Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is a 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 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. 　　He was a class singer even in his School days at St Aloysius pry school in early 70s . After completion of graduation in commerce from Mangalore 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.