Tottempudi Gopichand (born 12 June 1979), more popularly known as Gopichand, is a Telugu

Telugu people

The Telugu people or Telugu Prajalu are an ethnic group of India. They are the native speakers of the Telugu language, the most commonly spoken language in India after Hindi and Bengali...

 film actor. He is the younger son of the filmmaker T. Krishna and started his career with Tholi Valapu

Tholi Valapu

Tholi Valapu is a Telugu film starring Gopichand and Sneha in the lead roles. This film was the debut of Gopichand. The film has been dubbed into tamil as "Hari."-Plot:...

 as the main lead.

Personal life

He was 8 years old when his father T. Krishna died. He completed his studies in Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. There was no direct influence of his father on him in his childhood. He did his engineering degree in Russia

Russia

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. He was not interested in films and acting at that time.

His elder brother T. Premchand was working as an associate director to Mutyala Subbayya. Premchand made his debut as director and started working on a film under his home banner, but he died in a car accident. Gopichand was in Russia during the death of his brother and could not attend his funeral due to Visa problems. He also had a sister, who is a dentist.

He decided to enter the film industry. After completing his engineering, he did dialogue modulation course for a year. Then he made his debut as hero with the Telugu movie Tholi Valapu

Tholi Valapu

Tholi Valapu is a Telugu film starring Gopichand and Sneha in the lead roles. This film was the debut of Gopichand. The film has been dubbed into tamil as "Hari."-Plot:...

.

Early career

He was a news reader for E TV before he was cast as a hero in his first movie Tholi Valapu

Tholi Valapu

Tholi Valapu is a Telugu film starring Gopichand and Sneha in the lead roles. This film was the debut of Gopichand. The film has been dubbed into tamil as "Hari."-Plot:...

, which was a disaster at box office. His next movie Jayam

Jayam (2002 film)

Jayam is a 2002 Telugu film directed and produced by Teja. It stars Nitin, Sadha, and Gopichand in the lead roles. The film was a huge box office hit. It was remade by M. Raja in Tamil with the same title.-Plot:...

 gave him success at box office, but this time as a villain. The movie was remade with same title

Jayam

Jayam is a Tamil film directed by M. Raja and released in 2003. It gave debut for Jayam Ravi and Sadha as hero and heroine respectively. It also starred Senthil, Gopichand, Mayilsamy, Suman Shetty and Ramesh Khanna. It was a box-office blockbuster. The film was a remake of super hit Telugu film...

 in Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 with Jayam Ravi

Jayam Ravi

Jayam Ravi is an Indian film actor. Ravi has appeared in films including Jayam, M. Kumaran Son Of Mahalakshmi, Unakkum Enakkum, Santhosh Subramaniam and Thillalangadi all of which have been directed by his brother, M...

 as hero. Later on he acted as a villain in movies Nijam

Nijam

Nijam is a Telugu film released in 2003, starring Mahesh Babu and Rakshitha in lead roles. Teja directed this film. Mahesh Babu and Rameshwari won the Nandi Awards in Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories respectively...

 and Varsham

Varsham

-Box-office performance:*The film had celebrated a 50-day run in 125 centres and a 100-day run in 68 centres.-Box-office performance:*The film had celebrated a 50-day run in 125 centres and a 100-day run in 68 centres.-Box-office performance:...

.

He made a re-entry as hero with the movie Yagnam. This became a box office success which created hype for his capabilities as future hero for the masses.

After doing villain roles in Jayam (2002)

Jayam (2002 film)

Jayam is a 2002 Telugu film directed and produced by Teja. It stars Nitin, Sadha, and Gopichand in the lead roles. The film was a huge box office hit. It was remade by M. Raja in Tamil with the same title.-Plot:...

, Jayam (2003)

Jayam

Jayam is a Tamil film directed by M. Raja and released in 2003. It gave debut for Jayam Ravi and Sadha as hero and heroine respectively. It also starred Senthil, Gopichand, Mayilsamy, Suman Shetty and Ramesh Khanna. It was a box-office blockbuster. The film was a remake of super hit Telugu film...

, Nijam

Nijam

Nijam is a Telugu film released in 2003, starring Mahesh Babu and Rakshitha in lead roles. Teja directed this film. Mahesh Babu and Rameshwari won the Nandi Awards in Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories respectively...

 and Varsham

Varsham

-Box-office performance:*The film had celebrated a 50-day run in 125 centres and a 100-day run in 68 centres.-Box-office performance:*The film had celebrated a 50-day run in 125 centres and a 100-day run in 68 centres.-Box-office performance:...

, he got the lead role in Yagnam. He was noted for his best performance in Ranam

Ranam

Ranam is a Telugu film which stars Gopichand and Kamna Jethmalani. Choreographer-turned-director Amma Rajasekhar directed this film. The film was a hit at the box office. This is Gopichand's third consecutive hit as a lead actor...

 in 2006 & Lakshyam

Lakshyam

Lakshyam is a 2007 Telugu film which stars Gopichand, Anushka, and Jagapati Babu. This film marked the debut of Srivas as director. It was produced by Nallamalupu Srinivas under Lakshmi Narasimha Productions banner...

 in 2007. His next film, Souryam

Souryam

Souryam is a 2008 Telugu film directed by cinematographer-turned-director J. Siva Kumar, who makes his directorial debut. It stars Gopichand and Anushka Shetty in the main lead. The film was dubbed and released in Malayalam as Souryam...

