Suresh Gopi

Suresh Gopi : Biography

Suresh Gopi's first appearance on silver screen was as a child artiste in Odayil Ninnu (1965), In 1997 National Award was shared by Suresh Gopi and Balachandran. Suresh Gopi turned 45 on June 25th.Having acted in 80 odd films. Suresh made his rounds of production offices and came up with only yes boss type of roles, the notable of them being Rajavinte Maghan. He graduated to doing villain roles and then his first break was in Thalasthanam directed by ShajiKailas and written by Renji Panicker. Next were Comissioner and Ekalavyan after which he was known as the `roaring lion of Kerala'. Powerful dialogues and good action scenes with a big physique Suresh filled the void left behind by Late Jayan. Apart from action roles he has done serious movies too and even got the state and national award for best acting for the film Kaliyattom

Suresh Gopi : Career

He started his acting career in 1965 as a child artist in a malayalam movie 'Odayil Ninnum', a screen adaptation of the novel by the same name.
After a long hiatus he returned to Malayalam movies, playing the roles of a supporting hero or villain, most notably in 'Irupatham Noottandu' (Twentieth Century). He also acted in a variety of supporting roles in a number of hit movies, notably Rajavinte Makan ('The son of the King') a screen adaptation of 'The Rage Of Angels' by Sidney Sheldon, Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, Manichitrathazhu, and Innale (Yesterday). In all of the movies he played important characters but were sidelined by the person in the lead role. His major break in a leading role came with "Thalasthanam" (The Capital) followed by Ekalavyan and Commissioner all of them Police dramas. He shot to superstardom with these movies and followed it up with roles in 'Lelam' (Auction) and 'Vazhunnor' (The Rulers).
His portrayal of the police commissioner 'Bharath Chandran IPS' in Commissioner (1994) shot him to superstardom and is etched in Malayalam movie history as one of the most recognized roles. His famous monologue "Ormayundo ee mugkham?" ("Remember this face?") is synonymous with the role and has been subject to much imitation and parody. He is (in)famous for his fervent delivery of dialogues in the movies that he acts in. He became noted and was glorified for playing larger than life roles that were anti-establishment and often were a dig at the political and social corruption. His fortune as an action hero waned after the audience started to move away en masse from such movies toward slap-stick comedy movies.
In 1997 his acting prowess was proved as "Kannan Perumalayan" a role that he played in "Kaliyattam" (The play), a screen adaptation of "Othello" by William Shakespeare for which he got the Bharath Award for best actor in the same year. Other noted hits were 'Pathram' (The Newspaper) and 'F.I.R' (First Investigation Report). In July, 2005, he was nominated for the Malayalam Cinema Best Actor Award for his portrayal of a mentally distressed person in 'Ullam' (Inside) and as a Doctor in 'Makalkku'(For the Daughter), but lost out to Mammootty. These two are considered to be among his best performances the other being in 'Kaliyattam'. He is noted for his leading roles as much as he is for the character roles. He is famous for his philanthropic efforts.