''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 ...

. It was directed by G. V. Iyer, based on a novel by T. R. Subba Rao with

Anant Nag Dr Anant Nagarkatte (born 4 September 1948) is an Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema. He has acted in over 300 films which include over 200 Kannada films as well as Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam and En ...

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 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 Aw ...

. ''Hamsa Geethe'', the novel by

Ta Ra Su 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 Navya movement of Kannada literatu ...

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

as
Bhairavi Venkatasubbiah
* M. V. Narayana Rao * Rekha Rao * G. S. Rama Rao * B. V. Karanth * Mysore Mutt * Vasudev Girimaji * G. V. Iyer *RS Krishnaswamy as Tipu Sultan

Awards

** Best Feature Film in Kannada ** Best Male Playback singer - M. Balamuralikrishna * Karnataka State Film Awards 1975-76 ** Second Best Film ** Best Music Director - M. Balamuralikrishna, B. V. Karanth ** 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