Gokul Suresh (born 29 September 1993) is an Indian actor who appears in
Malayalam cinema
Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam, Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both th ...
. He is the son of film actor and politician
Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter and politician who is currently serving as the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Minister of Tourism since June 2024. He was ele ...
.
Early life and career
Gokul was born as the second child to actor
Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter and politician who is currently serving as the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Minister of Tourism since June 2024. He was ele ...
and Radhika Nair on 29 September 1993 in
Kollam
Kollam (;), is an ancient seaport and the List of cities and towns in Kerala, fourth largest city in the Indian state of Kerala. Located on the southern tip of the Malabar Coast of the Arabian Sea, the city is on the banks of Ashtamudi Lake ...
,
Kerala
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. He has two younger sisters Bhagya Suresh, Bhaavni Suresh and a younger brother Madhav Suresh. His elder sister Lakshmi died in a car accident when she was one and a half years old.
Gokul completed his
primary level education from
St. Thomas Residential School, Thiruvananthapuram and his
secondary level education from
Pallikoodam, Kottayam and
Saraswathy Vidyalaya,
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...
. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from
Christ University
Christ University, earlier known as Christ College, is a private deemed-to-be-university located in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. On 22 July 2008, It was declared as an institution deemed to be university under section 3 of UGC Act 1956.
Chr ...
in
Bangalore
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, and did his internship as a front officer and staff at
Le Méridien
Le Méridien is an American upscale, design-focused international hotel brand with a European perspective. It was originally founded by Air France in 1972 and was later based in the United Kingdom. Marriott International now owns the chain. As of ...
,
Kochi
Kochi ( , ), List of renamed Indian cities and states#Kerala, formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the Ernakulam district, district of Ernakulam in the ...
. It was during this time he felt a passion for acting and lost interest in corporate jobs.
In Gokul's debut film ''
Mudhugauv
''Mudhugauv'' () is a 2016 Malayalam-language caper-comedy film written and directed by Vipin Das in his directional debut. It is produced by Vijay Babu and Sandra Thomas under the banner, Friday Film House. It marks the acting debut of Goku ...
'',
Aju Varghese
Aju Kurian Varghese (born 11 January 1985), better known as Aju Varghese, is an Indian actor, producer and singer who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in 2010 in '' Malarvadi Arts Club'', directed by his collegemate Vineeth Sr ...
was initially cast to play the lead role. But the makers wanted a younger actor to make the character look more convincing.
While in search of a younger actor they ended up in Gokul who happened to be producer
Sandra Thomas
Sandra Thomas is an Indian film producer and actress. She is best known for her roles in ''Amen'' and '' Zachariayude Garbhinikal'', also as the producer of ''Zachariayude Garbhinikal'' and '' Philips and the Monkey Pen''.
Sandra, along with ...
' Facebook friend and then approached him with the script. Gokul found the script for ''
Mudhugauv
''Mudhugauv'' () is a 2016 Malayalam-language caper-comedy film written and directed by Vipin Das in his directional debut. It is produced by Vijay Babu and Sandra Thomas under the banner, Friday Film House. It marks the acting debut of Goku ...
'' interesting and later replaced Aju.
Career
Acting debut (20162017)
Gokul had made his debut into acting with the 2016 film ''
Mudhugauv
''Mudhugauv'' () is a 2016 Malayalam-language caper-comedy film written and directed by Vipin Das in his directional debut. It is produced by Vijay Babu and Sandra Thomas under the banner, Friday Film House. It marks the acting debut of Goku ...
'' directed by debutant Vipin Das. The movie was a production of
Vijay Babu Vijay Babu may refer to:
*Vijay Babu (actor, born 1976)
Vijay Babu is an Indian film producer, actor, and businessman, who works in the Malayalam film industry. He is the founder of the film production company Friday Film House.
Vijay Babu is ...
and
Sandra Thomas
Sandra Thomas is an Indian film producer and actress. She is best known for her roles in ''Amen'' and '' Zachariayude Garbhinikal'', also as the producer of ''Zachariayude Garbhinikal'' and '' Philips and the Monkey Pen''.
