suresh gopi

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Suresh Gopi was born on June 25, 1958 in Kerala, India as Suresh G. Nair. He is famous for his roles in police dramas and family action-dramas, with films such as Ekalavyan (1993), Commissioner (1994), Lelam (1997), and Pathram (1999). He is noted for his leading roles as much as his character roles. The role of Kannan Perumalayan in Kaliyattam (1997) won him the National Film Award for Best Actor. He is also famous for his philanthropic efforts. In 2012, he became the host of the Asianet game show Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran. Suresh Gopi first appeared onscreen as a child in K. S. Sethumadhavan’s Odeyil Ninnu (1965). It was a popular film that had Sathyan in the lead role along with Prem Nazir.

He returned to acting in the mid-1980s with Sathyan Anthikkad’s T.P. Balagopalan M.A. (1986), where he played a prospective groom in a small scene. He went on to play supporting and villain roles. Some other roles of his include Balan in Nandi Veendum Varika (1986), Kumar in Rajavinte Makan (1986), Vinod in January Oru Orma (1987), Shekaran Kutty in Irupatham Noottandu (1987), Suresh in New Delhi (1987).

The films that made Suresh Gopi a bankable lead actor were Thalastaanam (1992), Ekalavyan (1993), Mafia (1993) and Commissioner (1994), all by Shaji Kailas and scripted by Ranji Panicker. All of them were police dramas and had, more or less, similar themes. He became immensely popular with his role as Bharathchandran IPS in the block-buster movie Commissioner. Renji Panicker’s dialogues employed by Suresh Gopi in English became quite popular with the masses. During the early to mid-1990s, he also played characters of substance in films such as Jayaraj’s Paithrukam (1993), Fazil’s Manichithrathazhu which was a blockbuster hit, Sathyan Anthikkad’s Samooham (1993) and Sibi Malayil’s Sindoora Rekha (1995).

In 1997, with Jayaraj’s Kaliyattam (1997), an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello, Suresh Gopi won the National Film Award for Best Actor for playing Kannan Perumalayan. He proved he was more than just another mainstream actor. This was a turning point in his career.After the huge success of Kaliyattam he had a golden age of his acting career.

Kerala State Film Awards:
1998 – Best Actor – Kaliyattam

Film Critics Awards:
Film Critics Best Actor Award (three times)
Best Supporting Actor Award (four times)