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| name = N. K. Vishwanathan
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|04|23|df=y}}
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| occupation = Director, cinematographer
| othername =
| yearsactive = 1978-2017
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|4|25|1941|4|23}}<ref>http://tamil.filmibeat.com/news/veteran-cinematographer-director-nk-viswanathan-passes-away-.html</ref>
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'''N. K. Vishwanathan''' (died 25 March 2017) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] film director and cinematographer who has worked on Tamil films.<ref>http://spicyonion.com/director/n-k-viswanathan-movies-list/</ref><ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/others/news-interviews/Casting-a-spell/articleshow/4978144.cms</ref> After beginning his career working as a cinematographer for Tamil films during the 1980s, he branched into film direction and made commercially successful films during the 1990s.

==Career==
Vishwanathan appeared as the cinematographer for many films since the 1970s predominantly worked in films directed by [[Rama Narayanan]] and also helped recommend actor [[Sathyaraj]] for his first role in ''[[Sattam En Kaiyil]]'' (1978).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160928131606/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/28/stories/2005072809580200.htm ]</ref> At the insistence of Kamal Haasan, he directed ''Sankarlal'' (1981) when the film's director T. N. Balu died during the shoot.<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/grillmill/article3022046.ece</ref> He began directing films in the 1990s, working on family dramas.

In the early 2000s, he worked on several devotional films as a cinematographer and developed his knowledge of CGI and VFX related scenes.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020222041343/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/10/25/stories/09250225.htm ]</ref> Vishwanathan went on to direct ''[[Jaganmohini (2009 film)|Jaganmohini]]'' (2009), a remake of the [[Jaganmohini (1978 film)|1978 film of the same name]], with [[Namitha]] and [[Meera Chopra|Nila]] in the lead roles. Despite creating attention prior to release, it opened to mixed reviews, with a critic citing that the film felt "dated".<ref>http://www.indiaglitz.com/jaganmohini-tamil-movie-review-10320.html</ref><ref>[http://www.sify.com/movies/will-jaganmohini-revive-namithas-career-news-tamil-kkfr5Jeedjbsi.html sify.com]{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Death==
He died on 25 April 2017 due to cardiac arrest.<ref>http://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/58648/cinema/Kollywood/photographer-n.k.-viswanathan-expire.htm</ref>

==Filmography==
===As director===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#f5f5f5;"
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
! Year
! Film
!class=unsortable| Notes
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Periya Veetu Pannakkaran]]'' ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Inaindha Kaigal]]'' ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Nadodi Pattukkaran]]'' ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Poranthalum Ambalaiya Porakka Koodathu]]'' ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Pondattiye Deivam]]'' ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Pudhupatti Ponnuthayi]]'' ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Periya Marudhu (film)|Periya Marudhu]]'' ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Varraar Sandiyar]]'' ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Purushan Pondatti]]'' || [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film]] (3rd Prize)
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Jaganmohini (2009 film)|Jaganmohini]]'' ||
|}

===As cinematographer===
{{colbegin}}
*''[[Uyarndhavargal]]'' (1977)
*''[[Sattam En Kaiyil]]'' (1978)
*''[[Kalyanaraman (1979 film)|Kalyanaraman]]'' (1979)
*''[[Rusi Kanda Poonai]]'' (1980)
*''[[Meendum Kokila]]'' (1981)
*''[[Kadal Meengal]]'' (1981)
*''[[Sankarlal]]'' (1981)
*''[[Ellam Inba Mayyam]]'' (1981)
*''[[Karaiyellam Shenbagapoo]]'' (1981)
*''[[Manaivi Solle Manthiram]]'' (1983)
*''[[Engal Kural]]'' (1985)
*''[[Urimai]]'' (1985)
*''[[Chain Jayapal]]'' (1985)
*''[[Veeran Veluthambi]]'' (1987)
*''[[Megam Karuththirukku]]'' (1987)
*''[[Sahadevan Mahadevan]]'' (1988)
*''[[Enga Ooru Kavalkaran]]'' (1988)
*''[[Thangamani Rangamani]]'' (1989)
*''[[Paandi Nattu Thangam]]'' (1989)
*''[[Sendhoora Devi]]'' (1991)
*''[[Purushan Enakku Arasan]]'' (1992)
*''[[Kaviya Thalaivan (1992 film)|Kaviya Thalaivan]]'' (1992)
*''[[Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa]]'' (1999)
*''[[Rajakali Amman]]'' (2000)
*''[[Kuberan (2000 film)|Kuberan]]'' (2000)
*''[[Kandha Kadamba Kathir Vela]]'' (2000)
*''[[Palayathu Amman]]'' (2000)
*''[[Nageswari]]'' (2001)
*''[[Viswanathan Ramamoorthy (film)|Viswanathan Ramamoorthy]]'' (2001)
*''[[Kottai Mariamman]]'' (2001)
*''[[Shakalaka Baby (film)|Shakalaka Baby]]'' (2002)
*''[[Annai Kaligambal]]'' (2003)
*''[[Mannin Maindhan]]'' (2005)
{{colend}}

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