Hari Viswanath
Hari Viswanath (born on 18 December) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is an engineer-turned-filmmaker from Chennai, India. He was the jury member of Indian Panorama section of International Film Festival of India 2017 in Goa. Award winning Films Radiopetti and Bansuri: The Flute has made him a notable director.
Hari Viswanath | |
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Director Hari Viswanath | |
Born | 18 December Chennai, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Film director, Screenwriter |
Years active | 2011 - Present |
He made his feature film debut with Radiopetti ("Radio Set") in 2015, which became the first Tamil film to win the "Audience Award Best Film" in the official competition in the Busan International Film Festival in 2015, and has been officially selected as the only Tamil film for Indian Panorama for the 46th International Film Festival of India, to be held in Panaji, Goa. It also won the second "Best Film" award and a special jury award for "Best Acting" at the Chennai International Film Festival in 2015. The film also won the "Best Music" award at the 2016 ImagineIndia film festival in Spain. It was officially selected in the 2016 Pune International Film Festival and in the eighth Panorama of Contemporary Indian Cinema, Auroville.
Hari's debut Hindi film Bansuri: The Flute, starred Anurag Kashyap and Rituparna Sengupta in lead roles.