Ganga Prasad (Sayaji Shinde) and a clean politician Prabhakar (Prakash Raj) vying for the CM’s seat. An investigative journalist Shafi (Shafi) breaks a story on Ganga Prasad and reveals that he has some important information on the candidate aspiring to the next CM. In comes Maisamma (Jagapati Babu), a contract killer, who is assigned the task of finishing off Shafi by the SP (Ahuti Prasad). Once he is done with Shafi, Maisamma is given another photograph as the next contract. Meanwhile, it’s time for the hero’s debut and enters Srinu (Sai Dharam Teja) from Palakollu. He finds his way to Maisamma through Yadigiri (Raghu Babu) to seek his help to get rid of a person. Of course, Maisamma is not convinced and refuses to take up the task. That’s when Srinu narrates how he fell in love with Shailaja (Regina Cassandra) and why he wants Maisamma to finish off a man. The scene shifts to an engineering college where both Srinu and Shailu are students and from here on the story takes a few surprise twists and turns.
Greeku Veerudu, 2h35
Réalisé par Dasaradh
Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Akkineni Nagarjuna, Nayantara, K. Viswanath, Meera Chopra, Ashish Vidyarthi, Vennela Kishore
Rôle Ramakrishna Prasad
Note47% 2.3696652.3696652.3696652.3696652.369665
Chandu (Nagarjuna) is a very selfish, self-made and cutthroat businessman in New York who runs a successful Event Organizing Agency and is aided by his uncle Sundar (M. S. Narayana), friends Bharath (Bharath Reddy) and Maya (Meera Chopra). Chandu never believes in relationships and family bonding citing them as a mess to discard. He is always involved in romantic activities with many girls sans commitment. Maya loves Chandu but as fate would have it, She marries Kamaraju (Brahmanandam), an aged yet wealthy doctor to rob his wealth. On the advice of Chandu, she applies for divorce and gets the money from him. However, she realizes that Chandu dumped her and makes a plan to teach him a lesson. She manipulates the terms and conditions of the agreement entered between Chandu and another big businessman PR (Ashish Vidyarthi) regarding organizing a charity show. According to the fraudulent terms since the show was unsuccessful, PR gets every right to recover the whole consignment amount from PR. Chandu lands in financial soup and is desperately in need of Money. Thus, he finally decides to visit his grandparents in India who is hoping to meet him since years.
சிங்கம் II, 2h45
Réalisé par Hari
Genres Drame, Thriller, Comédie, Action, Policier
Acteurs Suriya, Anushka Shetty, Hansika Motwani, Amala Paul, Vivek, Radha Ravi
Rôle Chief Minister
Note63% 3.1976153.1976153.1976153.1976153.197615
Doraisingam comissaire adjoint de la ville de Chennai se voit attribuer une nouvelle mission, celle d'enquêter sur les traffics d'armes qui se déroulent en dehors de l'Inde. L'officier de police à l'ascension fulgurante sera-t-il à la hauteur des attentes de ses supérieurs ?
Mr Perfect
Mr Perfect (2011)
, 2h25
Réalisé par Dasaradh
Genres Comédie, Romance
Acteurs Prabhas, Kajal Agarwal, Taapsee Pannu, K. Viswanath, Prakash Raj, Sayaji Shinde
Rôle Maggie's Grandfather
Note69% 3.496793.496793.496793.496793.49679
Vicky (Prabhas), an expert in gaming software, lives in Australia and never compromises in his life, a principle he adheres to since his childhood. He believes that one should be oneself in a relationship and one shouldn't change one's orientation for the sake of the partner. He also encourages his friends to follow his principle of life. But Vicky's principles and attitude leads to a clash of interests with his father (Nassar), who constantly advises him to adjust his character for his and other's happiness but to no avail.
Rajapattai
Rajapattai (2011)
, 2h3
Réalisé par Suseenthiran
Genres Comédie, Action, Romance
Thèmes La musique, Musique
Acteurs Vikram, Deeksha Seth, K. Viswanath, Pradeep Rawat, Avinash, Mayilsamy
Rôle Dakshinamoorthy
Note33% 1.676091.676091.676091.676091.67609
'Anal' Murugan (Vikram) a gym boy who dreams of becoming a successful villain in films lives along with Thambi Ramaiah and his gym co-boys. He bumps into an old man Dakshinamoorthy (K. Vishwanath) who is under pressure from his son Chidambaram (Avinash) to sell his orphanage to a scheming lady politician Ranganayaki (Sana) who is majorly into land grabbing along with her hatchet man 'Vaappa' Abdul Kadhir (Pradeep Rawat). Murugan eventually falls in love with Dharshini (Deeksha Seth). The one-man army Murugan becomes the Dakshinamoorthy’s saviour as Ranganayaki and her men are after them. How Murugan single-handedly fights the powerful politician and brings them to light forms the rest of the story.
