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Sugama Sangeetha
Sugama Sangeetha, a variety of Bhavageethe, is an Indian musical genre in which poetry in the Kannada language is set to music. It gained recognition with the work of P. Kalinga Rao in the mid -20th century. Mysore Ananthaswamy and C. Aswath developed the form further in the 1960s and 1970s. Origin and development It is unclear when exactly Bhavageethe started but in 1920s and 30s there were many attempts to set tunes to poetry. By the 1950s it started taking a more defined shape and a highly talented musicianP. Kalinga Rao was instrumental in spreading this art form. He set tunes to the poems of many famous Navodaya poets, and gave performances on All India Radio as well as public gatherings. The art form started gaining popularity through his rendering of ''Udayavaagali Namma Cheluvu Kannada Naadu'', ''Yaaru Hitavaru Ninage'', ''Anathadim Digantadim'', ''Baarayya Beladingale'', ''Brahma Ninge Jodistheeni'' etc., He laid the foundation of Sugama Sangeetha and hence is consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhavageethe
''Bhaavageete'' or ''Bhavageeth'' (literally 'emotion poetry') is a form of poetry and pop music in India. Most of the poetry sung in this genre pertain to subjects like love, nature and philosophy, and the genre itself is not much different from Ghazals, though ghazals are bound to a peculiar metre. This genre is quite popular in Karnataka and Maharashtra. This genre may be called by different names in other languages. Kannada Bhavageete Kannada Bhavageete ( kn, ಭಾವಗೀತೆ) draws from modern Kannada poetry. Notable modern Kannada poets whose works have been set to music include Kuvempu, D. R. Bendre, Gopalakrishna Adiga, K.S. Narasimhaswamy, G.S. Shivarudrappa, K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Raju Ananthaswami. Popular Bhavageetes in Kannada * Tanuvu ninnadu, manavu ninnadu - Kuvempu * Anandamaya ee jagahrudaya - Kuvempu * Oh nanna chetana - Kuvempu * Ealladaru Iru - Kuvempu * Baa Chakori - Kuvempu * Yaava Mohana Murali Kareyitu - Gopalakrishna Adiga * Ede tumbi haadidenu andu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archana Udupa
Archana Udupa is an Indian singer. She sings devotional, classical and film songs. She is graded artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan. She won Zee TV TVS Sa Re Ga Ma Pa contest of singing in 1998. Archana Udupa is the first person of south Indian origin to win Hindi film song singing contest. As of now she has sung in more than 1000 cassettes and CDs (Albums). She won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her song in the film ''Bhageerathi'' in 2012. She also judged for famous singing reality show ''Kannada Kogile'' for two seasons along with Chandan Shetty and Sadhu Kokila. She married Sriranga, a lawyer and son of musician Shimoga Subbanna Shimoga Subbanna or Shivamogga Subbanna (born as G. Subramanya, 14 December 1938 – 11 August 2022) was an Indian Sugama Sangeetha(Light Music) playback singer in the Kannada language. He received a national award for singing for the song '' ..., in 2002. References External links * Living p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National College, Bangalore
The National College, Bangalore is the name given to two sister institutions in Bangalore, India: the National College Basavanagudi, founded in 1920, and the National College, Jayanagar, founded in 1965. Other related institutions, also called National College, are located in Bagepalli (Chikkaballapur District) and Gowribidanur. These institutions are managed by the National Education Society of Karnataka (NES). National College (autonomous) Basavanagudi National College Basavanagudi is located in Basavanagudi. It was started in the year 1920. The college was founded by Sampath Giri Rao. Educationalist Dr. H. Narasimhaiah was the chairman of NES until his death. He also started the Bangalore Science Forum (BSF). National College (autonomous), Jayanagar The National College in Jayanagar was started in 1965. It offers courses at both pre-university and degree levels in the arts and sciences including English, Kannada, Sanskrit, French, Hindi, physics, computer science, electro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadhu Kokila
Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach (born 24 March 1966) known by his screen name Sadhu Kokila, is an Indian musician, actor, comedian, film director and producer, and an occasional screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He began his career as a composer before taking to acting in films, appearing mostly in comic roles. He has also directed ten Kannada films, the most notable one being ''Raktha Kanneeru'' (2003). As a composer, he is a two-time recipient of the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director, which he won for ''Rakshasa'' (2005) and ''Inthi Ninna Preethiya'' (2008). As an actor, he has received multiple nominations and awards in the category of Best Comedian in the South Indian International Movie Awards. Early life and career Sadhu Kokila was born as Sahaya Sheelan on 24 March 1966 into a Tamil nadaar Christian family of Natesh and Mangala in Bangalore in the Indian State of Mysore (now Karnataka). He was born to a family of musicians with father bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priyadarshini (singer)
Priyadarshini Ram, also known as Priyadharshi Ram or monomymously as Priyadarshini, is a Singaporean-Indian playback singer who has performed in more than 110 movies in the Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi cinema industries. She began her career as a playback singer by performing a duet song with Hariharan for the Tamil film ''Kadhal Dot Com'', released in 2004. She later sung a duet with S. P. Balasubrahmanyam in the Kannada movie ''Rocky''. She has worked with music directors such as Bharathwaj, D. Imman, Hamsalekha, Mano Murthy, Gurukiran Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is an Indian music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie '' A'', directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his next movie '' Upendra'' fu ..., R. P. Patnaik, Rajesh Ramnath, K. Kalyan, and S. A. Rajkumar, and has also recorded jingles and albums. She has a PhD in film music from the University of Mysore. Playback songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasturi Shankar
Kasturi Shankar ( kn, ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ ಶಂಕರ್) is an Indian singer who sings mainly in Kannada language. She has recorded few films songs in Malayalam and Tulu languages and many non-film songs in Konkani, Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu and Hindi. Shankar has sung different kind of songs like film, devotional, Bhaavageethe, classical and folk songs. In her 30 years singing career, Kasturi has worked with a variety of music composers, including T. G. Lingappa, M. Ranga Rao, Vijaya Bhaskar, Rajan–Nagendra, Gunasingh, G. K. Venkatesh and others. She has sung many duets with Dr. Rajkumar, Vani Jairam, Dr. P.B. Srinivas, T. M. Soundararajan, Vishnuvardhan, KJY and with SPB. Kasturi Shankar's popular film songs like ''Sooryana kanthige ''(for Padmapriya), ''Sri tulasi daye thoramma'' (for Jayanthi), ''Rangena halliyage'' (for Aarathi), ''Sri rama bandavne'', ''Raamanu baralilla'' made her name popular among listeners. Early life Kasturi Shankar was born in Mysuru on 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shimoga Subbanna
Shimoga Subbanna or Shivamogga Subbanna (born as G. Subramanya, 14 December 1938 – 11 August 2022) was an Indian Sugama Sangeetha(Light Music) playback singer in the Kannada language. He received a national award for singing for the song ''Kaadu Kudure Odi Banditta'' in the film '' Kaadu Kudure''. He was the first Kannadiga to win National Award for playback singing. Apart from being an exemplary singer and musician, he was also an advocate and a notary public. Awards and honors Subbanna received several awards and honors for his contributions to Sugama Sangeetha, some of which are listed below: * National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer in 1978 * Kannada Kampu award in 2006 * Honorary doctorate from Kuvempu University in 2008 * Sundarashri Award in 2009 Death He died on 11 August 2022, at the age of 83, after suffering from a cardiac arrest Cardiac arrest is when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. It is a medical emergency that, without ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rathnamala Prakash
Ratnamala Prakash (born 19 August 1952) is an Indian singer who sings in Kannada language. Along with playback signing, she is known for her songs in Sugama Sangeetha, a light musical genre in Kannada. Her father R. K. Srikantan was a Carnatic classical musician. In 2016, Rathnamala was awarded the Sangeet Natak Academy Award for her contribution to the field of Sugama Sangeetha. Career Apart from numerous Bhaavageethas she has sung many film songs. Ratnamala's first film song is ''Tangaaliyante baalalli bande'' a duet with Dr.Rajkumar from the super hit movie Guri. Then she sang many songs for L. Vaidyanathan, C. Ashwath, M. Ranga Rao, Vijaya bhaskar, Rajan–Nagendra, Hamsalekha and others. Ratnmala prakash has sung many songs, including ''Santhasa araluva samaya'' a duet with SPB from the movie ''Elu suttina kote'', ''Meru giriyane neeli kadalaane'' a duet with K. J. Yesudas from the movie ''SP Sangliyana Part 2'', "Raayaru bandaru maavana manege" and "yava mohana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhimsen Joshi
Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi BR (; ; 4 February 1922 – 24 January 2011), also known by the honorific prefix Pandit, was one of the greatest Indian vocalists from Karnataka, in the Hindustani classical tradition. He is known for the '' khayal'' form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (''bhajans'' and '' abhangs''). Joshi belongs to the Kirana gharana tradition of Hindustani Classical Music. He is noted for his concerts, and between 1964 to 1982 Joshi toured Afghanistan, Italy, France, Canada and USA. He was the first musician from India whose concerts were advertised through posters in New York City. Joshi was instrumental in organising the Sawai Gandharva Music Festival annually, as homage to his guru, Sawai Gandharva. In 1998, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. Subsequently, he received the Bharat Ratna, India's hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manjula Gururaj
Manjula Gururaj ( kn, ಮಂಜುಳಾ ಗುರುರಾಜ್) is an Indian female playback singer and a voice-over artist who has primarily worked in Kannada cinema and also runs a music school. Career Playback singer She entered the Kannada film industry as a playback singer in November 1983 for the Kannada movie ''Rowdi Raaja''. She gained popularity for the song "Olage Seridhare Gundu" from the movie Nanjundi Kalyana. Awards * 2019 - ''Kempegowda Award'' by BBMP. * 2010 - Karnataka Rajyotsava Award by the Government of Karnataka * 1993-94 - Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours female singers for their work Kannada language films. Super ... for the song ''"Myale kavkonda mungara moda"'' from the movie Chinnari Mutha. filmography References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pravin Godkhindi
Pravin Godkhindi (born 28 October 1973) is an Indian classical Hindustani flute (bansuri) player. He has mastered both the tantrakari and gayaki style of playing on the flute. He was called a top ranking artist in Hindustani bansuri, by Akashvani (AIR). Biography * 1st Indian flautist to perform on the 8-foot long contrabass flute * "Top Ranking Artiste" in Hindustani bansuri, by Akashvani (AIR) * 1st Indian to represent bansuri at the World Flute Festival in Mendoza, Argentina * National awards for films '' Beru'' and '' Vimukthi'' * Brand ambassador for AKG microphones * Started toying with a small flute at the age of 3 years * First public performance at the age of 6 * Gurus - Pandit Venkatesh Godkhindi & Vidwan Anoor Ananth Krishna Sharma * Titles: Surmani, Naada-Nidhi, Sur Samrat, Kalapraveena, Aryabhatta, Aasthana Sangeet Vidwan from the Udupi Sri Krishna Mutt * B.E. - electrical & electronics engineering with distinction from SDMCET, Dharwad. * Performed with emine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native speakers, and was additionally a second or third language for around 13 million non-native speakers in Karnataka. Kannada was the court language of some of the most powerful dynasties of south and central India, namely the Kadambas, Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Yadava Dynasty or Seunas, Western Ganga dynasty, Wodeyars of Mysore, Nayakas of Keladi Hoysalas and the Vijayanagara empire. The official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka, it also has scheduled status in India and has been included among the country's designated classical languages.Kuiper (2011), p. 74R Zydenbos in Cushman S, Cavanagh C, Ramazani J, Rouzer P, ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition'', p. 767, Princeton Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
