By conferring the Dadasaheb Phalke Award on Legendary Telugu filmmaker K Vishwanath, the government has rightfully honoured one of the most important filmmakers India has ever seen. Spanning across six decades, Viswanath managed to leave impression on Telugu, Tamil and Hindi cinemas. Few Telugu, Tamil and Bollywood celebrities congratulated K Vishwanath through Twitter. Here are few tweets:

Selvaraghavan "Truly blessed to have worked with k. Vishwanath sir. Have cherished memories of some golden conversations with a gem of a human being#legend"

Koratala Siva "Always wondered how he made every movie a classic. Happy to hear Kala tapaswi k.viswanath garu winning dadasaheb phalke award. Long live sir"

Priyadarshi, "Congratulations K. Viswanath Garu for #DadasahebPhalkeAward
You & your work gave me enough reasons to love cinema and seek art for living!"

Hero Sunil, "Hearty Congratulations to one of the finest film makers kalatapaswi #KViswanath garu on winning #DadasahebPhalkeAward!"

Madhur Bhandarkar‏Verified account, "Congratulations Master Craftsman K.Viswanath Garu Conferred with #DadasahebPhalkeAward,been a such a great inspiration for filmmakers."

Sushanth A‏, "Wonderful news that Legendary K.Viswanath garu has won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award! Congratulations Sir! Proud moment for the Telugu Ind."

sumalatha ambareesh‏, "#DadasahebPhalkeAward #KViswanath Hearty Congrats to the  one f the greatest ever filmaker wth whom I hv hd the prvlge f working in 4 movies."