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Other names of Guruprasad: Guruprasad Ramachandra Sharma, Guru Prasad

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DOB : 02-11-1972
Age : 52
Star Sign : Scorpio
Gender : Male

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Guruprasad is a prominent film actor, writer and director in the Kannada film industry. Guruprasad is a scientist in the Hindustan Lever but he chose to follow his passion and enter the film industry. He is now known as a director who depicts realistic story line in his films. He started his career in the year 2006 as a director in the Cult Hit Kannada film Mata, from which he also made a cameo appearance. This was followed by his next film entitled Eddelu Manjunatha. Both films earned rave reviews and got nominated for many award categories. Eddelu Manjunatha gained him the Best Director Award at the 57th Filmfare Awards South and the Best Screenplay Award at the Karnataka State Film Awards.

In year 2013, Guruprasad made a cameo appearance and directed the satire comedy film, Director’s Special, which marks the debut of the Kannada actor, Dhananjay. The film took three years in the making and was completed in 2011 but it took him almost a year to complete the song of the film and it was completed in 2012. This became controversial because of the long delay of the release of the film. The director made ads in many newspapers citing the different release dates of the films.

In year 2014, he helmed the film Eradane Sala. Guruprasad also acted in films like Mylari in 2010, Kal Manja and Hudugaru in 2011, Whistle in 2013 and Karodpathi in 2014. He became a jury in the dance reality show Thaka Dhimi Tha Dancing Star on ETV Kannada in 2014 and in the second season of Suvarna TV Kannada’s Putani Pantru in 2015. He also hosted Zee Kannada’s and joined the reality show, Bigg Boss Kannada 2 in 2014. His entry to the house became controversial as he was unable to get along with other contenders.

Recently, he was seen as a judge in the dance reality show for children entitled Puttani Pantru on Asianet Suvarna. He also started his very own school called Guruprasad’s Institute of Script Writing and Film Direction, who aims to teach script writing and direction to any aspiring individual. Guruprasad doesn’t call himself a filmmaker, but a frustrated film audience, who is watching average films for 25 long years. That’s why he decided to pursue his passion on becoming a director and through his films he can show what type of films the audience wants to see.

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Guruprasad Ramachandra Sharma is an actor, producer, director, and screenplay writer based in Bengaluru, Karnataka. He was born on 2 November 1972 in Kanakapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka. He predominantly works in the Kannada film industry. He is married to Aarathi K.N. Guru made his debut in 2006 with the film Mata as a director and actor. It was a dark comedy film that primarily revolved around the events which occurred within contemporary matha/mutts, which are considered as one of the most sacred institutions of India.

The film gracefully depicts that human enlightenment can be achieved only if emotions such as lust, anger, desire, etc. are controlled. The leading cast of the film included Jaggesh, R. N. Sudarshan, Nagathihalli Chandrashekar, , Shashidhar Bhat, Sudheendra, , Asif Farroqi, and Guruprasad. After this movie, Guruprasad became popular and rose to fame in the Kannada film industry.

After the success of this film, Guruprasad collaborated again with Jaggesh in their next movie called Eddelu Manjunatha, which was released in early 2009. The film was about the life and times of a jobless and lazy middle-aged character called Manjunatha (Manja), who believes that his life is an eventual existence instead of being deserving, practical, and a capable one. The film portrays the procrastinating attitude of Manja not as a quality but as something imbibed by him through his general ideas, thoughts, and notions that surround him in everyday life.

However, in the subsequent years, his personality becomes pragmatic and he begins to think that there are always alternative sources to live your life rather than complying with how the world goes like a puppet, and there are so many methods to earn money, unlike the linear methods of gaining success. The movie turned out to be a major success and it earned Guru a Filmfare Award for Best Director in 2010.

Guru worked as a director in different other movies such as Director's Special, Eradane Sala, Ademaa, and Ranganayaka. As an actor, he acted in various films such as Eddelu Manjunatha, Kal Manja, Mylari, Hudugaru, Director's Special, Whistle, Karodpathi, Jigarthanda, , Kushka, Badava Rascal, and Body God. Moreover, he has also written dialogues for Hudugaru, Whistle, and . He has also served as a contestant and judge for Television shows such as Thaka Dhimi Tha, Dancing Star, Putani Pantru Season 2, Bigg Boss Kannada 2, Dance Karnataka Dance, and Barjari Comedy.