About

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Hamsalekha, a man who had his Roots in Theatre, one of the gems of Indian Cinema Music is a rare and a hit amalgamation of a Writer and Composer. Hamsalekha, a name that is cherished and celebrated with immense love and respect in the hearts of Kannadigas once stated, “Life is God, Earth is the Temple”.

A visionaire who carries the peace slogan “Music evades wars…” and etched the words “Clear Nuclear” to the world.

It’s often said that his laughter alone can heal hearts that are at distress. The songs he has penned has a vast knowledge about life spreads wisdom and his music makes millions of people live his messages listening and humming the songs everyday. Such is his knowledge and such are his compositions.
His Music Composing and Lyric Writing Style are admired and considered to be the major revolution in the Indian Cinema Music, which appealed the hearts of to the younger generation. His works are notable for Integrated Folk Music into the mainstream of India Cinema. His extensive work for films and the theatre has earned him the title “Naada Brahma” (English: The Brahma of Music).

He is a Recipient of One National Award, Six State Awards, Six Filmfare Awards, Karnataka State Govt Kempegowda Award, Rajyostava Award, Dr. Rajkumar Award, Berkeley Award, Nandi Award and Madras Film Fans Association Award and there is no edge to the awards received by him.

He has been conferred the Honorary Doctorate for the Literary Work by the Bangalore University in the year 2014 and also by GITAM University in the Year 2017. His Song HUTTIDHARE KANNADA NADALLI HUTTA BEKKU from the film Aakasmik sung by Dr. Rajkumar became an Anthem for Kannada which is now in the syllabus of Kuvempu University and the song E BHOOMI BHANNADA BUGURI is also in the textbooks of high school.

Hamsalekha has composed music for over 375 films and has both penned and composed over 3500 songs.

He is an Indian Composer, Lyricist, Music Producer, Artist, Performer, Singer, Multi Instrumentalist, Educationist, Philanthropist, Socialist, Patron of Literature and Art, Teacher, Great Visionaire and a Marvelous Human Being.

HAMSALEKHA MUSIC + TRUST

Hamsalekha is a founder secretary of ‘Hamsalekha Music + Trust’. The Trust was established in the year 2001.The vision of the Trust is to safeguard the folklore and bring a perspective in preserving the rich art of our Culture.

The Trust is working towards it by fine tuning the folklore music, conducting seminars on folk music and literature, presenting number of folk art formats, Lahiri (folk tripaadi) which is a unique song and dance performance.

The Trust established a free education school in the name of Hamsalekha Desi Vidya Samsathe in the year 2004-05 for underprivileged children for the class eight, ninth, tenth and pre-university college in English medium.

It further spread its branch towards Graduate, Postgraduate and Diploma Courses in Performing Arts and Desi Music. Here, the Experiments of Desi Music which is invented by Hamsalekha was learned by the students took a new dimension in learning folk music to the next level.

INVENTION OF DESI NOTATION FOR FOLK MUSIC