Hari Viswanath | |
|---|---|
 Director Hari Viswanath | |
| Born | 18 December Chennai, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, Screenwriter |
| Years active | 2011 - Present |
Hari Viswanath is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter from Chennai, India. He is best known for his film Radiopetti ("Radio Set"), having won the "Audience Award Best Film" in the official competition at the Busan International Film Festival in 2015, which was later picked by Netflix.[1][2] 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.[3]
Radiopetti was officially selected as the only Tamil film for Indian Panorama for the 46th International Film Festival of India, held in Panaji, Goa.[4] 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 and was officially selected in the 2016 Pune International Film Festival and in the eighth Panorama of Contemporary Indian Cinema, Auroville.[5]
Hari's debut Hindi film Bansuri: The Flute, starred Anurag Kashyap[6] and Rituparna Sengupta in lead roles.[7]
- ^ "Busan International film festival Winners". asianmoviepulse. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ "'Immortal', 'Walnut Tree' win at Busan". screendaily. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ "Hari Viswanath Interview: On The Award-Winning 'Radiopetti' And Working With Rituparna Sengupta And Anurag Kashyap For His Upcoming 'Bansuri'". Silver Screen India. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Indian Panorama press release". iffi.nic.in. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ "Coup de projecteur : Radiopetti de Hari Viswanath". lebillet.ch. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ "Radiopetti fame Hari Viswanath to direct Anurag Kashyap in Hindi". The New Indian Express. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Scroll Staff (April 2021). "'Bansuri' trailer: Anurag Kashyap leads film about flute playing and dreams of success". Scroll.in.