, was released in September 2008. The next year, he acted only in one film, Sankham

Sankham

Sankham is a Telugu feature film, starring Gopichand, Trisha Krishnan, Sathyaraj amongst others, directed by Shiva. Produced by J Bhagavan, J Pulla Rao, and music composed by Taman.It was an average grosser in 2009...

, which released on 11 September 2009. His next film, Golimar

Golimar

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, was released on 27 May 2010. His latest release was "Wanted

Wanted

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", which paired him up with Deeksha Seth.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011 2011 in film The year 2011 is notable for containing the release of the most film sequels in a single year, at 27 sequels. The following tables list films that are in production or have completed production and will be released in the United States and Canada at some point in 2011.- Highest-grossing films :...	Mogudu	Mogudu
2011 2011 in film The year 2011 is notable for containing the release of the most film sequels in a single year, at 27 sequels. The following tables list films that are in production or have completed production and will be released in the United States and Canada at some point in 2011.- Highest-grossing films :...	Wanted Wanted (2011 film) -Public Verdict:The film bombed at the box office and is considered as one of the worst films in Gopichand's career....	Ram Babu
2010 2010 in film The year 2010 saw many new films released worldwide. 2010 saw a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking and film releases after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Jackass 3D, all animated films and...	Golimaar	Gangaram/GanguBhai
2009 2009 in film The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note...	Sankham Sankham Sankham is a Telugu feature film, starring Gopichand, Trisha Krishnan, Sathyaraj amongst others, directed by Shiva. Produced by J Bhagavan, J Pulla Rao, and music composed by Taman.It was an average grosser in 2009...	Chandu Sivayya
2008 2008 in film This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...	Souryam Souryam Souryam is a 2008 Telugu film directed by cinematographer-turned-director J. Siva Kumar, who makes his directorial debut. It stars Gopichand and Anushka Shetty in the main lead. The film was dubbed and released in Malayalam as Souryam...	Vijay
2008 2008 in film This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...	Ontari	Vamsi
2007 2007 in film This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...	Lakshyam Lakshyam Lakshyam is a 2007 Telugu film which stars Gopichand, Anushka, and Jagapati Babu. This film marked the debut of Srivas as director. It was produced by Nallamalupu Srinivas under Lakshmi Narasimha Productions banner...	Chandu
2007 2007 in film This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...	Okkadunnadu Okkadunnadu Okkadunnadu is a 2007 Telugu film starring Gopichand in the lead role, Neha Jhulka is female lead, and Mahesh Manjrekar as the antagonist. The film was written and directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti and produced by P. Chiranjeevi, who was an executive producer for hit films such as Chatrapati and...	Kiran
2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...	Raraju Raraju Raraju is a Telugu film which is directed by Udaya Shankar. G.V.G. Raju produced this film. Gopichand plays the lead role as Meera Jasmine and Ankitha play supporting roles. The film released on 20 October 2006.- Plot :...	Kaali
2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...	Ranam Ranam Ranam is a Telugu film which stars Gopichand and Kamna Jethmalani. Choreographer-turned-director Amma Rajasekhar directed this film. The film was a hit at the box office. This is Gopichand's third consecutive hit as a lead actor...	Chinna
2005 2005 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...	Andhrudu Andhrudu Andhrudu is a 2005 Telugu film released on 19 August 2005 and was directed by Paruchuri Murali. It starred Gopichand, Gowri Pandit, K. Viswanath, Sayaji Shinde, and many others. Kalyani Malik, brother of M.M. Keeravani, scored music for the film. The film was also dubbed into tamil as "Ivanthanda...	Surendra
2004 2004 in film The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...	Yagnam	Seenu
2004 2004 in film The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...	Varsham Varsham -Box-office performance:*The film had celebrated a 50-day run in 125 centres and a 100-day run in 68 centres.-Box-office performance:*The film had celebrated a 50-day run in 125 centres and a 100-day run in 68 centres.-Box-office performance:...	Bhadranna	Negative Role
2003 2003 in film The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...	Nijam Nijam Nijam is a Telugu film released in 2003, starring Mahesh Babu and Rakshitha in lead roles. Teja directed this film. Mahesh Babu and Rameshwari won the Nandi Awards in Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories respectively...	Devudu	Negative Role
2003 2003 in film The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...	Jayam Jayam Jayam is a Tamil film directed by M. Raja and released in 2003. It gave debut for Jayam Ravi and Sadha as hero and heroine respectively. It also starred Senthil, Gopichand, Mayilsamy, Suman Shetty and Ramesh Khanna. It was a box-office blockbuster. The film was a remake of super hit Telugu film...	Raghu	Negative Role, Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...  film
2002 2002 in film The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...	Jayam Jayam (2002 film) Jayam is a 2002 Telugu film directed and produced by Teja. It stars Nitin, Sadha, and Gopichand in the lead roles. The film was a huge box office hit. It was remade by M. Raja in Tamil with the same title.-Plot:...	Raghu	Negative Role, Winner, Nandi Award for Best Villain Nandi Award for Best Villain The Nandi Award for Best Villain winners:-See also:* Nandi Awards* Cinema of Andhra Pradesh...
2001 2001 in film The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...	Tholi Valapu Tholi Valapu Tholi Valapu is a Telugu film starring Gopichand and Sneha in the lead roles. This film was the debut of Gopichand. The film has been dubbed into tamil as "Hari."-Plot:...	Prem

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