Sandra, along with ...
'
Friday Film House
Friday Film House Pvt Ltd is an Indian film production company based in Malayalam film industry owned by Vijay Babu (actor, born 1976), Vijay Babu who is an actor as well as a producer and is one of the most talked about production houses in th ...
. He played Bharath, an absentminded college student whose only intention was for his love interest, Ganga. In a typical mixed review, Sanjith Sidhardhan of ''
The Times of India
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'' rated Gokul's performance as "it has only helped the actor as he has a sweet and appealing presence", while Anasuya Menon of ''
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a weekly publication in 1878 by the Triplicane Six, becoming a daily in 1889. It is one of the India ...
'' said: "Gokul Suresh's impressive debut in Muddhugauv has clearly set him on track".
In his second venture, he did a supporting character in director Ajai Vasudev's ''
Masterpiece
A masterpiece, , or ; ; ) is a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or a work of outstanding creativity, skill, profundity, or workmanship.
Historically, ...
'' (2017) starring
Mammootty
Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam-language films. He has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, ...
. Gokul played a college student Unnikrishnan who is alleged murdering his love interest. Writing for ''
The Times of India
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'', Deepa Soman commended: "Though brief, Gokul Suresh enacts his role decently enough and the makers have tried to ooze as much energy as possible into the song sequences". "Mammootty sir was the reason why I chose Masterpiece. I didn't care whether the character was a long one or a sidekick," said Gokul.
As an actor, Gokul wants to follow
Fahadh Faasil
Abdul Hameed Mohammed Fahad Fazil (born 8 August 1982), professionally known as Fahadh Faasil, is an Indian actor and producer who primarily works in Malayalam films. Noted for his diverse portrayals, Fahadh is among the highest-paid and most ...
's path of career growth and likes Fahadh's perspective on certain aspects. He said to ''
The Times of India
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'', "I watch the interviews of all the actors, but I could personally relate to what Fahadh says".
2018present
In 2018, he acted in ''
Ira'', the first combined production of director
Vysakh
Ebbey Abraham (born 1 June 1980), better known by his stage name Vysakh, is an Indian film director who works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films and is known for several commercially successful films like ''Pokkiri Raja (2010 film), Pokkiri R ...
and writer
Udaykrishna. He played the lead role alongside
Unni Mukundan
Unnikrishnan Mukundan (born 22 September 1987), popularly known as Unni Mukundan, is an India, Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema.
Unni made his acting debut with the Tamil film ''Seedan'' (2011). Afte ...
.
Anna M. M. Vetticad
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of ''Firstpost'' called him "suitably sweet" mentioning "which is all he needs to be here". After the release of the film he had revealed that there were attempts to sideline him as the shooting of his films got delayed. But he believed that if someone is talented nobody can stop him or her from reaching the goal.
In early 2019, he played a cameo role as Saghavu Franci alongside
Pranav Mohanlal
Pranav Mohanlal (born 13 July 1990) is an Indian actor and playback singer who works in Malayalam cinema. The son of actor Mohanlal, he made his debut as a child actor with a minor role in '' Onnaman'' (2002), followed by a leading role in '' ...
in Arun Gopy's ''
Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu
''Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu'' () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language action romance film written and directed by Arun Gopy and produced by Tomichan Mulakuppadam through the company Mulakuppadam Films. The film stars Pranav Mohanlal and Rache ...
''. His performance earned him positive reviews from critics; Litty Simon of ''
Malayala Manorama
'' Manorama'' is a morning newspaper in Malayalam published from Kottayam, Kerala, India by the Malayala Manorama Company Limited. Currently headed by Mammen Mathew, it was first published as a weekly on 14 March 1888, and currently has a rea ...
'' said, "Gokul Suresh as Saghavu Franci makes a cameo appearance but definitely leaves an impression". "I have only had four releases till date and yet the most satisfying one was Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu, which did not even have me as the lead. Though it was just a cameo, the way my character was presented by director Arun Gopy chettan was brilliant. I believe how your character is showcased has a massive impact on how the audience feel about you as an actor" he said.
