B. Gopal
B. Gopal | |
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Nidamanuru, Andhra Pradesh, India | |
Occupation | Director |
Years active | 1977 – present |
Bejawada Gopal is an Indian film director who works in Telugu cinema. He has directed over 30 Telugu films, including successful films such as Bobbili Raja, Lorry Driver, Assembly Rowdy, State Rowdy, Rowdy Inspector, Samarasimha Reddy, Narasimha Naidu, Indra, Maska. He won Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu for the film Samarasimha Reddy. He also directed two Hindi films, Insaaf Ki Awaaz and Kanoon Apna Apna.
Childhood and early years
B. Gopal was born at
Career
He started his career working as an assistant director under
. It released in 1986.Afterwards, he went on to direct many commercially successful and cult films like
After a gap of four years, he directed Maska with Ram Pothineni, which released in 2009. It was commercially successful.[3] In 2011, it was announced that he would again collaborate with Balakrishna in a project called Hara Hara Mahadev, but it was stalled after the launch.[4] In 2012, he replaced director Boopathy Pandian for Aaradugula Bullet, starring Gopichand and Nayanthara. It was initially titled as Jagan Mohan IPS. However, due to financial problems, it was delayed till 2021, finally releasing on October 8, that year, to highly negative reviews.
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu – Samarasimha Reddy (1999).
- Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director - Prathidvani (1986).[5]
Filmography
- All films are in Telugu unless otherwise noted
Year | Film | Cast | Notes |
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1986 | Prathidvani | Arjun, Rajani | |
1986 | Insaaf Ki Awaaz | Rekha, Anil Kapoor, Richa Sharma | Hindi |
1987 | Collector Gari Abbai | Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Nagarjuna | |
1988 | Raktha Tilakam | Venkatesh, Amala | |
1988 | Aswathama | Krishna, Vijayashanti | |
1989 | Vijay | Akkineni Nagarjuna, Vijayashanti | |
1989 | State Rowdy | Chiranjeevi, Radha, Bhanupriya | |
1989 | Kanoon Apna Apna | Dilip Kumar, Nutan, Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit | Hindi |
1990 | Lorry Driver | Nandamuri Balakrishna, Vijayashanti | |
1990 | Bobbili Raja | Venkatesh, Divya Bharti | |
1991 | Assembly Rowdy | Mohan Babu, Divya Bharti | |
1992 | Chinarayudu | Venkatesh, Vijayashanti | |
1992 | Brahma | Mohan Babu, Aishwarya, Shilpa Shirodkar | |
1992 | Rowdy Inspector | Nandamuri Balakrishna, Vijayashanti | |
1993 | Mechanic Alludu | Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti | |
1994 | Gangmaster | Rajasekhar, Nagma | |
1995 | Street Fighter | Vijayashanti | |
1995 | Khaidhi Inspector | Suman, Maheswari | |
1997 | Collector Garu | Mohan Babu, Sakshi Sivanand |
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1997 | Adavilo Anna | Mohan Babu, Roja | |
1999 | Samarasimha Reddy | Nandamuri Balakrishna, Anjala Zaveri, Simran, Sanghavi | |
2000 | Ravanna | Dr. Rajasekhar, Soundarya | |
2000 | Vamsi | Mahesh Babu, Namrata Shirodkar | |
2001 | Narasimha Naidu | Nandamuri Balakrishna, Simran, Preeti Jhangiani | |
2002 | Allari Ramudu | N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Aarthi Agarwal | |
2002 | Indra | Chiranjeevi, Aarthi Agarwal, Sonali Bendre | |
2003 | Palnati Brahmanaidu |
Nandamuri Balakrishna, Aarthi Agarwal, Sonali Bendre | |
2004 | Adavi Ramudu | Prabhas , Aarthi Agarwal |
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2005 | Narasimhudu | N. T. Rama Rao Jr, Ameesha Patel, Sameera Reddy | |
2009 | Maska | Sheela |
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2021 | Aaradugula Bullet | Gopichand, Nayanthara | Releasing after 4 years |
References
- ^ "B. Gopal Video Interview". Guest Hour (Interview). Interviewed by TeluguOne. Youtube. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ "Adavi Ramudu". telugucinema. Archived from the original on 2 January 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ "Maska's soaring profits - Telugu News". 27 January 2009.
- ^ "Balayya-Gopal-Paruchuri teaming after 7 years - Telugu News". November 2011.
- ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
External links
- B. Gopal at IMDb