Bhavageethe (Kannada ಭಾವಗೀತೆ)(literally 'emotion poetry') is a form of expressionist poetry and light music. Most of the poetry sung in this genre pertain to subjects like love, nature, philosophy etc, and the genre itself is not much different from Ghazals, though ghazals are bound to a peculiar metre. This genre is quite popular in many parts of India, notably in Karnataka and Maharashtra. This genre may be called by different names in other languages.
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Kannada Bhavageete (Kannada: ಭಾವಗೀತೆ) draws from modern Kannada poetry.
Notable modern Kannada poets whose works have been set to music include Kuvempu, D. R. Bendre, Gopalakrishna Adiga, K.S. Narasimhaswamy, G.S. Shivarudrappa, K. S. Nissar Ahmed, and N S Lakshminarayana Bhatta.
Notable Bhavageete performers include P. Kalinga Rao, Mysore Ananthaswamy, C. Aswath, Balappa Hukkeri, Shimoga Subbanna, Ratnamala Prakash, Archana Udupa, Raju Ananthaswami, Ravi Murur, and M D Pallavi Arun.
Marathi Bhavageet (Devanagari:भावगीत) draws from Marathi language poetry.
Notable composers/performers/singers include Hridayanath Mangeshkar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Sudhir Phadke, Arun Date, Suman Kalyanpur, etc.
Poets include Suresh Bhat (who made Marathi ghazals popular), Shanta Shelke, etc.