P. H. Vishwanath

P. H. Vishwanath
Born	Vishwanath Parvathamallappa Chitradurga Dist, Karnataka, India
Occupation(s)	Film director, producer and writer
Years active	1976-present

P. H. Vishwanath (Kannada: ಪಿ. ಎಚ್. ವಿಶ್ವನಾಥ್) is an Indian film director, writer and a producer who works in Kannada cinema. Apart from films, Vishwanath has directed several documentaries and tele-series. He started his film career as an assistant director to Puttanna Kanagal with College Ranga (1976) being his first release. Following this, he assisted for many films directed by Kanagal, Joe Simon, Hunsur Krishnamurthy and T. S. Nagabharana.

Vishwanath turned as an independent director with the film Panchama Veda in 1990. Starring Ramesh Aravind and Sudharani, the film was both critical and commercial success, winning several awards. He continued to direct many successful films such as Ati Madhura Anuraga starring Kashinath, Nagendra Sha and Panchami, Munjaneya Manju starring Ambareesh, Sudharani and Tara, Musuku (1994), Srigandha (1995), Aragini (1995), Rangoli, Andaman (1998) and Arunodaya starring Ramesh Aravind, Shilpa, Vijayalakshmi and Sharan throughout the 1990s. He pursued his interest in making documentaries in various field such as Agriculture, Sericulture, Environment- Passive Smoking, Ozone Layer Depletion, Rain Water Harvesting. There was a documentary that was released in Hanoi- Vietnam based on Rabies called RABIES IS A FATAL BUT PREVENTABLE DISEASE for Rabies in Asia Foundation in 2009. You Only Live Once – Don't die of Rabies" a Public awareness film was released & screened at  RIACON in COLOMBO, SRI LANKA on 28 -11-2011. One Health One Goal – Elimination of Rabies was released & screened at  RIACON in BANGKOK, THAILAND on 11 -09-2013. He has directed 73 documentaries as a whole.

He directed a Children film "Kinnara Baale" that won the best children film and best child artiste award from KARNATAKA  STATE GOVERNMENT (2010), screened at 7th International children's film festival 2012- Bangalore and Kolkata International Children film festival.  

He directed a Tulu comedy film, Telikeda Bolli, which was critically acclaimed and won accolades. In 2016, he returned to mainstream cinema by directing a parallel film, Suli.

For his contribution in Kannada cinema, Vishwanath has been awarded with the Puttanna Kanagal Award by the Government of Karnataka for the year 2013. In 2014, he was elected as the President of the Karnataka Film Directors Association.

Filmography

Year	Film Title	Cast	Role	Notes
1979	Dharmasere	Aarathi, Srinath	Assistant director
1981	Ranganayaki	Aarathi, Ambarish
1982	Maanasa Sarovara	Srinath, Padma Vasanthi
1983	Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage	Srinath, Padma Vasanthi, Jai Jagadish
1984	Prema Jyothi	Arjun Sarja, Bhavya
1985	Shiva Kotta Sowbhagya	Lokesh, Aarathi, Jayanthi
1985	Maha Purusha	Vishnuvardhan, Gayathri
1986	Sedina Sanchu	Rajesh, Bhavya
1986	Nenapina Doni	Ananth Nag, Girish Karnad, Geetha
1986	Africadalli Sheela	Charan Raj, Saheela
1988	Aasphota	Sridhar, Triveni
1989	Madhu Masa	Ramesh Aravind, Sarala
1990	Panchama Veda	Ramesh Aravind, Sudharani	Director, Writer
1992	Athimadhura Anuraga	Kashinath, Panchami	Director, Writer
1993	Munjaneya Manju	Ambarish, Sudharani, Tara	Director
1994	Musuku	Ambarish, Dolly Minhas, Ramesh Aravind	Director, Writer
1995	Srigandha	Ramesh Aravind, Sudharani	Director, Writer
1995	Aragini	Ramesh Aravind, Sudharani	Director	Won - Karnataka State Film Award for 2nd Best Film
1996	Rangoli	Sumanth, Ruchita Prasad	Director, Writer
1998	Andaman	Shiva Rajkumar, Soni	Director, Writer
1999	Arunodaya	Ramesh Aravind, Vijayalakshmi	Director, Writer
1999	Nathiyora Geethangal	Ramesh Aravind, Sasikala	Director	Tamil film
2005	Olave	Vishal Hegde, Sandhya	Producer, Director and Writer
2009	Kinnara Baale	Ramesh Bhat, Baby Madhushree, Baby Shreya, Mandeep Roy	Director, Writer
2012	Telikeda Bolli	Arjun Kapikad, Vinni Fernandes	Director	Tulu film
2016	Suli	Srinath	Director, Writer

External links

• P. H. Vishwanath at IMDb
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