Gopi

Gopinathan Velayudhan Nair, also known as Bharat Gopi, was an Indian film actor, producer, and director. Considered one of the greatest actors in the history of Indian cinema, Gopi was one of the first actors to be associated with the New Wave cinema movement in Kerala during the 1970s. He won many awards, including the National Film Award for Best Actor for his role as Sankarankutty in Kodiyettam (1977). His well-known roles include Aiyappan in Yavanika, Vasu Menon in Palangal, Prof. "Shakespeare" Krishna Pillai in Kattathe Kilikoodu, Dushasana Kurup in Panchavadi Palam, Nandagopal in Ormakkayi, Mammachan in Adaminte Vaariyellu, Shankaran in Chidambaram and Krishnan Raju in Aghaat. Gopi also directed the films Ulsavapittennu (1989) and Yamanam (1991), and produced the movie Padheyam (1993) directed by Bharathan. In 1991 the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri for his contributions towards the arts.

Known For: Acting

Born: Trivandrum, Travancore, British India, 1937-11-08

Died: 2008-01-29

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	Swayamvaram	The dismissed employee	64
2	1978	The Circus Tent	Circus Manager	50
3	1978	Kodiyettam	Sankaran Kutty	68
4	1979	Peruvazhiyambalam	Tea Shop Owner	42
5	1980	Arising from the Surface	Ramesh	59
6	1981	Palangal	Vasu Menon	60
7	1981	Kallan Pavithran	Mamachan	60
8	1981	Vida Parayum Munpe	Dr. Thomas	70
9	1982	Yavanika	Tablist Aiyappan	83
10	1982	Novemberinte Nashtam	Meera's Father	90
11	1982	Ormakkayi	Nandan	0
12	1982	Marmaram	Nirmala's Husband	0
13	1983	Rachana	Sreeprasad	0
14	1983	Eettillam	Moitheen Bava	0
15	1983	Oru Swakaryam		0
16	1983	Ente Mamattukkuttiyammakku	Vinod	78
17	1983	Kattathe Kilikkoodu	Prof. 'Shakespeare' Krishna Pillai	77
18	1983	Sandhya Mayangum Neram	Balagangadhara Menon	0
19	1983	Asthram	Capt. C. S. Nair	0
20	1983	Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback	Suresh Babu	65
21	1983	Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla	Bharath Gopi	60
22	1984	Aksharangal	V. P. Menon	0
23	1984	April Pathinettu		0
24	1984	Adaminte Vaariyellu	Mamachan	65
25	1984	Aarorumariyathe	Stephen George	0
26	1984	Appunni	Ayyappan Nair	60
27	1984	Aduthaduthu	Fr. Augustine Kuriappalli	0
28	1984	Panchavadi Palam	Dussasana Kuruppu	84
29	1984	Akkare	Gopi	0
30	1985	Punnaram Cholli Cholli	Krishnankutty	40
31	1985	Chidambaram	Mohandas	74
32	1985	Aghaat	Krishnan Raju	79
33	1985	Irakal	Cardinal	83
34	1985	Puli Varunne Puli	Chairman	70
35	1985	Gayathridevi Ente Amma	Mahadevan Thampi	0
36	1985	Kanathaya Penkutty	Devadas Menon	68
37	1985	Karimpin Poovinakkare	Chellannan	75
38	1986	Meenamasathile Suryan	School Teacher	52
39	1986	Revathikkoru Pavakkutty	Balan Menon	90
40	1986	Ice Cream	Viswantha Panicker	0
41	1986	Udayam Padinjaru	Thambi	0
42	1993	Padheyam	K. V. Raghavan	90
43	1994	Vardhakya Puranam	Rajani's Father	60
44	1994	My Own		58
45	1994	Vishnu	Judge	0
46	1995	Agnidevan	K. K. Menon	60
47	1995	Ormakalundayirikkanam	Tharakan	0
48	1998	Thalolam	Tathamangalam	0
49	1998	Kaikkudanna Nilavu		0
50	1998	Elavamkodu Desam	Agnisarmman	0
51	1998	Samantharangal	Musaliyar	0
52	1999	Devadasi	Shanta Ram	0
53	2000	Susanna		0
54	2001	Dubai	Joseph Pandala	38
55	2003	Ek Alag Mausam		0
56	2004	Wanted	Anu's Father	43
57	2006	Rasathanthram	Balan Master	66
58	2007	Nivedyam		42
59	2007	Nasrani	Narayana Swamy	41
60	2007	Paradesi		75
61	2008	Dae! Ingottu Nokkiye...		20
62	2008	Aakasha Gopuram	Abraham	0

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Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1972