''Hamsageethe'' ( kn, ಹಂಸಗೀತೆ, ''The Swan song'') is a 1975 Indian feature film in the

Kannada language 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 sp ...

. It was directed by

G. V. Iyer Ganapathi Venkataramana Iyer (3 September 1917 – 21 December 2003) was a well-known Indian film director and actor. He was nicknamed "Kannada Bheeshma", and was the only person who made films in Sanskrit. His film ''Adi Shankaracharya'' (1983 ...

, based on a

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

T. R. Subba Rao Talukina Ramaswamayya Subba Rao (1920–1984), popularly known as TaRaSu, was an Indian novelist and a scholar in the Kannada-language.Mohan Lal and Others (1992), p4185 He is considered as a harbinger of the Kannada literature#Navya, Navya move ...

with Anant Nag and Rekha Rao in lead roles. The film won 2

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; the National Film Award for Kannada film and National Award for Best Male Playback singer (

M. Balamuralikrishna Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna (6 July 1930 – 22 November 2016) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in ...

) at the

23rd National Film Awards The 23rd National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1975. At 23rd National Film Awa ...

. ''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 musicia
Bhairavi Venkatasubbaiah

Cast

* Anant Nag as
Bhairavi Venkatasubbiah
*

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* Rekha Rao * G. S. Rama Rao *

B. V. Karanth Babukodi Venkataramana Karanth (Kannada: ಬಾಬುಕೋಡಿ ವೆಂಕಟರಮಣ ಕಾರಂತ) (19 September 1929 – 1 September 2002) widely known as B. V. Karanth was an Indian film director, playwright, actor, screenwriter, co ...

* Mysore Mutt * Vasudev Girimaji *

*RS Krishnaswamy as Tipu Sultan

Awards

** Best Feature Film in Kannada ** Best Male Playback singer -

* Karnataka State Film Awards 1975-76 ** Second Best Film ** Best Music Director -

** Best Cinematographer - Nemai Ghosh This film screened at 11th IFFI for 50 years of playback singing.

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* 1970s Kannada-language films 1975 films Kannada literature Best Kannada Feature Film National Film Award winners Films based on Indian novels Films directed by G. V. Iyer Films scored by M. Balamuralikrishna {{1970s-Kannada-film-stub