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Hamsageethe
''Hamsageethe'' ( kn, ಹಂಸಗೀತೆ, ''The Swan song'') is a 1975 Indian feature film in the Kannada language. It was directed by G. V. Iyer, based on a Hamsa Geethe (Book), novel by T. R. Subba Rao with Anant Nag and Rekha Rao in lead roles. The film won 2 National Film Awards; the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada, National Film Award for Kannada film and National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer, National Award for Best Male Playback singer (M. Balamuralikrishna) at the 23rd National Film Awards. ''Hamsa Geethe'', the novel by Ta Ra Su was made into a Hindi film, ''Basant Bahar (film), Basant Bahar'' in 1956. The novel is supposedly based on the real-life story of the 18th-century Carnatic musiciaBhairavi Venkatasubbaiah Cast * Anant Nag asBhairavi 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 * 23rd National Film Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basant Bahar (film)
''Basant Bahar'' (), directed by Raja Nawathe, is a 1956 Indian film. This musical had nine outstanding songs, with lyrics written by Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri; and music composition by Shankar–Jaikishan. The movie is an adaptation of the Kannada novel ''Hamsageethe'' by TaRaSu. ''Hamsa'' means swan and ''Geethe'' means song. It is believed that before a swan dies, it will sing without opening its mouth. That mutter of melody is believed to be unmatched since any scene of lyricism falls short of its reach. Plot The film begins with Gopal Joshi (Bharat Bhushan) singing a raga. His father, Narsin Joshi (Om Prakash), the royal astrologer, comes and scolds him for singing and says he should become an astrologer. On the other hand, in his neighbourhood, his neighbour Malaya, the son of the royal musician is scolded by his father for being lesser than Gopal in singing. He is preparing him for a music competition, the winner of which will become the royal musician. At the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Awards, two new awards were introduced for the short films category for Best News Review and Best Newsreel Cameraman. These newly introduced awards includes Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) and a Certificate. Over the years, these two awards are discontinued. Awards Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films. Awards were also renamed with 23rd National Film Awards. President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film renamed to National Film Award for Best Feature Film, whereas President's Gold Medal for the Best Documentary Film is to National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film. For children's films, Prime Minister's Gold Medal is renamed as National Film Award for Best Children's Film. At the regional level, Presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamsa Geethe (Book)
''Hamsa Geethe'' is a 1952 Kannada novel by T. R. Subba Rao about the life of an Indian classical musician in the context of Chitradurga being passed from the hands of the Palegaras to Tippu Sultan. The 1956 Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of North India, northern, Central India, centr ... film, '' Basant Bahar'', and the 1975 Kannada film '' Hamsageethe'' are based on this novel. It contains good descriptions about Chitradurga's fort and its history. References Kannada novels 1952 novels 1952 Indian novels Indian novels adapted into films {{1950s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karnataka State Film Award For Best Cinematographer
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Cinematographer is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Kar ... given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honors Kannada language films. Superlative winners indicates one Awardee for different films. Award winners The following is a partial list of award winners and the name of the films for which they won. See also * Cinema of Karnataka * List of Kannada-language films References {{Karnataka State Film Awards Karnataka State Film Awards Kannada-language films Awards for best cinematography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karnataka State Film Award For Best Music Director
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language films. Superlative winners Winners The following is a partial list of award winners and the name of the films for which they won. Key See also * Cinema of Karnataka * List of Kannada-language films This is an alphabetical list of the Kannada feature films released by the Kannada film Industry List of Kannada films of 2018 0–9 * '' 18th Cross'' * '' 27 Mavalli Circle'' * '' 1st Rank Raju'' * ''No 73, Shanthi Nivasa'' * '' 6-5=2'' * ... Notes References Karnataka State Film Awards 1967 establishments in Mysore State {{film-award-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 literature. He is well known for his novels like '' Durgashtamana'', which won him the Sahitya Akademi award posthumously in 1985. Early life TaRaSu was born on 21 April 1920 in Malebennur in the Karnataka state of India.Legend chitharadurga.com. His father Ramaswamaiah was a lawyer in the town of and his mother was Seethamma. His ancestors were from the village of Taluku in the |
