Gopichand (actor)

2001–2015: Debut, negative roles, and success

Gopichand made his debut as a lead with the film Tholi Valapu, which was a failure causing him to play negative roles in his next films Jayam, Nijam and Varsham as well as Jayam's Tamil remake.^[9] He made his re-entry as hero with the films Yagnam in 2004 and Andhrudu in 2005. In 2006, he starred in the commercially successful Ranam and the commercially unsuccessful Raraju.^[10] His 2007 releases Okkadunnadu and Lakshyam, and the 2008 releases were Ontari and Souryam. He collaborated once again with Souryam director Siva for their 2009 release Sankham.^{[11][12][13][14]}

His 2010 release Golimar saw him playing an encounter specialist inspired by the real-life cop Daya Nayak. In 2011, he acted in Mogudu and Wanted but both were commercial failures. In 2013, he reunited with director Chandra Sekhar Yeleti (after Okkadunnadu) for the action-adventure film Sahasam which became his biggest commercially successful film at that time.^[15] In 2014, he starred in Loukyam commercially became his most successful film.^[16] In 2015, he starred in Jil, which was his last successful film.^[17]

2015–present: Resurgence

His next 2015 release was Soukhyam,^[18] and in 2017, he starred in Goutham Nanda and Oxygen, all of which were both commercially unsuccessful.^[19][20] His next film Aaradugula Bullet was slated to release the same year but did not materialize until 2021 and was a failure.^[21] In 2018, he played a vigilante in Pantham, which was his 25th film. In 2019, he played a spy in Chanakya.^[22]

In 2021, his sports action film Seetimaarr, directed by Sampath Nandi received positive reviews and was a success in the box office. The film star co-stars Tamannaah Bhatia, Digangana Suryavanshi, and Bhumika Chawla.^[23] He has also worked on another film, Pakka Commercial which was directed by Maruthi and also featured Raashi Khanna.^[24] His next movie, Ramabanam, directed by Sriwass was released in May 2023 and released to negative reviews. It was a box-office bomb. This film marked the return of the combination of Sriwass and Gopichand, and also was Gopichand's 30th film.^[25] His next film, Bhimaa (2024), was directed by A. Harsha and was a fantasy action drama film.^[26] The film was released to negative reviews.^[27]

Films

• All films are in Telugu unless otherwise noted.