Gurukiran
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Gurukiran Shetty, known mononymously as Gurukiran, is an Indian film actor and playback singer, music director of the Kannada film industry in India. 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. His mother tongue is Tulu. 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.
Career
Gurukiran entered the film industry as an actor before becoming a music director. 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.
Personal life
He is married to Pallavi, who is a cousin of actor Sunil.
Partial discography
Composer
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Mouna Horata | |||
| 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 | Ekadantha | Himself | Special appearance | |
| 2011 | Oriyardori Asal | Special appearance |
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]
- 2001 – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Kannada – Chitra
- 2002 – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Kannada – Dhum
External links
- at IMDb
- 24 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine