{{No plot|date=February 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Hamsageethe | image = Hamsageethe poster.jpg | caption = | director = G. V. Iyer | producer = G. V. Iyer | writer = T. R. Subba Rao | screenplay = G. V. Iyer | starring = Anant Nag<br>M. V. Narayana Rao<br>Rekha Rao<br>B. V. Karanth<br>Mysore Mutt<br/>Vasudev Girimaji | music = M. Balamuralikrishna<br>'''Background score:''' <br>B. V. Karanth | cinematography = Nemai Ghosh | editing = V. R. K. Prasad | released = {{Film date|1975|8|17|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Khajane |first1=Muralidhara |title=Hamsageethe: Standing the test of time |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/hamsageethe-standing-the-test-of-time/article69395385.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=3 January 2026 |language=en-IN |date=14 May 2025}}</ref> | runtime = 150 minutes | distributor = Ananthalakshmi Films | language = Kannada | country = India }}
'''''Hamsageethe''''' ({{audio|Kn-ಹಂಸಗೀತೆ.ogg|pronunciation}}, {{translation|''The Swan Song''}}) is a 1975 Indian feature film in the Kannada language. It was directed by G. V. Iyer, based on a novel by T. R. Subba Rao<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/editorial/tarasu-kannada-films-novelist-nagarahavu-hamsageetha-chandanada-gombe-chandavalliya-thota-akashmika-nrupatunga|title = Meet the man who was the inspiration behind great Kannada films}}</ref> with Anant Nag 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.<ref name="iffi">{{cite web |title= 23rd National Film Awards |url= http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm23rdNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=23NFA.pdf |website= iffi.nic.in |access-date= 9 March 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110526091043/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm23rdNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=23NFA.pdf |archive-date= 26 May 2011 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
''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 musician [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hamsageethe&gettingStartedReturn=true#:~:text=Bhairavi%20Venkatasubbiah Bhairavi Venkatasubbaiah].<ref name="iffi" /><ref>{{cite web |title= Hamsa Geethe's Classical Dance Competition: Translation and Reflection |date= 30 March 2011|url= http://cinemanrityagharana.blogspot.in/2011/03/hamsa-geethes-classical-dance.html}}</ref>
==Cast== * Anant Nag 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 * Cudavalli Chandrashekar
== Awards == * 23rd National Film 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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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0230271|Hamsageethe}}
{{G. V. Iyer}} {{National Film Award Best Feature Film Kannada}}
Category:1975 Kannada-language films Category:1975 Indian films Category:1975 films Category:Kannada literature Category:Best Kannada Feature Film National Film Award winners Category:Films based on Indian novels Category:Films directed by G. V. Iyer Category:Films scored by M. Balamuralikrishna
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