You call it an uncanny coincidence or a divine destiny, but veteran filmmaker K Viswanath’s death occurred on the day when his eponymous blockbuster ‘Sankarabharanam’ was actually released, on February 2.
Viswanath breathed his last following an age-old illness at a hospital here in Hyderabad on Thursday night (Feb 02). Exactly 43 years ago, his movie ‘Sankarabharanam’ got theatrically released on the same date.
The film was screened at the Tashkent film festival, Moscow International Film Festival in May 1980, AISFM Film Festival. Forbes included actor JV Somayajulu’s performance in the film on its list of “25 Greatest Acting Performances of Indian Cinema”.
In an online poll conducted by CNN-IBN, ‘Sankarabharanam’ came 11th in the poll as the “greatest Indian film ever.”
