Gopichand Malineni

Gopichand Malineni (born 13 March 1980) is an Indian film director and writer who works exclusively in Telugu Cinema. He made his directional debut in 2010 with a Telugu action comedy film Don Seenu starring Raviteja and Shriya Saran in the lead roles. He worked in many films before his first directional venture.

Gopichand Malineni
Born (1980-03-13) 13 March 1980
Ongole, Andhra Pradesh
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilm Director

Early life

He was born and brought up in Boddulurivari Palem in Prakasam district Andhra Pradesh.[1] 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.[2]

Career

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

Tollywood

Gopi 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.[3]

He made his debut as a director with Don Seenu starring Ravi Teja and Shriya Saran on the lead[4] and it was one of the biggest hit films in 2010.[5] In 2012 he directed Bodyguard with Venkatesh and Trisha on the lead.[6] In 2013 he directed a film Balupu starring Ravi Teja, Shruti Hassan and Journey fame Anjali under the production of PVP Cinemas, this movies was known as the comeback film of Ravi Teja. The film was released on 28 June 2013.[7] Balupu was Gopichand's second film with Ravi Teja after Don Seenu. The film received positive reviews from critics.[8] and was successful at the box office.[9] Later, Gopichand 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 Gopichand and a comeback for Ram Pothineni. In 2017, Gopichand made a flop with Winner[10] starring Sai Dharam Tej and Rakul Preet Singh in lead role.

Filmography

As Director
Year Film Cast Language Notes
2010Don SeenuRavi Teja, Shriya Saran, Anjana SukhaniTelugu Remade in Bengali as Badsha The Don
2012BodyguardVenkatesh, Trisha, Saloni Aswani, Prakash RajTeluguRemake of Malayalam film of the same name
2013BalupuRavi Teja, Anjali, Shruthi HassanTeluguRemade in Bengali as Herogiri
2015Pandaga CheskoRam, Rakul Preet Singh, Sonal ChauhanTelugu
2017WinnerSai Dharam Tej, Rakul Preet SinghTelugu
2021KrackRavi Teja, Shruthi Hassan, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Samuthirakani, Ali, Chirag Jani Telugu

As Chief Associate Director
Year Film Cast Language Notes
2004VenkyRavi Teja, Sneha, Ashutosh RanaTelugu
2005AndarivaaduChiranjeevi, Rimi Sen, Tabu, Prakash Raj, Pradeep RawatTelugu
2007StalinChiranjeevi, Trisha Krishnan, Prakash RajTelugu
2007DheeManchu Vishnu, Genelia D'Souza, SrihariTelugu
2007LakshyamGopichand, Jagapati Babu, Anushka, Yashpal SharmaTelugu
2008KantriJr. NTR, Hansika Motwani, Tanisha Mukherjee, Prakash RajTelugu
2008GhajiniAamir Khan, Asin, Jiah Khan, Pradeep RawatHindiHyderabad Schedule
2009BillaPrabhas, Anushka Shetty, NamithaTelugu

As Associate Director
Year Film Cast Language Notes
2000GanapatiSrihari, Nagendra BabuTelugu
2000SivajiSrihari, RaasiTelugu
2000Ammo! Okato TareekhuSrikanth, Suresh, RaasiTelugu
2000Chala BagundiSrikanth, Tanikella Bharani, Asha SainiTelugu
2001Thank You SubbaraoSrihari, Abhirami, Jagapati BabuTelugu
2001Maayana SundaraiahSrihari, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Ahuti PrasadTelugu
2003CoolieSrihari, RaasiTelugu
2004AnandamanandamayeJai Akash, Preeti Jhangiani, J. D. ChakravarthyTelugu

As Assistant Director
Year Film Cast Language Notes
1999PoliceSrihari, AshwiniTelugu
1999DevaSrihari, M. S. Narayana, ManyaTelugu
1999SambaiahSrihari, Radhika ChowdaryTelugu

References
  1. "Gopichand Malineni's interview about Balupu". idlebrain.com. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  2. "Gopichand Malineni marriage photo". The Times of India. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  3. "Stars : Star Interviews : Gopichand Malineni - Chitchat". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. "'Don Seenu' is a disappointing, routine flick". IBN Live. 14 August 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  5. "Its golden jubilee for 'Don Seenu'!". indiaglitz.com. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  6. "Bodyguard". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  7. "Balupu – Mass masala entertainer". 123telugu.com. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  8. "Balupu Telugu movie review highlights". The Times of India. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  9. "Balupu is on track to be a big hit". 123telugu.com. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  10. "Sai Dharam Tej to shoot two films simultaneously".
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