Guru Deshpande

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Guru Deshpande
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • producer

Guru Deshpande is an Indian film director, producer and distributor, known for his work in Kannada film industry. He is well known for Raja Huli starring Yash and Meghana Raj. [1] In 2019, Guru Deshpande turned produced launching his banner G Cinemas [2] and started a Film Institute under the name G Academy in Bengaluru.

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Career

Guru Deshpande married Shilpa Deshpande in 2004 and they have a son. Shilpa will be debuting in films with ‘Pentagon’ under the screen name Pritika Deshpande. [3]

In 2012, Guru Deshpande moved back to direction with Yash, Meghana Raj starrer Raja Huli and was produced by K Manju. [4] The movie released on Kannada Rajyotsava in 2013 and got a fantastic opening at the box-office. [5]

Raja Huli went on to complete 119 days of successful run and was declared Blockbuster. Raja Huli completed Yash's hat-trick success after Drama and Googly . [6]

In 2014, Guru Deshpande announced Rudratandava starring Chiranjeevi Sarja and Radhika Kumaraswamy, the action film released in February 2015 to mixed response. [7] His next project was the 2016 comedy drama John Jani Janardhan with Ajay Rao, Yogesh and 'Madarangi' Krishna in lead roles. [8]

In 2019 launched producer K. Manju son Shreyas Manju with Padde Huli, the action drama had Nishvika Naidu as female lead and host of Sandalwood Superstars playing key roles. [9]

Production house and film school

After working for two decades in Kannada Film Industry, director Guru Deshpande turned producer launching G Cinemas in 2019 and announced Gentleman starring Prajwal Devaraj and Gandhinagar was excited with this amazing combination. [10] Gentleman is a crime-action film written and directed by Jadesh Kumar Hampi, Action Prince Prajwal Devaraj and Nishvika Naidu essayed the lead roles, B. Ajaneesh Loknath handled background score. Puneeth Rajkumar and Dhruva Sarja released trailer on 6 January 2020 and it immediately caught audience attention. [11]

The film's Wake Up Theme song sung by Anthony Dasan was released on 29 January 2020. [12] Even before Gentleman movie released there was big demand in Tamil and Telugu for the remake rights. [13]

In 2020, Guru Deshpande launched two more movies under G Cinemas banner 'Love You Racchu' starring Ajay Rao and Rachita Ram [14] written by Shashank and directed by debutant Shankar Raj and 'Pentagon', an anthology film co-produced [15] by Kaushik Izardar. 'Pentagon' has generated curiosity among Sandalwood fans especially for the combination of five directors Raghu Shivamoga, Chandra Mohan, Akash Srivatsa, Kiran Kumar and Guru Deshpande. Manikanth Kadri will be composing the music, cinematography is handled by Kiran Hampapur and Abhilash Kallathi, and edited by Venkatesh UDV. [16] His next project will be the much awaited sports drama ‘Thackeray’ expected to go on floors soon. [17]

After donning the hats of director and producer Guru Deshpande launched G Academy, Institute of Cinema and Entertainment in 2019. Well known Sandalwood directors Dayal Padmanabhan, 'Jatta' Giriraj, Satyaprakash, 'Bahaddur' Chethan Kumar are among faculty at the film school. [18]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes as yet unreleased films
YearFilmDirectionProducerWriterActorNotes
2008VarasdharaYesNoScreenplayYes
2013 Raja Huli YesNoScreenplayNo
2015 Rudra Tandava YesNoScreenplayNo
2016 John Jani Janardhan YesNoScreenplayYes
2018 Samhaara YesNoScreenplayNo
2019 Padde Huli YesNoScreenplayYes
2020 Gentleman NoYesNoNo
2021 Love You Rachchu NoYesNoNo
2022 Ombattane Dikku NoYesNoNo
2023 Pentagon YesYesCreative HeadNoAnthology film; segment Karma
2025Thackeray†YesNoScreenplayNo

References

  1. ↑ "Raja Huli Beats Aarambam-Krrish3 At Bangalore Box Office". Entertainment One India. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Gentleman mixes class and mass elements". Times of India. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Pritika Deshpande's look from Pentagon anthology revealed". Cinemaexpress. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "RAJA HULI LAUNCHED". Chitraloka. 5 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Raja Huli breaks box-office records in first week". Times of India. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "RAJAHULI COMPLETES 100 DAYS". Chitraloka. 8 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Radhika is always laughing". Times of India. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Meet John Jani Janardhan..." Times of India. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "Ravichandran plays a similar role like Chamayya Mestru in 'Padde Huli'". Times of India. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "FIRST TEASER OF 'GENTLEMAN' RELEASED". Chitraloka. 9 July 2019. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  11. ↑ "Puneeth Rajkumar and Dhruva Sarja unveil Prajwal Devaraj's Gentleman trailer". New Indian Express. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "'Gentleman' gives a wake-up call". New Indian Express. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  13. ↑ "'Gentleman' remake rights in demand". New Indian Express. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  14. ↑ "Rachita to romance Ajai Rao in Love You Rachchu". Times of India. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  15. ↑ "Director Guru Deshpande and Kaushik Izardar bankrolls the Kannada anthology film 'Pentagon'". The Times of India. 14 December 2022. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  16. ↑ "Film 'Pentagon': Characters from the first story of the 5-part anthology to be unveiled tomorrow". Times of India. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  17. ↑ "Makers of Thackeray look for a new face". Times of India. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  18. ↑ "Guru Deshpande Starts G Academy". Chitraloka. 6 August 2019. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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