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Kasinathuni Viswanath, born on February 19, 1930 in Repalle, Guntur district, India, was a film director, screenwriter and television actor. Kasinathuni Viswanath died on February 2, 2023, aged 92. Listed accolades include Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer (1981), Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu (1974), Raghupathi Venkaiah Award (1992) and 3 more.
My Take
K. Viswanath belongs in any serious conversation about Indian auteurs, and I think he is underappreciated outside Telugu cinema. Born in Repalle in 1930, he did the rare thing of fusing parallel and mainstream filmmaking, making art that audiences actually watched. The hardware backs it up: multiple Nandi Awards, the Padma Shri, the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and finally the Dadasaheb Phalke in 2016, India's highest film honor. What impresses me is the refusal to choose between depth and accessibility, a balance most directors never strike. He passed in 2023, but films that reconcile soul and spectacle simply do not age.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kasinathuni Viswanath
- Name (Japanese)
- カシナトゥニ・ヴィシュワナート
- Reading
- かしなとぅに・ゔぃしゅわなーと
- Born
- February 19, 1930 – February 2, 2023
- Origin
- Repalle, Guntur district, India
- Occupation
- film director / actor / screenwriter / television actor
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Horse
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- 1981 Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer
- 1974 Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu
- 1992 Raghupathi Venkaiah Award
- 1992 Padma Shri in arts
- 2016 Dadasaheb Phalke Award
- 1986 Nandi Award for Best Director
- 1987 Nandi Award for Best Director
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4. About this entry
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Kasinathuni Viswanath born?
Born February 19, 1930.
When did Kasinathuni Viswanath die?
Died February 2, 2023, aged 92.
Where was Kasinathuni Viswanath from?
Kasinathuni Viswanath was from Repalle, Guntur district, India.
What did Kasinathuni Viswanath do?
Kasinathuni Viswanath worked as film director, actor, screenwriter, television actor.
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