Legendary Telugu filmmaker K. Viswanath, who was popular for iconic films
such as Sankarabharanam, Sagara Sangamam, Swathi Muthyam and Swarna Kamalam
among others, breathed his last on Thursday at his residence in Hyderabad.
The five-time national award winner was suffering from age-related
ailments. He was 92.Viswanath began his career as an audiographer for Vauhini Studios in
Madras. After a short stint as a sound engineer, he began his filmmaking
career under filmmaker Adurthi Subba Rao and eventually went on to work as
an assistant director on 1951 Telugu film Pathala Bhairavi.
such as Sankarabharanam, Sagara Sangamam, Swathi Muthyam and Swarna Kamalam
among others, breathed his last on Thursday at his residence in Hyderabad.
The five-time national award winner was suffering from age-related
ailments. He was 92.Viswanath began his career as an audiographer for Vauhini Studios in
Madras. After a short stint as a sound engineer, he began his filmmaking
career under filmmaker Adurthi Subba Rao and eventually went on to work as
an assistant director on 1951 Telugu film Pathala Bhairavi.
Viswanath made his directorial debut with 1965 film Aatma Gowravam, which
went on to win the state Nandi award.
It was with the widely popular and celebrated 1980 Telugu film
Sankarabharanam that Viswanath became a national phenomenon, thanks to the
film’s unbelievable success everywhere. The film spoke about the gap
between Carnatic music and Western music based on the perspective of people
from two different generations.
Sankarabharanam went on to win four National awards. It was later remade as
Sur Sangam, also directed by Viswanath, in Hindi.
