| | 1 | '''P. Kalingrao (1914-81)''' |
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| | 4 | Singer and music director. Major influence on |
| | 5 | the introduction of bhava geet (light classical |
| | 6 | music) into popular Kannada music with |
| | 7 | several HMV and Columbia singles using the |
| | 8 | medieval Saint poetry of Purandaradasa and |
| | 9 | contemporary poetry including Masti |
| | 10 | Venkatesha Iyengar, Ku.Vem.Pu. and D.R. |
| | 11 | Bendre. The son of Yakshagana performer |
| | 12 | Pandaveshwara Puttaiah, he worked since |
| | 13 | childhood on the Company Natak stage with |
| | 14 | the Ambikaprasada Natak Mandali. Composed |
| | 15 | film music for H.L.N. Simha (Abba! A Hudgi, |
| | 16 | 1959), Kemparaj Urs (Bhakta Ramadas, |
| | 17 | 1948), and C.V. Raju (Krishnaleele, 1947; Shri |
| | 18 | Krishna, 1953; Natashekhara, 1954). Also |
| | 19 | acted in the Kannada film Vasantsena (1941) |
| | 20 | and scored the Malayalam one, Sasidharan |
| | 21 | (1950). |
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| | 23 | [[Music]] |