Gopichand Malineni (born 13 March 1980) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in

Telugu cinema Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, Hy ...

. After working as an assistant director in many films, Malineni made his directional debut in 2010 with the action comedy film ''

Don Seenu ''Don Seenu'' is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by debutant Gopichand Malineni who co-wrote the film with Kona Venkat. The film stars Ravi Teja, Srihari, Shriya Saran and Anjana Sukhani. Music has been scored by Mani ...

''. He went on to direct films such as ''

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'', ''

Balupu ''Balupu'' () is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Gopichand Malineni. The film is produced by Prasad Vara Potluri under his PVP cinema banner. The film stars Ravi Teja, Anjali, and Shruti Haasan along with Praka ...

'', ''

Pandaga Chesko ''Pandaga Chesko'' () is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Gopichand Malineni and produced by Paruchuri Kireeti on the United Movies banner. The film stars Ram, Rakul Preet Singh and Sonal Chauhan and Sampath Raj, Abhi ...

'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Gopichand Malineni was born and brought up in Boddulurivaripalem village near

Ongole Ongole is a city in Prakasam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Prakasam district and also the mandal headquarters of Ongole mandal in Ongole revenue division. Ongole cattle, an indigenous breed of oxen, ...

Prakasam district Prakasam district is one of the thirteen districts in the coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was formed in 1970 and reorganised in 2022 on April 4. The headquarters of the district is Ongole. It is located on the weste ...

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. His family hails from the same village. His primary education was done at Sarada Niketan School Prakasam District and upper primary at VR College

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. 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. His son Satvik made his acting debut in ''Krack'' (2021) as a child actor.

Career

In his early career, Malineni worked as a Camera assistant for programmes telecast by

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. He was appreciated for his work in ETV News. Malineni started his career in the film industry as a camera assistant for the movie ''Hello I Love You'' directed by Veera Shankar. He then worked as an assistant in the direction department for the movie ''Police'' starring

Srihari Srihari (15 August 1964 – 9 October 2013) was an Indian actor who was active mainly in Telugu cinema. He appeared in a few Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films as well. He won seven Nandi Awards and one Filmfare Award. Early life Srihari was born ...

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 ''Andarivaadu: Man of the Masses'' () is a 2005 India Telugu-language action comedy drama film directed by Srinu Vytla. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Tabu, Rimi Sen, and Rakshita while Prakash Raj, Sunil and Pradeep Rawat play supporting ...

'', ''

Venky ''Venky'' is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language comedy thriller film written and directed by Srinu Vaitla, and produced by Atluri Purnachandra Rao. The film stars Ravi Teja, Sneha, and Ashutosh Rana while Devi Sri Prasad composed music. The film m ...

'', ''

Dhee ''Dhee'' () is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Srinu Vytla and produced by Siri Venkateswara Films. The film stars Vishnu Manchu and Genelia D'Souza while Srihari and Brahmanandam play supporting roles. It was r ...

'' with

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for ''Stalin'', with Srivas for ''Lakshyam'', with

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for ''

Kantri ''Kantri'' is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language action film written and directed by Meher Ramesh, a protégé of director Puri Jagannadh and who had earlier worked on Kannada films. Jr. NTR, Hansika Motwani, and Tanisha Mukherjee star in the lead ...

'' and ''Billa''. He made his directorial debut with ''

'' starring

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and

Shriya Saran Shriya Saran Bhatnagar (; born 11 September 1982) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi-language films. Although Saran aspired to become a well-known dancer, she became an actress with her film debut in 2001 ...

in the lead and it was one of the biggest hit films in 2010. In 2012 he directed ''Bodyguard'' with

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and

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on the lead. In 2013 he directed a film ''

'' starring Ravi Teja,

Shruti Haasan Shruti Haasan (born 28 January 1986) is an Indian actress and playback singer who works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. Born in the Haasan family, she is the daughter of actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan and actress Sarika Thakur. ...

and

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fame Anjali under the production of PVP Cinema, this movies was known as the comeback film of Ravi Teja. The film was released on 28 June 2013. ''Balupu'' was Malineni's second film with Ravi Teja after ''Don Seenu''. The film received positive reviews from critics. and was successful at the box office. Later, Malineni established his name in the industry with other hits like, ''

'', starring Ram Pothineni and

Rakul Preet Singh Rakul Preet Singh (born 10 October 1990) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil films. She made her acting debut with the Kannada film '' Gilli'' (2009). She has won several awards including a SIIMA Award with ...

in lead roles. This movie was another hit for Malineni and a comeback for Ram Pothineni. In 2017, Malineni made a flop with ''Winner'' starring Sai Dharam Tej and

in lead role.

Filmography

;Cameo appearances *''

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'' (2006) *''

'' (2017) as biker

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Malineni, Gopichand Telugu film directors Living people People from Ongole Film directors from Andhra Pradesh 21st-century Indian film directors 1980 births Indian film directors People from Andhra Pradesh People from Prakasam district