Singer/Composer C.Ashwath Passes away

**snabhi** · by **snabhi** on Wed 30 Dec - 6:30:25

Just a few days ago the fans and shishyas of Kannada's musical genius of C.Aswath had organised a musical programme of the great singer and musica composer on Tuesday 29th December 2009. C.Aswath was born seventy one years ago on the same day at Chaanarayapatna in Hassan Taluk. Though C.Aswath was in a very critical condition battling for life in a Private Hosptial in Bengaluru

, his fans thought that the musical programme had to be organised to wish him a speedy recovery. Singers like Pallavi had taken lot of interest in organising this programme. But alas, destiny decided otherwise and the ailing musician brathed his last today's afternoon at the Hospital where he was treated. Kannada musical field has really lost a musical genius who has left a big vaccum in the literary, musical, theatre and film field in Karnataka. He had died after a prolonged illness in a Hospital. He succumbed to Kidney failure which triggered off multiple health problems. His last rites will be performed at Banashankari in the evening. Before his last rites his body will be placed at the Bayalu Ranga Mandira near Ravindra Kalakshethra.

71 year old C.Aswath was not only a well known singer and a good music composer, but he was a great human being who valued friendship and trust. He was instrumental in making many great poems written by well known writers hugely popular with his songs. With programmes like Kannadave Sathya and Bengaluru Habba, C.Aswath was able to spread the rich content in Kannada literature and music to the interiors of state and outside. He has performed in Shanmukhananda Hall in Mumbai and also in USA, UK and many other countries.

The Kannada music lovers were in a deep state of shock to learn about his death. Many of his friends like Ravi Belagere, T.N.Seetharam, Kikkeri Krishna Murthy and Nagabharana knew that the death was very near, but they atleast thought he would survive for some more days.

C.Aswath was born on 29th December 1939 at Channarayapatna in Hassan district and died exactly 71 years later today just at the stroke of noon.

C.Aswath had worked in ITI for nearly 27 years after which he took retirement and devoted his life to music. He ventured into many segments which had connectivity to music and excelled in film, theatre and television music compositions.

C.Aswath was known for his musical passion and had worked in many segments of the performing arts like Theatre, films and Television. He has brought out more than one hundred CD albums of different musical segments like light music, He had started working in theatre during the early seventies to compose music for the most popular play Kakanakote which was acted and directed by C.R.Simha, the renowned film and theatre personality. He had provided music for more than 35 Kannada plays. Later he moved over to films where he started singing in films and then started composing music. He has composed music for 28 Kannada films including award winning films like Shgishunaal Sheriff, Spandana, Chinnari Muththu and Meera Maadhava Raaghava.

His most popular songs inlcude Uluva Yogiya Nodalli in Kamana Billu which had Kannada Movie icon Dr. Raj Kumar in the lead. He had also sung Thappu MaadadhavaruYaaravre from the film Mata which became an instant hit.

In march this year C Aswath had performed at Australia.