Career
Viswanath's directorial debut A Voyage is based on the works of famous Indian writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair, winner of highest literary award in India Jnanpith. The film won the Gold Medal for Best Short Film in India and Honorable Mention in Zanzibar International Film Festival.
His international English feature film Déjàvu with British actors premiered at the 54th Locarno International Film Festival.
Only two other Indian films have made it to Locarno in its 54-year history, the other being the Oscar-nominated Hindi film Lagaan. Dejavu was screened in 24 international film festivals.
His Urdu film Parwaaz (The Flight) won Special Prize in Patras Film Festival.
Viswanath won two awards for Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay in New York Independent Film Festival for his feature film Marathon (2010) Marathon imdb based on the true story of Pulitzer Prize winning American poet William Morris Meredith, Jr.
His recent feature film "Viola"Viola imdb won Golden palm in the Mexico International Film festival
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