Bhavageete (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 to 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.

Kannada Bhavageete (Kannada:ಭಾವಗೀತೆ) draws from the poetry of modern, including Kuvempu, D.R. Bendre, Gopalakrishna Adiga , K.S. Narasimhaswamy, Kuvempu,G.S. Shivarudrappa, K. S. Nissar Ahmed, N S Lakshminarayana Bhatta etc. Notable Bhavageete performers include P. Kalinga Rao, Mysore Ananthaswamy, C. Aswath, Shimoga Subbanna, Archana Udupa, Raju Ananthaswamy etc.

Some of the popular Bhavageetes in Kannada:

* Tanuvu ninnadu, manavu ninnadu - Kuvempu
* Anandamaya ee jagahrudaya - Kuvempu
* Oh nanna chetana - Kuvempu
* Yalladaru Iru - Kuvempu
* Baa Chakori - Kuvempu
* Yaava Mohana Murali Kareyitu - Gopalakrishna Adiga
* Ede tumbi haadidenu andu naanu - G.S. Shivarudrappa
* Ondu munjaavinali - G.S. Shivarudrappa
* Ee dinantha samayadali - K. S. Nissar Ahmed
* Jogada siri belakinalli - K. S. Nissar Ahmed

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.

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