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Template:Infobox musical artist Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and a songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, dialogue writer, instrumentalist and a conductor, composed and written for over 500 feature films.Template:Citation needed Also regarded as one of the greatest music composers of all time in history.Template:According to whom

Hamsalekha has won one National Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards in the Best Music Director Category; seven Karnataka State Film Awards - four for music direction and three for lyrics - and is a recipient of an honorary doctorate from Bangalore University.[1]

Early career

Hamsalekha was born as Gangaraju in 1951, to K. H. Govindaraju and Rajamma in Tulasikatte, near Akkipete in Bangalore.[2] After his studies, he was employed in his father's printing press and subsequently joined his brother Balakrishna's orchestra group.[3] Lavani Neelakantappa his teacher modified his name as "Hamsalekha".[4] He was introduced into feature films by director M. N. Prasad, who provided an opportunity to write a song for the film Triveni (1973). Template:Citation neededThe song "Neena Bhagavantha" was his first release picturised on actor Udaykumar. His debut film as a musician was the 1981 unreleased film Rahuchandra. Officially, his cinema career started as a dialogue and lyric writer for the film Naanu Nanna Hendthi (1985). Template:Citation neededLater his popularity peaked only after his association with actor-director Ravichandran. Premaloka, released in 1987.Template:Citation needed

Personal life

Hamsalekha is married to Latha Hamsalekha who was a playback singer in the 1990s. The couple have a son named Alankar and two daughters named Tejaswini and Nandini. Alankar is associated with films as an actor and musician. Few of his released and unreleased movies are Sugghi, Tapori and Roja.Template:Citation needed Tejaswini is associated with film direction, acting and directing plays, she has done her master's in theater from Bangalore University and directed many plays in association with her father Hamsalekha. Nandini began her playback singing career with the film Sixer (2006).[5]

Notable works

After working on Premaloka, Hamsalekha became one of the most prolific music directors in Kannada film, with many hits. He made occasional use of many genres of music, including Western, pop, rock, hip hop, Indian classical,Template:Citation needed folk, ghazals, Sufi, and item songs. Template:Citation needed"Chandakinta Chanda", a ghazal he composed for the film Sparsha, was a major hit. He has created songs ranging from the philosophical ("Le Le Marula" in Shaapa, a film whose story he wrote himself) to the naughty ("Kaayi Kaayi Nuggekaayi Mahimege" in Halli Maestru), the patriotic ("Huttidhare Kannada Nadalli Hutta Bekku" in Rajkumar's Aakasmika, a song which has become an unofficial anthem of Karnataka) Template:Citation neededand love songs ("Ele Hombisile..." in Halunda Tavaru). He composed the background score for one movie using a single instrument and made the music for Kona Eedaite with no instruments at all. His music in the film Hagalu Vesha had a rustic and folk feel without the use of synthetic sounds. His music in the 2010 movie Naanu Nanna Kanasu was appreciated by critics as well as audiences.Template:Citation needed He also composed for the National Award-winning movie Puttakkana Highway in 2011.[6]

The melodic structure of his songs demand considerable vocal virtuosity, and have found expressive platform amongst some of India's respected vocalists and playback singers, such as Dr. Rajkumar, P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki, Vani Jairam, P. Susheela, K. J. Yesudas, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Mano, Swarnalatha, K. S. Chithra, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Anuradha Paudwal, Sadhana Sargam, B. R. Chaya, Manjula Gururaj, Chandrika Gururaj, L. N. Shastry, Rajesh Krishnan, Ramesh Chandra, Hemanth Kumar, Sangeetha Katti, Rathnamala Prakash, Nanditha, Sowmya Raoh, B. Jayashree, Sonu Nigam, Hariharan, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu and Shreya Ghoshal with majority of the songs recorded by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki and K. S. Chithra. He recorded some of the rare and distinct voices like M. Balamuralikrishna for a song in Muthina Haara (1990), C. Ashwath for Hoovu Hannu (1993) and Pankaj Udhas for Sparsha (2001).Template:Citation needed

Non-film music

Hamsalekha has written music for stage plays and private albums.[7]

As a writer

Hamsalekha has written stories, screenplays and dialogues for several movies.

Story

Screenplay

Dialogues

Mentoring

Hamsalekha has mentored several notable singers, music directors, lyricist, directors in Kannada movie industryTemplate:Citation needed

Desi Music Trust

Hamsalekha laid the foundation stone for Desi Music University on the day of Kannada Rajyotsava on 1 November 2010. Template:Citation neededThe university will be built with Template:INR 1.20 billion on Template:Convert of land in Mudhigere village near Channapatna in Karnataka.Template:Citation needed The Dravidian University of Andhra Pradesh has given recognition to this Hamsalekha College of Performing Arts.[8]

Awards

Hamsalekha has received many awards over the past three decades.

National Film Awards:

Honorary doctorate: He has been conferred the honorary doctorate award by the Bengaluru University in the year 2014 for his meritorious service to the Indian Music Industry.[9][10][11]

Filmfare Awards South:

Karnataka State Film Awards:

For music direction
For lyrics

Other awards:

Trivia

Discography

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Telugu films

Tamil films

References

  1. ↑ Dr. Hamsalekha now. Indiaglitz(14 May 2014).
  2. ↑ ಸಂಗೀತವೇ ನನ್ನ ಜೀವ, ಜೀವಾಳ. Vijaya Karnataka(15 November 2015). Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Hamsalekha - Indian cinema. Indian cinema wiki. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Hamsalekha to don director's hat. Bangalore Mirror(2014).
  5. ↑ Nandini debut in item song. Indiaglitz(19 December 2006).
  6. ↑ 'Puttakkana Highway' - honest and objective | TopNews. Topnews.in(22 May 2011). Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  7. ↑ Kannada/Movie Songs - Movies containing Music Director: Hamsalekha - Free Indian Music, Listen to Free Bollywood, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Carnatic, Hindustani, Devotional Music. MusicIndiaOnline. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  8. ↑ Musician Hamsalekha | Desi Music University | College Art Exhibition | Research Centre. Entertainment.oneindia.in(9 July 2009). Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  9. ↑ http://karnataka.indiaeveryday.in/news-dr-hamsalekha-now-1481-6925228.htm Template:Bare URL inline
  10. ↑ ನಾದಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ಹಂಸಲೇಖ, ಕಿರಣ್ ಷಾಗೆ ಬೆಂವಿವಿ ಡಾಕ್ಟರೇಟ್(13 May 2014).
  11. ↑ BU Hon Degrees for Shaw, 5 Others.
  12. ↑ 39th Annual Filmfare Kannada Best Director Film Music : Santosh : Fre….
  13. ↑ Archived copy. articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  14. ↑ Hello Gandhinagar readers choice cine awards. viggy.com.
  15. ↑ Kannada movie in Guinness Book. Kollywood Today(11 November 2007). Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  16. ↑ Archived copy. Retrieved 17 November 2009.

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