Hamsageethe
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| Directed by | G. V. Iyer | 
| Produced by | G. V. Iyer | 
| Written by | T. R. Subba Rao | 
| Screenplay by | G. V. Iyer | 
| Starring | Anant Nag Rekha Rao B. V. Karanth Mysore Mutt Vasudev Girimaji | 
| Music by | M. Balamuralikrishna Background score: B. V. Karanth | 
| Cinematography | Nemai Ghosh | 
| Edited by | V. R. K. Prasad | 
| Distributed by | Ananthalakshmi Films | 
| Release dates | 
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| Running time | 150 minutes | 
| Country | India | 
| Language | Kannada | 
Hamsageethe (Kannada: ಹಂಸಗೀತೆ, The Swan song) is a 1975 Indian feature film in the Kannada language. It was directed by G. V. Iyer, based on a novel by T. R. Subba Rao, and starring Anant Nag and Rekha Rao in lead roles.
The film won 2 National Film Awards; the National Film Award for Kannada film and National Award for Best Male Playback singer (M. Balamuralikrishna) at the 23rd National Film Awards.[1]
Hamsa Geethe, the novel by Ta Ra Su was made into a Hindi film, Basant Bahar in 1956. The novel is supposedly based on the real-life story of the 18th-century Carnatic musician Bhairavi Venkatasubbaiah.[1][2]
Cast
- Anant Nag as Bhairavi Venkatasubbiah
- Rekha Rao
- G. S. Rama Rao
- B. V. Karanth
- Mysore Mutt
- Vasudev Girimaji
- G. V. Iyer
Awards
- 23rd National Film Awards
- Karnataka State Film Awards 1975-76[3]
This film screened at 11th IFFI for 50 years of playback singing.
Notes
- 1 2 "23rd National Film Awards" (PDF). iffi.nic.in. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ↑ "Hamsa Geethe's Classical Dance Competition: Translation and Reflection".
- ↑ "Hamsageethe (1975)". kannadamoviesinfo.com.
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