Besuge

Besuge is a 1976 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed by Geethapriya, based on a novel of the same name by Ashwini, and stars Srinath, Manjula and Chandrashekar, in lead roles.

The film is seen as a landmark in the career of Geethapriya, both as a director and lyricist, and actor Srinath. At the 24th Filmfare Awards South, Srinath was awarded the Best Actor.

Cast

 * Srinath as Venu
 * Manjula as Suma
 * Sathyapriya as Liz
 * Chandrashekar as Balu
 * Jayalakshmi as Champa
 * K. S. Ashwath as Venu's father
 * M. V. Rajamma as Nagu, Venu's mother
 * Shivaram as Ranga
 * Chethan Ramarao

Soundtrack
Vijaya Bhaskar scored the music film's music and for its soundtrack, the lyrics for which were written by Vijaya Narasimha, R. N. Jayagopal, Geethapriya, Shyamsundar Kulkarni and Chi. Udaya Shankar. The soundtrack album consists of six tracks. The track "Besuge", written by Geethapriya, is notable as it has the usage of the word "Besuge" 64 times in it. It is considered of the best songs written by him.