Gokul next appeared alongside
Niranj Maniyanpilla Raju
Niranj Maniyanpilla Raju or Niranj is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films. Niranj is the younger son of veteran Malayalam cinema actor and producer Maniyanpilla Raju.
Personal life
Niranj was born to actor and producer Maniyanpill ...
and
Varsha Bollamma
Varsha Bollamma is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil and Telugu films.
Early life
Varsha was born in Coorg, Karnataka, and brought up in Bangalore. She completed her education in microbiology from Mount Carmel College, Ban ...
in Anil Rraj's family-thriller ''
Soothrakkaran
''Soothrakkaran'' () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film written and directed by Anil Rraj and produced by Tomy Varghese and Wichu Balamurali. Co-written by Wichu Balamurali, the film stars Gokul Suresh, Niranj Maniyanpilla ...
'' (2019). He plays Madathil Aravindan, who helps his father in running a milk products export and import company. Upon release, the film received negative review from critics and Deepika Jayaram of ''
The Times of India
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'' thought Gokul's performance in the film reminded "many of his father's aura and swag" and notes that "he manages to keep his poise, even when he exhibits shades of grey". He was also seen acting an extended cameo role alongside
Guinness Pakru
Ajay Kumar (born 31 August 1976), better known as Guinness Pakru, is an Indian actor and television personality, who primarily works in Malayalam cinema, and some Tamil films. He has also served as a judge on several Malayalam television comedy ...
in
Madhav Ramadasan
Madhav Ramadasan is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor, who works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry.
Personal life
Madhav Ramadasan was born to P. Madhavan and T.P. Radha at Kalluvazhi near Ottapalam. He did his school ...
's ''
Ilayaraja
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''. He then acted in writer turned director Suresh Poduval's ''
Ulta'' with
Prayaga Martin
Prayaga Rose Martin (born 18 May 1995) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema.
Career
Director Mysskin cast Prayaga Martin for her first lead role in Pissasu. In 2016, Prayaga played her second lead role as Parvath ...
as his heroine.
Upcoming projects
Currently he has completed shooting for debutant director Arun Chandu's''
Sayanna Varthakal''. In February 2019, he reportedly signed his next movie, an untitled
Tamil
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People, culture and language
* Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...
-
Malayalam
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bilingual
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film directed by
M. Padmakumar which also has actors
Vidharth
Vidharth (born Venkatasubramanian) is an Indian actor appearing in Tamil films. He started his career in 2001 doing uncredited roles. His first major role was in '' Mynaa'' (2010), which became a huge success. He has also done a film for AVM Pr ...
and
Samuthirakani
P. Samuthirakani (born 26 April 1973) is an Indian actor and film director who works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He worked as an assistant to director K. Balachander, in '' Paarthale Paravasam''. He won the National F ...
playing important roles. On 9 March 2019, ''
The Times of India
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'' reported that Gokul will be playing as Kochu Chackochi in the sequel to the 1997 film ''
Lelam
''Lelam'' () is a 1997 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Joshiy and written by Renji Panicker. It stars Suresh Gopi and M. G. Soman with Siddique, N. F. Varghese, Nandini, Maniyanpilla Raju, Vijayakumar, Spadikam Ge ...
'' which starred his father
Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter and politician who is currently serving as the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Minister of Tourism since June 2024. He was ele ...
in the lead. The film titled ''
Lelam 2'' will be directed by Nithin Renji Panicker and written by his father
Renji Panicker
Renji Panicker (born 23 September 1960) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, film producer, and journalist known for his works in Malayalam films. He made his debut as a director with '' Bharatchandran IPS'' in 2005.
Early life
He di ...
.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
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1993 births
Living people
Indian male film actors
Male actors in Malayalam cinema
21st-century Indian male actors
Male actors from Thiruvananthapuram
Male actors from Kochi
Film people from Kerala
Indian Hindus
Malayali people
Christ University alumni