/Kannada : ಗುರುಕಿರಣ್ ) or Gurukiran Shetty is a noted music director of the Kannada film industry in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie "A", directed and acted by Upendra

Upendra

Upendra is a cine actor, director, script writer and singer. Born in a middle class family at Koteshwara near Kundapura, he belongs to Kannada speaking Kota Brahmin community. Upendra started his career off with famous director Kashinath as a writer and an assistant director...

. His music for the movie Upendra further consolidated his position in Kannada movie industry. He is a native of Mangalore

Mangalore

Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...

 and his mother tongue is Tulu

Tulu language

The Tulu language |?]]]) is a Dravidian language spoken by 1.95 million native speakers mainly in the southwest part of Indian state Karnataka known as Tulu Nadu. In India, 1.72 million people speak it as their mother tongue , increased by 10 percent over the 1991 census...

. 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.

Initial years

After completion of graduation in commerce from Mangalore

Mangalore

Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...

 University, Guru Kiran started performing in orchestras in and around Mangalore as a singer and a keyboard performer.

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

As Actor

His first film is tulu( badkongi Kabithe) Mr.Shanker Bekal as camera man.
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.

As music director

He had a chance to be a music director in "A' directed by Upendra. Guru Kiran did his best, worked hard spent some sleepless nights to compose some fantastic songs for "A". His recent hit P. Vasu's directed Apthamitra which again reinforced the power of Guru Kiran in the music composition.
Jogi

Jogi

Jogi is a 2005 Kannada film with Shivrajkumar and Jennifer Kotwal in the lead roles; it was directed by Prem, who had previously directed Kariya. Jogi was released on 19 August 2005. Record box office collection was reported across Karnataka and the movie completed 100 days in more than 50 theaters...

 released in the year 2005 was a mile stone 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 Telugu Film Industry as music director for remake of same movie.He is also scoring music for Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 movie Nagavalli,which is the remake of blockbuster Kannada movie Aptharakshaka.

He has been involved in multiple music talent shows as a judge, including 2 seasons of Confident Star Singer on Asianet Suvarna

Asianet Suvarna

Asianet Suvarna is a Kannada language channel owned by Asianet Communications Limited, aimed at the Kannada-speaking population in the south Indian state of Karnataka and neighbouring regions. Launched with the tag line "24 carat manoranjane", the channel airs soap operas, talk shows, news...

. He has also been a guest judge on shows like Ede Tumbi Haduvenu on ETV Kannada.

Awards

Won the 'Nava Yuva Prathibe' award for the best entry in the TV Industry for acting and Music(1994)

Won the 'Chitra Premigala Prashasthi' and 'Indira Priyadarshani Prashasthi' award for 'Pavithra' and 'Jeevan Chakra'–Kannada TV serials(1996).

Won the 'Udaya TV Award' for his debut in 'A'(1998).

Won the 'Aryabhata Award' for the title music of 'Balabeladingalu'(200).

Won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, for the Kannada film Chitra. It was also awarded the 'Sri Gandha Prashasthi'and 'Kannada Chitra Premigala Prashasthi'(2001).

Was awarded the 'Gandhinagar Prashasthi'& 'Suryodhaya Prashasthi 2002' for Best Music Director for the film "APPU"(2002).

Won the second Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, for the
Kannada film Dhum(2002).

Won the Gandhinagar Award for Best Playback Singer for the
song 'Maathadu Saaku' in the movie Kariya(2003)

Won third consecutive Filmfare award for the blockbuster hit Apthamithra(2004).

Won "Chitra Rasikara Sanga award"& "Sri Gandha award" for Best Music Director, for the same film(2005).

Won "Sri Rajiv Gandhi " memorial award for his excellency in music(2005).

Won "Sri Balindra award" for his excellency in music(2005).
Won "Karavali Mutthu"award for his excellency in music(2005).

Won "Sri Gandha award" for Best Music Director, for the blockbuster hit – "Jogi"(2006).

Won "ETV Award" for his Best Music Direction, for the blockbuster hit – "Jogi(2006).