Hamsalekha Music Director

Hamsalekha is a leading music director in Kannada films. He has also directed music for several Tamil and Telugu films. He is a stage actor and has his own theatre company Viveka Ranga. He has composed music for more than 100 films and written lyrics and dialogues for 100 films. He entered into the Kannada film industry in 1981, composed music for the gesture film Rahu Chandra. He directed music for V.Ravichandran's Premaloka in 1985 and it was a smashing success at boxoffice. Ravichandran and Hamsalekha joined together and gave several musical thrillers.

Hamsalekha's style of music is a beautiful blend of Carnatic, Hindustani and western music. He has introduced many talented singers and music directors to the industry. V. Manohar and Gurukiran are amongst them. His wife Latha is a well known playback singer.

Contributed by: Rajesh M.R.