Actor, director and writer · Telugu cinema
Kasinathuni Viswanath
Kasinathuni Viswanath movies: 71 Telugu films on file (35 as actor, 34 as director, 10 as writer), 1961–2021. Earliest on file: Iddaru Mitrulu (1961). Latest release: Aaradugula Bullet (8 October 2021).
- Films on file
- 71 (35 as actor, 34 as director, 10 as writer)
- Years on file
- 1961–2021
- Born
- 19 February 1930 · February birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 2 February 2023
- Selected films on file
- Badrinadh, Swati Mutyam, Varsham
- Record
- Q6343602 on Wikidata
Career on file
Kasinathuni Viswanath has 71 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1961 to 2021: 35 films as actor, 34 films as director and ten films as writer. The earliest of them is Iddaru Mitrulu (1961), and the most recent release is Aaradugula Bullet (2021). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Badrinadh (2011), Swati Mutyam (1986) and Varsham (2004). Other recent releases on file are Hyper (2016), Bhai (2013) and Saradaga Ammayitho (2013).
Brahmanandam is the most frequent co-star, sharing 14 films with Kasinathuni Viswanath, followed by Prakash Raj (6) and Kota Srinivasa Rao (5). Among directors, B. Gopal, Kondapalli Dasaradh Kumar and Paruchuri Murali each cast Kasinathuni Viswanath in three films, more than any other director; next are G. Ram Prasad (2) and V. V. Vinayak (2). In the films Kasinathuni Viswanath directed, Allu Rama Lingaiah appears most often (13 films), ahead of Kaikala Satyanarayana (12) and Chandra Mohan (7). Music on 18 of them is by K. V. Mahadevan, with Mani Sharma (7) and M. M. Keeravani (6) next. Across these films the credits on file name 27 different directors, 24 music directors and 194 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 52 of them; they average 154 minutes, and the longest is Nindu Dampathulu at 189 minutes. Seven of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 1960s (8), 1970s (11), 1980s (13), 1990s (5), 2000s (23), 2010s (10) and 2020s (1). 2002 is the busiest single year, with six films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.