Kalathapasvi, director K. Vishwanath passed away

Hyderabad: Popular director Kalathapaswi K. Vishwanath (92) passed away. He was suffering from illness for the last few days and breathed his last on Thursday night while undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospital. After the news came to the Telugu film industry, tragedy struck.. Many film actors and politicians are condoling the death of K. Vishwanath.

Kashinathuni.Vishwanath was born on February 19, 1930 in Raypalle, Guntur district. Studied Inter in Guntur Hindu College..Completed B.Sc in Andhra University.. After that, he started his film career as a sound artist at Vahini Studios. K. Vishwanath, who entered the industry with the movie Atma Gauravam in 1965, directed many wonderful films. He presented many classical films to the Telugu audience like Sirisirimuvva, Shankarabharanam, Saptapadi, Sagarasangam, Swathimuthyam, Sirivennela, Sruthilayalu, Swayamkrishi, Swarnakamalam, Sutradharulu, and Swathikiranam.

Megastar Chiranjeevi expressed deep grief over the death of Kalathapaswi K. Vishwanath. The great director Vishwanath who took the level of my Telugu films to the international level made me happy. I was shocked to hear the news of his death. The loss of a director like him is not only for me but also for the Telugu film industry. At this time, I want to give strength to his family members to bear this pain,” said Chiranjeevi.