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
37th National Film Awards
37th National Film Awards
K. S. L. Swamy