Director K Vishwanath Gets Dadasaheb Phalke award 2017Kala Tapasvi K Vishwanath has been bestowed with a great honor. The legendary director has been given Dadasaheb Phalke award for the year 2016.

Phalke award is seen as the final summit in awards as far as cinema is concerned. Only the legends of legends have got the awards from Telugu cinema. The last person to get the award from Telugu Film industry is D Ramanaidu in 2009 and before that it was Akkineni Nageswara Rao in 1990. It just shows how rare and valued the award is among film fraternity.

K Vishwanath is a multiple award winner with numerous awards includes Padmasri to his name. It surely is a good news for all Telugu movie lovers who have been fans of the legendary director and regularly watch his work. M9News team congratulates K Vishwanath on this special occasion.