Hari Viswanath
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. He was the jury member of Indian Panorama section of International Film Festival of India 2017 in Goa.
Also recorded as Hariharan Viswanathan
Hari Viswanath
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- Name
- Hari Viswanath
- Born
- 18 December
- Birthplace
- Chennai, India
- Occupation
- Film director, Screenwriter
- Nationality
- United States
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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. He was the jury member of Indian Panorama section of International Film Festival of India 2017 in Goa.
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Hari Viswanath (born 1978) is a film director and screenwriter, of American nationality. The film director was born in Chennai.
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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 International Film Festival of India, held in Panaji, Goa. 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. Hari's debut Hindi film Bansuri: The Flute, starred Anurag Kashyap and Rituparna Sengupta in lead roles.
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• Name — Hari Viswanath • Born — 18 December • Birthplace — Chennai, India • Occupation — Film director, Screenwriter • Years Active — 2011 – Present
Biography
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 short film "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.
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Filmography
• Year — Film — Language — Credited as • Director — Writer — Producer • 2012 — Idukkan — Tamil • 2013 — Pesum Virus — Tamil • 2015 — Radiopetti — Tamil • 2018 — Monitor — Tamil • 2021 — Bansuri: The Flute — Hindi
Awards
• Best Film (Audience Award) Busan International Film Festival 2015 • Best Film (second place) Chennai International Film Festival 2015 • Best Film - Government of Puducherry State Award
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- 1.asianmoviepulse. Busan International film festival Winners. 2015-10-12.
- 2.screendaily. 'Immortal', 'Walnut Tree' win at Busan. 2015-10-12.
- 3.Silver Screen India. Hari Viswanath Interview: On The Award-Winning 'Radiopetti' And Working With Rituparna Sengupta And Anurag Kashyap For His Upcoming 'Bansuri'. 9 July 2020.
- 4.iffi.nic.in. Indian Panorama press release.
- 5.lebillet.ch. Coup de projecteur : Radiopetti de Hari Viswanath. 2015-09-17.
- 6.The New Indian Express. Radiopetti fame Hari Viswanath to direct Anurag Kashyap in Hindi. 15 May 2020.
- 7.Scroll Staff. 'Bansuri' trailer: Anurag Kashyap leads film about flute playing and dreams of success. Scroll.in. April 2021.
- 8.Film festivals act as promotional platforms for indie film. The Times of India. 16 January 2017.
- 9.Busan: Tamil-language 'Radio Set' a First for Festival. variety. 2015-10-02.
- 10.The New Indian Express. Hari's Radiopetti Goes Global. 5 November 2015.
- 11.I hope my film will be an inspirational tool: Hari Viswanath. The Navhind Times. 25 November 2018.
- 12.Saarc Culture. 9th SAARC Film Festival 2019.
- 13.news.yahoo.com. Hari Viswanath, Indian director of Radio Set at BIFF. 2015-10-04.
- 14.Business Standard. 'Indian Panorama' film festival to begin on February 6. 3 February 2017.
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