![]() ![]() There are poems that are very popular with the audiences. Let me put in better perspective: you can do an open air concert and fill up the stadium or do an intimate baithak with a small audience either way, Bhavageethe lends itself to all kinds of poetry, and can be sung anywhere. All Kannadigas listen to Bhavageethe and as for audiences, you can get anywhere from 100s to lakhs. People who listen to it are not from just one strata of society. I count myself as a part of the tradition.īhavageethe has a huge crowd of listeners. ![]() Bhavageethe helped reach poems across to people, such that even an illiterate today knows who poets like Sharif or Bendre are. Later, Mysore Ananthaswamy, Ashwath and many other composers contributed to its popularity. P Kalinga Rao was the pioneer of the Bhavageethe movement. ![]() Bhavageethe has been a part of our musical domain for many, many years now. Bhavageethe takes poems and sets them to music in its simplest form, it is about singing poetry. Right from the 12th century when we had the Vachana movement to the Dasarapadas from the 16th century, through the Navya and Navodaya phases till today… Kannada has had a rich literary culture. Keeping this genre of music alive and popular today, in the 21st century, is MD Pallavi Arun. Bhavageethe’s origins go back a long way, as early as the 12th century. ![]()
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