Gurukiran

Gurukiran Shetty, known mononymously as Gurukiran, is an Indian music director of the Kannada film industry in India.^[1] He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie A, directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his next movie Upendra further consolidated his position in Kannada movie industry. He is a native of Mangalore and hails from Bunt Family.^[2] His mother tongue is Tulu.^[3] He has also acted in several movies in supporting character roles and also sung several songs and also composed in Tamil, Telugu and Tulu movies.

Gurukiran Shetty
Gurukiran (2020)
Born	(1970-10-28) 28 October 1970 (age 54) Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer, music director
Years active	1994–present

Career

Gurukiran entered the film industry as an actor before becoming a music director.^[4] He had sung many songs in Kannada films in his own composition as well as others."Kanasina Maratta" song sung by him, is a big hit in Banna Bannada Loka; Thomas Rathnam directed the music.^[5]

Personal life

He is married to Pallavi, who is a cousin of actor Sunil.^[6]

Partial discography

Composer

Year	Film Title	Ref.	Language
1998	A	[7]
1999	Upendra	[8]
	Idu Entha Premavayya
2001	Majnu
	Asura
	Premi No.1
	Chitra	[7]
2002	Nandhi	[8]
	Appu
	Ninagagi
	Chandu
	Thuntata
	Love You
	Dhruva
	Dhumm	[9]
	Nata	[8]
	Hollywood
2003	Kariya
	Sachi
	Abhi	[10]
	Sri Ram	[8]
	Panchali
	Khushi
	Partha
	Gokarna
2004	Kanti
	Apthamitra	[11]
	Maurya	[8]
2005	Rishi
	Aadi
	Sye
	Auto Shankar
	Jogi	[12]
	Namma Basava	[8]
	Nammanna
	Rama Shama Bhama
2006	Shubham
	Chellata
	Gandugali Kumara Rama
2007	Yogi		Telugu cinema
	Maharathi		Telugu cinema
	Ekadantha
	Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram		Tamil cinema
	Pallakki
	Santha
	Sathyavan Savithri
	Lava Kusha
2008	Bindaas
	Satya in Love
	Aramane
	Nee Tata Naa Birla
	Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu
	Beladingalagi Baa
	Kaadambari		TV serial
2009	Gulama
	Kempa
	Gautham
	Thaakath
	Jeeva
2010	Aptharakshaka
	Sugreeva
	Shankar IPS
	Mr. Theertha
	Nagavalli		Telugu cinema
	Mylari	[13]
2011	Allide Nammane Illi Bande Summane	[14]
2012	Arakshaka	[8]
	Govindaya Namaha
	Villain
	Shiva
	Sri Kshetra Adichunchanagiri	[15]
	Telikeda Bolli	[16]	Tulu cinema
2013	Lakshmi	[17]
	Dasavala
2014	Brahma
	Rangan Style
2015	Aarambha
	Uppi 2
	A 2nd Hand Lover
2016	Nagarahavu
2017	Chowka
2018	Amma I Love You	[18]
2019	Ayushman Bhava	[3]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
1990	Mouna Horata			[17]
1993	Nishkarsha	Baldev
1994	Sagara Deepa
	Gandugali	Sampath
1996	Soma
	Rangoli
1998	A	Actor
1999	Channappa Channegowda
	Upendra	Nair
2000	Swalpa Adjust Madkolli
	Indradhanush
2001	Valee	Ravi	Guest appearance
2003	Kutumba		Special appearance
2007	Ekadanta		Special appearance
2011	Oriyardori Asal		Special appearance

Awards

Karnataka State Film Awards:

• 2011 – Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director – Mylari^{[citation needed]}

South Indian International Movie Awards

• Nominated —2012 – SIIMA Award for Best Music Director – Govindaya Namaha^{[citation needed]}

Filmfare Awards South:

• 2001 – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Kannada – Chitra^[19]
• 2002 – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Kannada – Dhum^[20]

References

1. "Guru Kiran's magnanimity!". Sify. 3 May 2005. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
2. "World Bunts meet begins Friday". The Times of India. TNN. 20 December 2002. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
3. Daithota, Madhu. "Gurukiran brings in Tulu lyrics for Shivarajkumar's Ayushman Bhava". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
4. "Guru Kiran Dubs for Dev Gill -". chitraloka.com. 21 June 2012. Archived from the original on 19 December 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
5. "Banna Bannada Loka". 16 October 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
6. "ಸಾಧುಕೋಕಿಲ ಲವ್ ಸ್ಟೋರಿಗೆ ನಾನೇ ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ ಆಗಿದ್ದೆ!!-E02-Gurukiran Interview-KALAMADHYAMA-#PARAM". YouTube. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
7. "Gurukiran: Learnt music after I started earning". 11 December 2020. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
8. "Gurukiran". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
9. "Dhumm Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
10. "Abhi - Kannada Movie Review, Ott, Release Date, Trailer, Budget, Box Office & News - FilmiBeat". www.filmibeat.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
11. "Directing Vishnuvardhan for the last time". Rediff. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
12. "Kannada film news: Jayatheertha to direct Puneet?". Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
13. "Review: Mylari is a good entertainer". Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
14. "ALLIDE NAMMANE ILLI BANDE SUMMANE MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India. 9 September 2011.
15. "Sri Kshetra Adichunchanagiri (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Spotify. 2011. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
16. "Gurukiran releases audio CD of new Tulu film Telikeda Bolli". Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
17. "Gurukiran : Kannada Singer| Music Director, Movies, Biography, Photos". Archived from the original on 19 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
18. Sadhu Kokila insisted on lending voice for Amma I Love Younewindianexpress.com 27 May 2018 Archived 14 July 2023 at the Wayback Machine
19. "Chithra Movie". The Times of India. 17 August 2001. Archived from the original on 19 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
20. "Filmfare Awards Kannada Winners 2002: Best Kannada Movies, Best Actors, Actress, Singer and more". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

External links

• Gurukiran at IMDb
• Gurukiran website Archived 24 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine