Gopichand (actor)

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Born
Tottempudi Gopichand

(1979-06-12) 12 June 1979 (age 44) [1] [2]
Kakaturivaripalem, Andhra Pradesh, India
Other namesAction Star [3]
Macho Star [4] [5] [6]
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present
Spouse
Reshma
​
(m. 2013)​
Children2
Parent
Website Official website

Tottempudi Gopichand (born 12 June 1979) is an Indian actor who works primarily in Telugu cinema. Known for his roles in action films, he made his debut with Tholi Valapu (2001) in a lead role. After playing an antagonist in films such as Jayam (2002), Nijam (2003) and Varsham (2004), he got his breakthrough as a protagonist with Yagnam in 2004.

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His notable works include Yagnam (2004), Andhrudu (2005), Ranam (2006), Lakshyam (2007), Souryam (2008), Golimaar (2010), Sahasam (2013), Loukyam (2014), Jil (2015), Seetimaarr (2021), and Pakka Commercial (2022). He is fondly referred to as Action Star and Macho Star. [3] [4]

Early life

Gopichand was born in a village near Tangutur in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh. [7] He is the younger son of the filmmaker T. Krishna and was 8 years old when his father died. [7] He was schooled at Nil Desperandum, Ongole (established by his father) and Ramakrishna Mission school, Chennai. [7] He studied mechanical engineering in Russia. [8]

His elder brother Premchand was an associate director under Muthyala Subbaiah and started working as a director; however, he died in a car accident. Gopichand was in Russia at that time and could not attend his funeral due to visa issues. He also has a younger sister, who is a dentist. [8]

After completing his engineering, he decided to pursue a career in films to continue his father's legacy and did a dialogue modulation course for a year. [8] He is close friends with Prabhas, V. Vamsi Krishna Reddy, and Pramod Uppalapati, the latter two, who own UV Creations, a prominent production house in Telugu cinema. [7]

Career

Gopichand made his debut as a lead with the film Tholi Valapu . He played negative roles in his next films Jayam , Nijam and Varsham . Following the positive reception towards his performance in Jayam, he reprised his role in the film's Tamil-language remake of the same title. He made his re-entry as hero with the films Yagnam in 2004 and Andhrudu in 2005. In 2006, he starred in the commercially successful Ranam and the commercially unsuccessful Raraju . [9] His 2007 releases Okkadunnadu and Lakshyam , and the 2008 releases were Ontari and Souryam . He collaborated once again with Souryam director Siva for their 2009 release Sankham. [10] [11] [12] [13]

His 2010 release Golimar saw him playing an encounter specialist inspired by the real-life cop Daya Nayak. In 2011, he acted in Mogudu and Wanted but both were commercial failures. In 2013, he reunited with director Chandra Sekhar Yeleti (after Okkadunnadu) for the action-adventure film Sahasam which became his biggest commercially successful film at that time. [14] In 2014, he starred in Loukyam commercially became his most successful film. [15] In 2015, he starred in Jil and Soukhyam . In 2017, he starred in Goutham Nanda and Oxygen which were both commercially unsuccessful. [16] [17] [18] His next film Aaradugula Bullet was slated to release the same year but did not materialize until 2021. [19] It turned out to be a routine drama, suffering another setback. [20] In 2018, he played a vigilante in Pantham , which was his 25th film. In 2019, he played a spy in Chanakya.

As of September 2021, his sports action film Seetimaarr, directed by Sampath Nandi received positive reviews and was a success in the box office. The film star co-stars Tamannaah Bhatia, Digangana Suryavanshi, Bhumika Chawla. [21] He has also worked on another film, Pakka Commercial which was directed by Maruthi and produced by UV Creations, and GA2 Pictures starring Raashi Khanna as the lead heroine. [22] His next movie, Ramabanam, directed by Sriwass was released in May 2023 and released to negative reviews. It was a box-office bomb. This film marked the return of the combination of Sriwass and Gopichand, and also was Gopichand's 30th film. His next film, Bhimaa, was filmed by A. Harsha and released on March 8, 2024, which is a fantasy action drama film. [23]

Personal life

He was born and raised in Tangutur, Andhra Pradesh. He married Reshma, niece of Telugu actor Srikanth in 2013. [24] The couple has two sons. [25]

Filmography

Films

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRole(s)NotesRef.
2001 Tholi Valapu Prem
2002 Jayam Raghu
2003 Nijam Devudu
Jayam Raghu Tamil film
2004 Varsham Bhadranna
Yagnam Seenu
2005 Andhrudu Surendra
2006 Ranam Chinna
Raraju Kaali
2007 Okkadunnadu Kiran
Lakshyam Chandu
2008 Ontari Vamsi
Souryam Vijay IPS
2009 Sankham Chandu
2010 Golimaar Inspector Gangaram
2011 Wanted Ram Babu
Mogudu Ram Prasad "Bujji"
2013 Sahasam Goutham
2014 Loukyam Venkateswarlu "Venky"
2015 Jil Jai
Soukhyam Srinivas "Seenu" Rao
2017 Goutham Nanda Goutham Ghattamaneni / Nanda Kishore [lower-alpha 1]
Oxygen Major Sanjeev / Krishna Prasad [lower-alpha 2]
2018 Pantham Vikranth
2019 Chanakya Arjun / Ramakrishna [lower-alpha 2]
2021 Seetimaarr Karthi
Aaradugula Bullet Shiva
2022 Pakka Commercial Adv. Ramchand [22]
2023 Ramabanam Vicky / Ramabanam [lower-alpha 2] [26] [27]
2024 Bhimaa Bhimaa and Ramaa [lower-alpha 1] [28]
Vishwam †Filming [29]

Awards and nominations

YearFilmAwardCategoryResultRef
2003 Jayam CineMAA Awards Best VillainWon [30]
Filmfare Awards South Best Villain – Telugu Nominated [31]
Nandi Awards Best Villain Won [32]
2004 Nijam CineMAA Awards Best VillainWon [33]
2005 Varsham CineMAA Awards Best VillainWon [34]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Gopichand played dual characters in a single film
  2. 1 2 3 Gopichand played a single character with two names

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