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Kanaka Dasa had a connection with Udupi as he was the disciple of Vyasatirtha. [7] The priests would not let him enter the mutt, judging him to be a member of lower caste based on his clothes, even though Vyasatirtha asked them to let Kanaka Dasa into the temple.
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (pronunciation ⓘ) was an Indian playback singer, actor, music director, voice actor and film producer. He is mostly referred to as S. P. B. or Balu. He has won the Guinness World Record for recording the highest number of songs.
Vidyabhushana is a vocalist from Karnataka.He sings devotional songs, chiefly Haridasa compositions, [1] and carnatic classical music.He has many albums to his credit, mainly devotional songs in Kannada, Tulu and has given concerts all over the world. [2]
He heaps praise on Vyasaraya and Purandaradasa as great composers and trendsetters in music. [1] Numerous manuscripts in Tamil Nadu testify to the great popularity of Haridasa compositions as early as the 18th century. Purandaradasa, in fact was hailed as the father of Karnataka music, first in Tamil Nadu and then in the rest of the country. [1]
The first well known Kannada poet was Adikavi Pampa who wrote in an archaic style of Kannada called Halegannada (figuratively "Old Kannada"). His Vikramarjuna Vijaya is hailed as a classic even to this day. With this and his other important work Adipurana he set a trend of poetic excellence for the Kannada poets of the future.
Kannada poetry dates back many centuries, to before the time of Adikavi Pampa. A revival took place in the early 20th century led by Kuvempu, Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, B. M. Srikanthaiah and others. The genre was further developed after Indian independence with poets including Gopalakrishna Adiga
The music of the film was composed by Hamsalekha. The soundtrack features 10 tracks which include a poetry compilation of Purandara Dasa and Tansen . [ 2 ] While Hamsalekha won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction , singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam won National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the year 1995.
She has recorded songs for film music and albums in all four South Indian languages namely, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada along with the Hindi language and has established herself as a leading playback singer of South Indian cinema. Some of her inspirations are Sujatha Mohan (her mother), Alka Yagnik and K.S. Chitra [1]