actor turned politician sumalatha ambareesh has paid her tributes to legendary k vishwanath who has passed with an emotional note which she has shared on her social media page along with throwback picture she wrote vishwanath garu i am totally heart broken legendary director a great human being someone who put telugu movies on the national map with his epic shankarabharanam and for mehe gave me my 1st identity in telugu movies with shubhalekha sruthilayalu jananijanmabhoomi swayamkrushi all wonderful movies much ahead of their timeswith each movie he challenged my capabilities as an actor moulded me and encouraged me to better myselfread alsolegendary director k viswanath passes awaythe five national film awards winner breathed his last at his residence in hyderabad todaytaught me theabcd of enunciation and modulationhe was my tutore my idol and someone who represented the simple beauty of telugu culture i can go on and onhe will live through his works of artthe music in his movieshis love for our classical dance formsthe strong messages he conveyed through gentle humor and powerful visuals this is a void which can never ever be filled i stand with the millions of fans and his loving family in mourning and praying for his departed soulvishwanath died on thursday in hyderabad at the age of 92 he was suffering from agerelated illness