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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 with Yagnam in 2004.

Gopichand
Gopichand in 2019
Born	Tottempudi Gopichand (1979-06-12) 12 June 1979 (age 43)[1][2] Kakaturivaripalem, Andhra Pradesh, India
Other names	Action Star[3] Macho Star[4][5][6]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Reshma ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	2
Parent	T. Krishna (father)
Website	Official website

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 a close friend of actor Prabhas.[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 January 2021^[update], his upcoming sports action film Seetimaarr, directed by Sampath Nandi is under production. The film star co-stars Tamannaah, Digangana Suryavanshi, Bhumika Chawla.[21] He is also working on another movie, Pakka Commercial which is being directed by Maruthi and produced by UV Creations and GA2 Pictures starring Rashi Khanna as the lead heroine.[22]

Personal life

He was born and raised in Tangutur, Andra Pradesh. He married Reshma, niece of Telugu actor Srikanth in 2013.[23] The couple has two sons.[24]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

List of films and roles

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref.
2001	Tholi Valapu	Prem	Telugu film debut
2002	Jayam	Raghu
2003	Nijam	Devudu
	Jayam	Raghu	Tamil film debut
2004	Varsham	Bhadranna
	Yagnam	Seenu
2005	Andhrudu	Surendhra
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	Dual role
	Oxygen	Major Sanjeev / Krishna Prasad
2018	Pantham	Vikranth
2019	Chanakya	Arjun / Ramakrishna
2021	Seetimaarr	Karthi
	Aaradugula Bullet	Shiva
2022	Pakka Commercial	Adv. Ramchand		[22]
TBA	Untitled Sriwass film	TBA	Filming	[25]

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations

Year	Film	Award	Category	Result	Ref
2002	Jayam	CineMAA Awards	Best Villain	Won	[26]
		Filmfare Awards South	Best Villain – Telugu	Nominated
		Nandi Awards	Best Villain	Won	[27]
2003	Nijam	CineMAA Awards	Best Villain	Won	[28]
2004	Varsham	CineMAA Awards	Best Villain	Won	[29]

References

External links

• Official website
• Gopichand at IMDb

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