Guruprasad

{{Short description|Indian actor and director (1972–2024)}}

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| birth_name = Guruprasada Ramachandra Sharma

| birth_date = {{birth date|1972|11|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kanakapura, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

| death_date = {{death date and given age|2024|10||52|df=y}}

| death_place = Madanaiyakanahalli, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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| occupation = Film director, writer, producer, actor, author,anchor

| years_active = 2006–2024

| spouse = 2

| children = 2

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Guruprasad (2 November 1972 – October 2024) was an Indian film director and actor in the Kannada film industry. His debut as a director was the 2006 film {{Lang|kn-latn|Mata}} which became a cult hit and his second film as a director is {{Lang|kn-latn|Eddelu Manjunatha}}.{{Cite web |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/news/2013/director-guruprasad-third-film-109210.html |title=Director Guruprasad signs his third film! |date=7 May 2013 |access-date=30 May 2013 |archive-date=12 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512080948/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/news/2013/director-guruprasad-third-film-109210.html |url-status=live }} Both films did receive positive reviews and were considered for many award categories. He was known for portraying satire in a realistic way on screen.{{cite web|url=http://www.southscope.in/kannada/news/guruprasad-relaunches-directors-special|title=Guruprasad relaunches directors special|website=www.southscope.in|access-date=30 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305011759/http://www.southscope.in/kannada/news/guruprasad-relaunches-directors-special|archive-date=5 March 2013|url-status=dead}}

Guruprasad was found dead by a suspected suicide by hanging at his home in Madanayakanahalli, Bangalore, on 3 November 2024. Authorities said that he probably died between 31 October and 1 November, as his body was partially decomposed.{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/state-award-winning-kannada-filmmaker-guruprasad-dies-by-suicide/article68825144.ece|title=EState-award winning Kannada filmmaker Guruprasad dies by suicide|work=The Hindu|date=3 November 2024 }}{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/kannada-film-director-guru-prasad-dead-suspected-suicide-bengaluru-9651119/|title=Kannada film director Guru Prasad found dead in suspected suicide in Bengaluru|date=4 November 2024 |publisher=Indian Express}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2024/11/03/breaking-news-mata-director-guruprasad-suicide-what-we-know-so-far-as-debt-ridden-artist-passes-away-at-madanayakanahalli-apartment.html|title='Mata' director Guruprasad suicide: What we know so far as 'debt-ridden' artist passes away at Madanayakanahalli apartment|publisher=The Week}}{{Cite web |title=Decomposed Body Of Kannada Director Guruprasad Found At Bengaluru Flat |url=https://www.ndtv.com/bangalore-news/decomposed-body-of-kannada-director-guruprasad-found-at-bengaluru-flat-6934416 |access-date=4 November 2024 |website=NDTV.com}}{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=8 November 2024 |title=Kannada film director Guruprasad found hanging in Bengaluru |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2024/Nov/04/kannada-film-director-guruprasad-found-hanging-in-bengaluru |access-date=4 November 2024 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}