Manjari Fadnnis Instagram – Can’t believe my luck that I got to be Directed by this lovely person, apart from being the Legandary, 5 times National Award winning director that he is… K. Vishwanath Sir 🥹. He directed me in one of my most difficult roles, in my Telugu film, Shubhapradam. He was so wonderful to me. He made me learn & perform almost every Indian dance form that is in India in our film. From Bharatnatyam to Mohiniatyam, to Odissi to u name it… He was so patient with me on shoot even when sometimes I would not believe I could do something, he pushed me & believed in me more than I did in myself at that time. He almost treated me like his own daughter. I will always be so grateful to him🥹🙏🏼 I write this with a heavy heart as I just got to know he is no more. He lived a Great life… & inspired everyone around him. I’m so glad I spoke to him a few months ago, didn’t know that would be the last. This pic is from 2018 when I was in Hyderabad to perform my play. He was so busy that day. He was winning a Life Time Achievement Award that same evening & had it been someone else would have fairly & understandably missed attending my play… but not Vishwanath Sir. Immediately after accepting his award, he came for my play & met me backstage post the performance…. I was so touched…. Love you Sir forever❤️ Thankuuu for being such a gem in this world❤️❤️❤️❤️ Will always remember you with a Big Smile & so much Love & Respect in my heart ❤️ 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