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 English films. He has featured in theatre plays, parallel cinema and television shows. Nag made his feature film debut through ''Sankalpa'' (1973) directed by Prof. P.V Nanjaraj Urs. Sankalpa went on to win seven state awards in Karnataka. His foray into parallel cinema was through Shyam Benegal's '' Ankur'' (1974). His commercially successful Kannada films have been '' Bayalu Daari'' (1976), '' Kanneshwara Rama'' (1977), '' Naa Ninna Bidalaare'' (1979), '' Chandanada Gombe'' (1979), '' Benkiya Bale'' (1983), ''Hendthige Helbedi'' (1989), '' Ganeshana Maduve'' (1990), ''Gowri Ganesha'' (1991), ''Mungaru Maley'' (2006), '' Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu'' (2016) and '' K.G.F: Chapter 1'' (2018). He acted in ''Malgudi Days'', a Doordarshan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Male Playback Singer
The following is a list of winners of the National Film Award (Silver Lotus Award) for Best Male Playback singer. The award was first granted to Mahendra Kapoor in the year 1967. The singers whose performances have won awards have worked in nine major languages: Hindi (19 awards), Malayalam (9 awards), Bengali (7 awards), Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Kannada (4 each), Punjabi (1 award). The singer with the most awards in this category is K. J. Yesudas with eight wins for three languages (Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi), followed by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam who won six times for four languages;Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Tamil. Udit Narayan and Shankar Mahadevan follow next winning three awards each. The singers Manna Dey, Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, M. G. Sreekumar, Hariharan have bagged this award twice. Multiple winners Recipients See also * National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer The National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer is an honour presen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Feature Film In Kannada
The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). The National Film Awards, established in 1954, are the most prominent film awards in India that merit the best of the Indian cinema. The ceremony also presents awards for films in various regional languages. Awards for films in seven regional language ( Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu) started from 2nd National Film Awards which were presented on 21 December 1955. Three awards of "President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film", "Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film" and "Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film" were instituted. The latter two certificate awards were discontinued from 15th Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemai Ghosh (director)
Nemai Ghosh, or Nimai Ghosh (1914–1988), was an Indian film director and cinematographer, best known for his film ''Chinnamul'' (1950). Career Ghosh started his career as a stage actor with Little Theatre Group formed by Utpal Dutt . In addition to photography, he directed the highly acclaimed and neo-realistic ''Chinnamul'' (1950), that dealt with partition of Bengal during the partition of India in 1947. Film director Ritwik Ghatak started his film career as an assistant in this film. However, despite critical acclaim, ''Chinnamul'' failed commercially. Thereafter Ghosh relocated to Madras (now Chennai), and he worked in Tamil cinema as a cinematographer in a few films and directed a film titled ''Paathai Theriyudhu Paar'' that won Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film in Tamil. His last film as a director was the Tamil film ''Sooravali'' (1981). Ghosh was also active in the Film Society movement in Chennai and started the Madras Film Society which was the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karnataka State Film Award For Best Film
The Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honors Kannada language films. Winners See also * Karnataka State Film Award for Second Best Film * Karnataka State Film Award for Third Best Film * Cinema of India * Cinema of Karnataka * List of Kannada-language films This is an alphabetical list of the Kannada feature films released by the Kannada film Industry List of Kannada films of 2018 0–9 * '' 18th Cross'' * '' 27 Mavalli Circle'' * '' 1st Rank Raju'' * '' No 73, Shanthi Nivasa'' * ''6-5=2'' ... References {{Karnataka State Film Awards Karnataka State Film Awards Kannada-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Awards
The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973. Every year, a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, and the award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the President of India presents the awards. This is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where award-winning films are screened for the public. Declared for films produced in the previous year across the country, they hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of Indian cinema overall, as well as presenting awards for the best films in each region and language of the country. History The Awards were first presented in 1954. The Government of India conceived the ceremony to honor films made across India, on a national scale, to encourage t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
