K. S. Gopalakrishnan


K. S. Gopalakrishnan was an Indian screenwriter, director, producer, and lyricist, who worked in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films. Since the early 1960s, he directed 70 films. He spent most of his career directing and producing movies with social and devotional themes. Most of his movies are melodramas. His son K. S. G. Venkatesh is an actor who has acted in television serials and in films like Sathuranga Vettai.

Career

After serving the Nawab's troupe for about nineteen years in various capacities, Gopalakrishnan joined Sri Devi Nataka Sabha where he wrote two successful plays entitled Post-Man, Thambi, and Ezhuthalan.

Name fellow

K. S. Gopalakrishnan shared exactly the same name with an earlier director and actor who worked in Tamil cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. This Gopalakrishnan, who directed films produced by S. S. Vasan, did not achieve much cinematic success, and was often confused with the later Gopalakrishnan.

Death

K. S. Gopalakrishnan died on 14 November 2015 at the age of 86.

Filmography

As lyricist

Edhir Paradhathu - "Thinnu paarthu"Amaradeepam - "Naanayam Manushanukku"Vazhvile Oru Naal - "Mannilum Vinnilum.... Ezhai Vaazhvil Engum Thunbam"Engal Veettu Mahalakshmi - "Polladha Payalai", "Mannai Nambi Maram", "Purushan Sollai", "Kaathadi"Uthama Puthiran - "Kondattam Manasukkulle", "Un Azhagai Kanniyargal"Deivapiravi - "Kattadhathukku Manai", "Manidhanai Manidhan"Yugadharmam Padikkadha Pannaiyar - "Onnum Theriyatha"

As writer

Deivapiravi — 1960Naan Kanda Sorgam — 1960Padikkadha Medhai — 1960Kairasi — 1960Ellam Unakkaga — 1961Kumudham — 1961Annai — 1962Deivathin Deivam - 1962Bhavani — 1967Sange Muzhangu - Written by – 1972

Awards

;National Film Awards
;Titles and other honours
;Tamil Nadu State Film Awards