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{{Infobox person
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| birth_place = [[Chitradurga District]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| birthname = Vishwanath Parvathamallappa
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| occupation = [[Film director]], [[Film producer|producer]] and [[Screenwriter|writer]]
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| years_active = 1976-present
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'''P. H. Vishwanath''' ({{lang-kn|ಪಿ. ಎಚ್. ವಿಶ್ವನಾಥ್}}) is an Indian film director, writer and a producer who works in [[Kannada cinema]]. Apart from films, Vishwanath has directed several documentaries and tele-series. He started his film career as an assistant director to [[Puttanna Kanagal]] with ''[[Dharmasere|College Ranga]]'' (1976) being his first release. Following this, he assisted for many films directed by Kanagal, [[Joe Simon (film director)|Joe Simon]], [[Hunsur Krishnamurthy]] and [[T. S. Nagabharana]].

Vishwanath turned as an independent director with the film ''[[Panchama Veda (film)|Panchama Veda]]'' in 1990. Starring [[Ramesh Aravind]] and [[Sudharani]], the film was both critical and commercial success, winning several awards. He continued to direct many successful films such as Ati Madhura Anuraga starring Kashinath, Nagendra Sha and Panchami, Munjaneya Manju starring Ambareesh, Sudharani and Tara, ''Musuku'' (1994), ''Srigandha'' (1995), ''Aragini'' (1995), Rangoli, ''[[Andaman (film)|Andaman]]'' (1998) and Arunodaya starring Ramesh Aravind, Shilpa, Vijayalakshmi and Sharan throughout the 1990s. He pursued his interest in making documentaries in various field such as Agriculture, Sericulture, Environment- Passive Smoking, Ozone Layer Depletion, Rain Water Harvesting. There was a documentary that was released in Hanoi- Vietnam based on Rabies called RABIES IS A FATAL BUT PREVENTABLE DISEASE for Rabies in Asia Foundation in 2009. You Only Live Once – Don't die of Rabies" a Public awareness film was released & screened at RIACON in COLOMBO, SRI LANKA on 28 -11-2011. One Health One Goal – Elimination of Rabies was released & screened at RIACON in BANGKOK, THAILAND on 11 -09-2013. He has directed 73 documentaries as a whole.

He directed a Children film "[[Kinnara Baale(film)|Kinnara Baale]]" that won the best children film and best child artiste award from KARNATAKA STATE GOVERNMENT (2010), screened at 7th International children's film festival 2012- Bangalore and Kolkata International Children film festival.

He directed a [[Tulu language|Tulu]] comedy film, ''[[Telikeda Bolli]]'', which was critically acclaimed and won accolades. In 2016, he returned to mainstream cinema by directing a parallel film, ''[[Suli (2016 film)|Suli]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/ph-vishwanaths-suli-releases-this-week/article8650034.ece|title=Suli: a whirlpool of emotions|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

For his contribution in Kannada cinema, Vishwanath has been awarded with the [[Puttanna Kanagal Award]] by the [[Government of Karnataka]] for the year 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/karnataka-state-awards-announced-news-kannada-pbfldsgcgifii.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105192803/http://www.sify.com/movies/karnataka-state-awards-announced-news-kannada-pbfldsgcgifii.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-01-05|title=Karnataka State awards Announced|publisher=[[Sify.com]]}}</ref> In 2014, he was elected as the President of the Karnataka Film Directors Association.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chitraloka.com/news/5449-kanfida-new-president-ph-vishwanath.html|title=KANFIDA New President PH Vishwanath|publisher=Chitraloka.com}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Film Title !! Cast !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Dharmasere]]'' || [[Aarathi]], [[Srinath]] ||rowspan="12"|Assistant director ||
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Ranganayaki]]'' || [[Aarathi]], [[Ambarish]] ||
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Maanasa Sarovara]]'' || [[Srinath]], [[Padma Vasanthi]] ||
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage]]'' || [[Srinath]], [[Padma Vasanthi]], [[Jai Jagadish]] ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Prema Jyothi'' || [[Arjun Sarja]], [[Bhavya]] ||
|-
| 1985 || ''Shiva Kotta Sowbhagya'' || [[Lokesh]], [[Aarathi]], [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]] ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Maha Purusha]]'' || [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Gayathri (actress)|Gayathri]] ||
|-
| 1986 || ''Sedina Sanchu'' || [[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]], [[Bhavya]] ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Nenapina Doni]]'' || [[Ananth Nag]], [[Girish Karnad]], [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]] ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Africadalli Sheela]]'' || [[Charan Raj]], Saheela ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Aasphota]]'' || [[Sridhar (Kannada actor)|Sridhar]], Triveni ||
|-
| 1989 || ''Madhu Masa'' || [[Ramesh Aravind]], Sarala ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Panchama Veda (film)|Panchama Veda]]'' || [[Ramesh Aravind]], [[Sudharani]] || Director, Writer ||
|-
| 1992 || ''Athimadhura Anuraga'' || [[Kashinath (actor)|Kashinath]], Panchami || Director, Writer ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Munjaneya Manju]]'' || [[Ambarish]], [[Sudharani]], [[Tara Venu|Tara]] || Director ||
|-
| 1994 || ''Musuku'' || [[Ambarish]], [[Dolly Minhas]], [[Ramesh Aravind]] || Director, Writer ||
|-
| 1995 || ''Srigandha'' || [[Ramesh Aravind]], [[Sudharani]] || Director, Writer ||
|-
| 1995 || ''Aragini'' || [[Ramesh Aravind]], [[Sudharani]] || Director || Won - [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film|Karnataka State Film Award for 2nd Best Film]]
|-
| 1996 || ''Rangoli'' || Sumanth, Ruchita Prasad || Director, Writer ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Andaman (film)|Andaman]]'' || [[Shiva Rajkumar]], [[Shruthi Raj|Soni]] || Director, Writer ||
|-
| 1999 || ''Arunodaya'' || [[Ramesh Aravind]], [[Vijayalakshmi (Kannada actress)|Vijayalakshmi]] || Director, Writer ||
|-
| 1999 || ''Nathiyora Geethangal'' || [[Ramesh Aravind]], Sasikala || Director || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film
|-
| 2005 || ''Olave'' || Vishal Hegde, Sandhya || Producer, Director and Writer ||
|-
|2009 || ''Kinnara Baale''|| Ramesh Bhat, Baby Madhushree, Baby Shreya, Mandeep Roy || Director, Writer ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Telikeda Bolli]]'' || [[Arjun Kapikad]], Vinni Fernandes || Director || [[Tulu language|Tulu]] film
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Suli (2016 film)|Suli]]'' || [[Srinath]] || Director, Writer ||
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1112261}}
* {{facebook|PH Vishwanath}}

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