Gurukiran

Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is a noted 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. The music won hearts of the Kannadigas all over the world.

His music for the movie Upendra further consolidated his position in the Kannada movie industry. He is a native of Mangalore and his mother tongue is Tulu. He has also acted in several movies in side (character) roles and also sung several songs. He is popular in Kannada cinema for his foot-tapping musical scores.

After completion of graduation in commerce from Mangalore University, Guru Kiran started performing in orchestras in and around Mangalore as a singer and keyboard performer.

He started off his musical career in 1994 as an assistant to the well-known music director Sri V. Manohar.

He entered the film industry to be known as a famous actor and had even tried his luck acting in films. He did get a noticeable role in Nishkarsha directed by Sunil Kumar Desai, but luck was not with him as an actor.

He had a chance to be a music director in "A' directed by Upendra. Guru Kiran did his best, worked hard and spent some sleepless nights to compose some fantastic songs for "A". The rest is history as they say. His biggest hit P. Vasu's directed Apthamitra again reinforced the power of Guru Kiran in the music field.

Jogi, released in the year 2005, was a milestone in the career of Guru Kiran. The film's album audio sales before the release of the film is an all time record in the Kannada film industry. This hit took him to the Telugu Film Industry as a music director for the remake of the same movie.