Hari Viswanath is an Indian

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, producer and

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from

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, India. He is best known for his film '' Radiopetti'' ("Radio Set"), having won the "Audience Award Best Film" in the official competition at the

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in 2015, which was later picked by

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. 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. '' Radiopetti'' was officially selected as the only Tamil film for Indian Panorama for the 46th

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, held in

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. It also won the second "Best Film" award and a special jury award for "Best Acting" at the

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in 2015. The film also won the "Best Music" award at the 2016 ImagineIndia film festival in Spain and was officially selected in the 2016

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and in the eighth Panorama of Contemporary Indian Cinema, Auroville. Hari's debut

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film '' Bansuri: The Flute'', starred

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and

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in lead roles.

Biography

Born in Chennai, he is an engineer-turned-filmmaker. Hari's passion for film stems from accompanying his father to his theatre performances. Being closely associated with theatre crystallized his vision and path for himself. Inspired by real life incidents, he wrote and directed his debut

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"Idukkan" ("Sufferings") which won the "Best Short Film" award in the Norway Tamil Film Festival 2013. Ever since, he has been actively directing films and writing stories close to his heart.

Filmography

Awards

* Best Film (Audience Award)

2015 ' * Best Film (second place)

2015 * Best Film - Government of Puducherry State Award

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Viswanath, Hari Film directors from Chennai Tamil screenwriters Screenwriters from Tamil Nadu Living people Year of birth missing (living people)