Actor and director · Telugu cinema
Kasinathuni Viswanath
- Films on file
- 47 (14 as actor, 34 as director)
- Years on file
- 1966–2012
- Known for
- Devasthanam, Mr. Perfect, Shubhapradam
Career on file
Kasinathuni Viswanath has 47 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1966 to 2012: 14 films as an actor and 34 films as director. The earliest of them is Aatma Gowravam (1966), and the most recent release is Devasthanam (2012). Other recent releases on file are Mr. Perfect (2011), Shubhapradam (2010) and Panduranga (2008).
Prakash Raj, Brahmanandam and Sayaji Shinde are the most frequent co-stars, each sharing three films with Kasinathuni Viswanath, followed by Trisha Krishnan (2) and Suhasini Maniratnam (2). Among directors, Kondapalli Dasaradh Kumar and Paruchuri Murali each cast Kasinathuni Viswanath in two films, more than any other director. In the films Kasinathuni Viswanath directed, Allu Rama Lingaiah appears most often (13 films), ahead of Kaikala Satyanarayana (12) and Sakshi Ranga Rao (7). Music on 16 of them is by K. V. Mahadevan, with Ilaiyaraaja (4) and Thotakura Venkata Raju (4) next. S.V.S. Films produced three of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 11 different directors, 16 music directors and 142 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 32 of them; they average 158 minutes, and the longest is Nindu Dampathulu at 189 minutes. By decade the list splits into 1960s (5), 1970s (10), 1980s (13), 1990s (4), 2000s (12) and 2010s (3).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.