years_active birth_place awards name birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
1957 -- present repalle andhra pradesh , india -rrb- , madras state , india -lrb- presently in padma south bollywood filmfare award honorary doctorate international honors kalathapasvi shri national film awards nandi awards filmfare awards k. viswanath 19 february 1930 k viswanath legend.jpg kasinathuni viswanath
 kasinathuni viswanath sound designer , director , writer & actor
kasinathuni viswanath

kasinathuni viswanath -lrb- born 19 february 1930 -rrb- 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 '' -lrb- 1979 -rrb- and sagara sangamam -lrb- 1983 -rrb- 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 .
