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Gopichand Malineni (born 13 March 1980) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. After working as an assistant director in many films, Malineni made his directional debut in 2010 with the action comedy film Don Seenu. He went onto direct films such as Bodyguard, Balupu, Pandaga Chesko, Winner and Krack.

Gopichand Malineni
Born	(1980-03-13) 13 March 1980 (age 42)[1] Boddulurivaripalem, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Spouse	Sri Satya ​ (m. 2013)​

Early life

Gopichand Malineni was born and brought up in Boddulurivaripalem village near Ongole of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh.[2] His family hails from the same village. His primary education was done at Sarada Niketan School Prakasam District and upper primary at VR College Nellore. He discontinued his education in 12th class and entered into the film industry. Friends and family were always a huge support to Gopichand. He is married to Sri Satya on 14 February 2013.[3] His son Satvik made his acting debut in Krack (2021) as a child actor.[4]

Career

In his early years, Malineni worked as a Camera assistant for few programmes telecasted by ETV in Warangal Dist. He was appreciated for his work in ETV News.

Malineni made his debut into the film industry as a camera assistant for the movie Hello I Love You directed by Veera Shankar. He then debuted as an assistant in the direction department for the movie Police starring Srihari in the lead role. He worked for four films with Srihari and later worked with E.V.V. Satyanarayana for two films, with Srinu Vytla for Andarivaadu, Venky, Dhee with A.R. Murugadoss for Stalin, with Srivas for Lakshyam, with Meher Ramesh for Kantri and Billa.[5]

He made his debut as a director with Don Seenu starring Ravi Teja and Shriya Saran on the lead[6] and it was one of the biggest hit films in 2010.[7] In 2012 he directed Bodyguard with Venkatesh and Trisha on the lead.[8] In 2013 he directed a film Balupu starring Ravi Teja, Shruti Haasan and Journey fame Anjali under the production of PVP Cinema, this movies was known as the comeback film of Ravi Teja. The film was released on 28 June 2013.[9] Balupu was Malineni's second film with Ravi Teja after Don Seenu. The film received positive reviews from critics.[10] and was successful at the box office.[11] Later, Malineni established his name in the industry with other hits like, Pandaga Chesko, starring Ram Pothineni and Rakul Preet Singh in lead roles. This movie was another hit for Malineni and a comeback for Ram Pothineni. In 2017, Malineni made a flop with Winner[12] starring Sai Dharam Tej and Rakul Preet Singh in lead role.

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Notes
2010	Don Seenu	Yes	Yes	Remade in Bengali as Badsha The Don
2012	Bodyguard	Yes	Screenplay	Remake of Bodyguard
2013	Balupu	Yes	Screenplay	Remade in Bengali as Herogiri
2015	Pandaga Chesko	Yes	Screenplay
2017	Winner	Yes	Screenplay
2021	Krack	Yes	No	A couple of scenes were inspired by Sethupathi and Tagaru
2023	Veera Simha Reddy	Yes	Yes	Filming[13]

Cameos appearances

• Stalin (2006)
• Winner (2017) as biker

References

External links

• Gopichand Malineni at IMDb
• Gopichand Malineni on Twitter

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