Personal info
Known for
Music Director
Gender
Male
Birthday
28 October
Location
Karnataka, India
Edit pageGurukiran
Biography
Gurukiran Shetty, known mononymously as Gurukiran, is an Indian 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 the 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.
Gurukiran entered the film industry as an actor before becoming a music director. He had sung many songs in Kannada films in his compositions as well as others. The "Kanasina Maratta" song sung by him, is a big hit in Banna Bannada Loka; Thomas Rathnam directed the music.
