Hamsalekha is a music director and lyricist in the Kannada film industry. He also writes screenplays and dialogues for movies. He has composed music for over 300 feature films and has written lyrics for 300 odd feature films. He has also composed for Tamil and Telugu films. He stormed the Kannada music industry with his catchy tunes and racy lyrics in the movie Premaloka (1987). His mother tongue is Kannada and his hometown is Mysore, India.

Hamsalekha was born on 23 June 1951 as Govindaraju Gangaraju. He is married to Latha, who is an established playback singer. Hamsalekha was introduced into feature films by director M. N. Prasad through a chance to write for the film Triveni. His debut film as musician was the 1981 film Rahuchandra. But his popularity soared only after..   [ More ]