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Govind Padmasoorya (born 16 June 1987), popularly known as GP is an Indian television presenter actor who works mainly in Malayalam cinema and a few Telugu films.[2] He made his debut in the movie Atayalangal directed by M. G. Sasi.

Govind Padmasoorya
Govind Padmasoorya
Born	(1987-06-16) 16 June 1987 (age 35) Pattambi, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	GP, Padma
Alma mater	St. Aloysius College, Whistling Woods International Institute
Occupation	actor television presenter VJ Singer YouTuber Film Maker (LotusRays Studio-television commercials, corporate videos)
Years active	2007 – present
Parents	Govind Menon Malathy
Awards	Kerala state awards 2016 for Best Anchor Kerala state award 2017 for Best Anchor
YouTube information
Channel	Padmasoorya Govind padmasoorya
Years active	2020- Present
Genre	Lifestyle, Travel Vlog, Motivation, Music
Subscribers	355 K[1]
Total views	41.5 Million[1]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers
Last updated: 6 March 2021
Website	padmasoorya.com

He is popular among Malayali audiences through the reality show D 4 Dance. He directed a featured film for Malayalam television channel Asianet for their 25 years celebration..

Early and personal life

Govind Padmasoorya popularly known as GP was born on June 16, 1987 at Pattambi, as the son of Govind Menon, (Bank Manager, CSB) and Malathy (AGM, BSNL). He completed his graduate in Master of Business Administration in St.Aloysius College in Manglore. Later, he went to Whistling Woods International to complete his media studies. He has a younger brother named Govind Amrithsoorya.

Career

GP started his career in acting through some albums in 2007. He made his debut in Malayalam cinema as the protagonist in Atayalangal, directed by M. G. Sasi and produced by Aravind Venugopal.[3] The film was based on the life and literature of the writer Nandanar.[4] The film won five Kerala State Film Awards including Best Film. Next, GP portrayed the role of Vinu, the brother of the IG (Suresh Gopi) in B. Unnikrishnan's IG, who transforms from a loving brother to a ruthless terrorist towards the end of the movie. He was also cast as Sreekanth, an Indian cricketer, in Daddy Cool.[5] Then on he did lead roles in many films including 32aam Adhyayam 23aam Vaakyam along with Lal & Miya directed by Arjun Prabhakaran and Gokul Ramakrishnan.[6] He played a zumba dancer in his latest film Pretham directed by Ranjith Shanker. He was shot to fame hosting the super hit reality show D 4 Dance in Mazhavil Manorama. He also won the Kerala state award for hosting the show Adi Mone Buzzer in Asianet. He has portrayed antihero in his debut Tamil movie Kee with Jiiva. He has also acted in music albums like Monjulla Painkili and Kumkumam. He also started Ad Film Direction.

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

year	film	Role	Notes
2008	Atayalangal	Padathuparambil Gopinathan – Gopi	Debut in Malayalam
2009	Daddy Cool	Sreekanth
2009	Bhoomi Malayalam	Satheeshan
2009	IG	Vinu
2010	College Days	Joe
2013	Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla	Moby
2013	72 Model	V. Sajan
2014	Ettekaal Second	Sandeep S Nair (Sandu)
2014	Varsham	Dr.Prakashan
2015	Lavender	Kabir Abbas
2015	32aam adhyayam 23aam vaakyam	Freddy Abraham
2016	Pretham	Shibu Majeed
2018	Pretham 2	Shibu Majeed	Sequel to 2016 movie Pretham Cameo appearance
2019	Kee	Shiva	Debut in Tamil[7]
2019	My Santa	ISA's father	Photo appearance
2020	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo	Paidithalli	Debut in Telugu[8]
2022	Bangarraju	Aadi	Telugu film
	like share subscribe		Telugu film
	Meet Cute		Telugu film
2023	Dasara		Telugu film
	Pranayasarovaratheeram		Filming
	Neeraja		filming
	Christopher Columbus		Filming

Television

TV shows

Year	Programme	Role	Language	Channel	Notes
2014	D 4 Dance	Co-Host with Jewel Mary	Malayalam	Mazhavil Manorama	Reality show
2015	Gum on D2	Co-Host with Pearle Maaney
2015	Thengakola Mangatholi	Himself			Music album
2015–2016	Adi Mone Buzzer:Fastest Family First	Host		Asianet	Game show
2016	Asianet Film Awards 2016	Host with Meera, Gayathri Suresh			Award night
2016	Singapore Onam	Host / Performer			Stage show
2017	Asianet Film Awards 2017	Host with Meera Nandan			Award night
2017-2018	Dare The Fear : Aarkunde ee Chankoottam?	Host			Reality show
	Dare The Fear : Extra time	Host
2019	21st Asianet Film Awards	Host with Nyla Usha			Award night
2019	D 5 Junior	Special Judge		Mazhavil Manorama	Reality show
2019-2020	Anantharam	Host		Flowers TV
2020-2021	Mr.&.Mrs	Judge		Zee Keralam	Reality show
2021	Star Magic	Mentor		Flowers TV	Game show
2021–2022	Bzinga	Host		Zee Keralam
2021	Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 3	Himself		Asianet	Cameo appearance to wish Anoop Krishnan's Birthday
2021	10th SIIMA Awards	Host with Pearle Maaney		Surya TV	Award night
2022-Present	Bzinga Family Festival	Host		Zee Keralam	Game show

Online

Year	Programme	Role	Language	Channel	Notes
2020-2022	GP Stories	Host	Malayalam	YouTube	Web series
2020	Niramana	Singer			Music album
2020	Aaradhu Song	Singer			Music album
2021	Ennum ennum nenjoram	Singer			Music album
2021	Minnume Kannukal	Singer			Music album
2021	Shivoham	Singer/actor	Malayalam Tamil		Music album
2022	Gham Ki Barish	Actor	Hindi		Music album

Awards

Won

• JC award 2007 for best debut actor
• ALA film award 2008 for best new face
• Asiavision Awards 2014 – Best Anchor for D2
• Asianet Television Awards 2016 – Best Anchor (Male) for Adi Mone Buzzer:Fastest Family First
• Kerala State Television Awards 2016 – Best Anchor for Adi Mone Buzzer: Fastest Family First
• Kerala State Television Awards 2017 – Best Anchor for Adi Mone Buzzer: Fastest Family First
• 2018 : JCI young personality of the year

Nominated

• Flowers TV awards 2017 – Best Anchor for Adi Mone Buzzer: Fastest Family First

References

External links

• Govind Padmasoorya at IMDb

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