Hamsalekha

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 300 feature films.

Hamsalekha was born Govindaraju Gangaraju in Mysore, India. After his studies, he was employed in his fathers printing press and subsequently joined his brother Balakrishnas orchestra group. He had a huge flair for writing poetry and forming a tune for his works. He rechristened himself as Hamsalekhani since he always used to write with a Swan brand pen. Later, his teacher modified his name as Hamsalekha. He was introduced into feature films by director M. N. Prasad, who provided an opportunity to write a song for the film Triveni . The song Neena Bhagavantha was his first release picturised on actor Uday Kumar. 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 . Later his popularity soared only after his association with actordirector Ravichandran. Premaloka, released in 1987, brought them together for a collaboration that would endure for overyears.

Source: Wikipedia