Pawan Kalyan and director Trivikram recently visited legendary director K. Viswanath’s house and personally congratulated him on the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
Speaking on the occasion, Pawan admitted that he loved all of Viswanath’s movies. “All his films show our tradition and culture. The way he portrays art forms like dance and music is superb. This is an honour for the Telugu people,” he said.
When asked what were his favourite films of the legendary director’s works, the actor shared, “All his films are classics, but I personally like Subhalekha, Sankarabha-ranam, Swathi Muthyam, Saptapadi and Swayam Krushi.” Speaking about how the duo never worked together, Pawan joked, “When he was busy, I didn’t know acting. Now, he is not doing films.”Trivikram said, “I feel the award has got some respect now because it has been presented to Viswanath garu.”
Interestingly, Pawan and him are planning to bring out a limited edition disc of 12 handpicked Viswanath films in honour of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award. “We have to talk to the concerned producers to get the footage for the special edition,” revealed Trivikram. The edition would also contain celebrity bytes of all those who worked with the director.
