Nationality Indian Spouse B V Radha (m. 1973–2015) Role Film director | Name K. L. Known for Jamboo Savari (1989) | |
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Full Name Kikkeri Shamanna Lakshminarasimha Swamy Other names Ravi, Ravee, Lalitha Ravi Occupation Film director, producer, actor, playback singer Died October 20, 2015, Bengaluru Awards National Film Award for Best Children's Film, National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada Movies Gandhinagara, Malaya Marutha, Lagna Pathrike, Bhagya Jyothi, Makkala Bhagya Similar People B V Radha, Bungle Shama Rao Dwa, Vijaya Bhaskar, K S Ashwath, Balakrishna | ||
K S L Swamy (Singer) Songs
Kikkeri Shamanna Lakshminarasimha Swamy (21 February 1939 – 20 October 2015), popularly known as K. S. L. Swamy / Lalitha Ravee / Ravee, was an Indian film director, producer, actor and playback singer. He entered cinema at an early age as an assistant to popular directors of the time such as G. V. Iyer and M. R. Vittal. He debuted as an independent film director with the 1966 film, Thoogudeepa. His other films such as Gandhinagara (1968) and Bhagya Jyothi (1975) and Malaya Marutha (1986) proved successful. His 1989 film Jamboo Savari won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film at the 37th National Film Awards.
Swamy was a close associate of director Puttanna Kanagal, and completed two of his films – Masanada Hoovu (1984) and the long delayed Saavira Mettilu that released in 2006, following the latter's death, which also turned out be his own last directorial venture. Recognizing his contribution to cinema, Swamy was awarded the Dr. B. Saroja Devi National Award in 2013. He was married to B. V. Radha, a former actress.
He was also an adept singer well known for the song "Suryangu Chandrangu" from the movie Shubhamangala and "Ille Swarga Ille Naraka" from the movie Naagara Hole. Swamy died on 20 October 2015 due to breathing complications at Bangalore.
