Gopichand (actor)

Tottempudi Gopichand (born 12 June 1979), more popularly known as Gopichand, is a Telugu film actor.

He is one of the leading heroes of Tollywood and popularly referred to as Action Star^[9] and Macho Star.^[10]

Early life

He is the younger son of the filmmaker T. Krishna and was 8 years old when his father died. He completed his studies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He studied engineering degree in Russia.^[11] His elder brother T. Premchand was working as an associate director to Mutyala Subbayya. Premchand made his debut as director and started working on a film under his home banner, but he died in a car accident. Gopichand was in Russia during the death of his brother and could not attend his funeral due to Visa problems. He also has a sister, who is a dentist.^[12] After completing his engineering, he decided to enter the film industry.

He did dialogue modulation course for a year. Then he made his debut as hero with the Telugu movie Tholi Valapu. In his next movie Jayam he portrayed a villain. Later on he acted as a villain in movies Nijam and Varsham. He made re-entry as hero with the movie Yagnam. After doing villain roles in Jayam (Telugu), Jayam (Tamil), Nijam and Varsham he got the lead role in Yagnam. His roles include Ranam in 2006 and Lakshyam in 2007. His next film, Souryam, was released in September 2008. The next year, he acted in one film, Sankham, which released on 11 September 2009. His next film, Golimar, was released on 27 May 2010. In 2011, he acted in Mogudu and Sahasam in 2013.

Personal life

He married Reshma, niece of actor Srikanth, on 12 May 2013.^[13] Gopichand is blessed with a son, Virat Krishna.^[14]

Filmography

References

External links

• Gopichand on IMDb