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Guru Deshpande is an Indianfilm director,producer anddistributor, known for his work inKannada film industry. He is well known forRaja Huli starringYash andMeghana 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.
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 withYash,Meghana Raj starrerRaja 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 completedYash's hat-trick success afterDrama andGoogly.[6]
In 2014, Guru Deshpande announcedRudratandava starringChiranjeevi Sarja andRadhika Kumaraswamy, the action film released in February 2015 to mixed response.[7] His next project was the 2016 comedy dramaJohn Jani Janardhan withAjay Rao,Yogesh and'Madarangi' Krishna in lead roles.[8]
In 2019 launched producerK. Manju son Shreyas Manju withPadde Huli, the action drama hadNishvika Naidu as female lead and host of Sandalwood Superstars playing key roles.[9]
After working for two decades in Kannada Film Industry, director Guru Deshpande turned producer launching G Cinemas in 2019 and announcedGentleman starringPrajwal Devaraj and Gandhinagar was excited with this amazing combination.[10]Gentleman is a crime-action film written and directed by Jadesh Kumar Hampi, Action PrincePrajwal Devaraj andNishvika Naidu essayed the lead roles,B. Ajaneesh Loknath handled background score.Puneeth Rajkumar andDhruva 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 beforeGentleman 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' starringAjay Rao andRachita 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]
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| Year | Film | Direction | Producer | Writer | Actor | Notes |
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| 2008 | Varasdhara | Yes | No | Screenplay | Yes | |
| 2013 | Raja Huli | Yes | No | Screenplay | No | |
| 2015 | Rudra Tandava | Yes | No | Screenplay | No | |
| 2016 | John Jani Janardhan | Yes | No | Screenplay | Yes | |
| 2018 | Samhaara | Yes | No | Screenplay | No | |
| 2019 | Padde Huli | Yes | No | Screenplay | Yes | |
| 2020 | Gentleman | No | Yes | No | No | |
| 2021 | Love You Rachchu | No | Yes | No | No | |
| 2022 | Ombattane Dikku | No | Yes | No | No | |
| 2023 | Pentagon | Yes | Yes | Creative Head | No | Anthology film; segmentKarma |
| 2025 | Thackeray † | Yes | No | Screenplay | No |
