Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is an Indian music director of the
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
film industry in
India
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. 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
Mangalore (), officially known as Mangaluru, is a major port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 20 km north of Karnataka–Ke ...
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.
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.
Discography
Composer
Filmography
Awards
Karnataka State Film Awards:
* 2011 –
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language films.
Superlative winners
Winners
The following ...
– ''
Mylari''
;
South Indian International Movie Awards
South Indian International Movie Awards, also known as the SIIMA Awards, rewards the artistic and technical achievements of the South Indian film industry. It was launched in 2012 by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Brinda Prasad Adusimilli to appre ...
* Nominated —2012 – SIIMA Award for Best Music Director – ''
Govindaya Namaha''
Filmfare Awards South:
* 2001 –
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Kannada – ''
Chitra''
* 2002 –
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Kannada – ''Dhum''
References
External links
*
Gurukiran website
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Music directors
Kannada film score composers
Male actors in Kannada cinema
Indian male film actors
Kannada playback singers
Living people
Mangaloreans
Musicians from Mangalore
Filmfare Awards South winners
Tulu people
Film musicians from Karnataka
Indian male playback singers
20th-century Indian composers
20th-century Indian singers
Indian male film score composers
20th-century Indian male singers
1970 births