Kasinathuni Viswanath

K. Viswanath

Native name	కాశీనాధుని విశ్వనాధ్
Born	Kasinadhuni Viswanath (1930-02-19) 19 February 1930 (age 87) Repalle, Madras State, India
Occupation	Sound designer, Director, Writer & Actor
Years active	1957–present
Awards	Padma Shri 1992 National Film Awards Nandi Awards Filmfare Awards South Bollywood Filmfare Award Honorary Doctorate International Honors Kalathapasvi

Kasinadhuni Viswanath (born 19 February 1930) is an Indian film, sound designer turned director and actor known for his works in Telugu Cinema, Tamil Cinema and Hindi Cinema. He is the recipient of five National Film Awards, six state 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.