Durai
Durai (2008)
, 2h58
Genres Action
Acteurs Kirat Bhattal, Arjun Sarja, Gajala, Suman Ranganathan, Vincent Asokan, K. Viswanath
Rôle Deivanayagam
Note57% 2.8629552.8629552.8629552.8629552.862955
Raja (Arjun) works with a cook Arusuvai Ambi (Vivek). Raja comes across Anjali (Keerat), who catches his interest. She falls for Raja. But Raja cannot remember anything of his past. All he recollects are vague images and memories that disturb him in his sleep. After a sequence of events and chase by rowdies, Raja collects his past.
Paandurangadu, 2h36
Réalisé par K. Raghavendra Rao
Acteurs Nandamuri Balakrishna, Sneha, Mohan Babu, Tabu, K. Viswanath, Suhasini Maniratnam
Rôle Pandurangadu's father
Note52% 2.6036352.6036352.6036352.6036352.603635
Pundarika Ranganathudu (Nandamuri Balakrishna) is a follower of Lord Krishna (Nandamuri Balakrishna) but for the wrong reasons and does not listen to his father (K.Vishwanath) and his mother. He does all the mischievous things that Lord Krishna did in his reign. Once when his family members ask him to marry he leaves his village and runs away. After his family members perform a yagnam he comes back to his village. In the neighboring village Lakshmi (Sneha) is a big devotee of Lord Krishna. One night Lord Krishna appears in her dreams and asks her to marry Pundarika. So Lakshmi's father approaches Pundarika but he refuses. Later, after some persuasion from Lakshmi, Pundarika accepts the marriage. Meanwhile a dancer Amrutha (Tabu) comes to their village. Pundarika is mesmerized by her beauty and gets into a relationship with her. He offers all the gold in his house to her. But, after the marriage, he stops visiting Amrutha. Knowing this Amrutha's mother calls Pundarika for a meal and serves kala kuta rasayanam, which makes him violent at a small sound and grabs all his wealth. Then he lands in an unknown place where he kicks a saint (Mohan Babu) and is cursed. The rest of the film is about how Pundarika returns backs to his family and becomes a devotee of Lord Krishna.
யாரடி நீ மோஹினி, 2h53
Réalisé par Mithran R. Jawahar
Genres Drame, Action
Acteurs Dhanush, Nayantara, Karthik Kumar, Raghuvaran, K. Viswanath, Karunas Sethu
Rôle Keerthi's Grandfather
Note72% 3.6447953.6447953.6447953.6447953.644795
Vasu (Dhanush) is from a middle-class family. He makes several bids to obtain employment but all goes in vain due to his poor language skills and inadequate educational qualifications. All his friends settle in life, but he continues to struggle in finding employment. Vasu has two faithful friends in Cheenu (Karthik Kumar), and Ganesh (Karunaas). His father (Raghuvaran), who is a teacher, is always critical of him for being an irresponsible person. This just added to his list of woes.
Aadavari Mataluku Ardhalu Verule, 2h37
Réalisé par Selvaraghavan
Genres Drame, Comédie, Romance
Acteurs Daggubati Venkatesh, Trisha Krishnan, Srikanth, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Meghna Naidu, Suman Setty
Rôle Keerthi's Grand-Father
Note75% 3.789253.789253.789253.789253.78925
Ganesh (Venkatesh) is from a middle-class family. He makes several bids to obtain employment but all goes in vain due to his poor language skills and inadequate educational qualifications. All his friends settle in life, but he continues to struggle in finding employment. Ganesh has two faithful friends in Vasu (Srikanth), and Seenu (Sunil). His father (Kota Srinivasa Rao), who is a teacher, is always critical of him for being an irresponsible person. This just added to his list of woes.
Andhrudu
Andhrudu (2005)
, 2h43
Genres Drame, Action, Romance
Acteurs Tottempudi Gopichand, Gowri Pandit, Pavan Malhotra, K. Viswanath, Sayaji Shinde, Vinaya Prasad‌
Rôle Viswanatha Sastry
Note65% 3.287493.287493.287493.287493.28749
Surendra (T. Gopichand) is an honest and hot-blooded cop. Archana (Gowri Pandit) is the daughter of police commissioner. They meet accidentally and their relationship blossoms into love. Archana's father is of Bihar origin. Parents settle the match of Surendra and Archana. When they are about to get engaged, Surendra expresses his reservations due to Archana overhearing her father's conversation with his long-estranged sister on the subject of Archana and Sinha marrying. Surendra takes the blame for the destroyed relationship and Archana goes back to Bihar to wed her cousin Sinha (Salim Baig). The rest of the story is all about how Surendra goes to Bihar and wins Archana back.