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{{Infobox person
| name = Bharat Gopy
| image = Bharath Gopi.jpg
| birth_name = Gopynathan Velayudhan Nair
| other_names = Kodiyettam Gopy
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1937|11|02}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2008|1|29|1937|11|08}}
| birth_place = [[Chirayinkeezhu]], [[Travancore]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| alma_mater = [[University College, Thiruvananthapuram]]
| years_active = 1972–2008
| parents = {{ubl|Velayudhan Pillai|Parvathyamma}}
| spouse = Jayalakshmy S. V.
| children = [[Murali Gopy]]<br>Dr. Minu Gopy
| awards = {{bulleted list|[[Padma Shri]]|[[National Film Awards]] (3)|[[Kerala State Film Awards]] (4)}}
| website = {{URL|BharatGopy.com}}
}}

'''Gopynathan Velayudhan Nair''' (2 November 1937 – 29 January 2008), popularly known by the [[stage name]]s '''Bharat Gopy''', '''Kodiyettem Gopy''', was an Indian film actor, producer and director. He was one of the first actors to be associated with the [[Parallel Cinema|New Wave cinema]] movement in [[Kerala]] during the 1970s.

Bharat Gopy has won many awards, including the [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] for [[National Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] for his role as Sankarankutty in ''[[Kodiyettam]]'' (1977),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=13327215&programId=7940855&channelId=-1073750705&BV_ID=@@@&tabId=3|title=Manorama Online Latest Malayalam News. Breaking News Events. News Updates from Kerala India|access-date=26 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309232959/http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=13327215&programId=7940855&channelId=-1073750705&BV_ID=@@@&tabId=3|archive-date=9 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and hence he got the name [[National Film Award for Best Actor|Bharath]]. His well-known roles include Aiyappan in ''[[Yavanika]]'', Vasu Menon in ''Palangal'', Prof. "Shakespeare" Krishna Pillai in ''[[Kattathe Kilikoodu]]'', Dushasana Kurup in ''[[Panchavadi Palam]]'', Nandagopal in ''[[Ormakkayi]]'', Mammachan in ''[[Adaminte Vaariyellu]]'', Shankaran in ''[[Chidambaram (film)|Chidambaram]]'', and Krishnan Raju in ''Aghaat''. He won four [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor|Kerala State Film Awards for Best Actor]] for various roles.

As a filmmaker he is known for ''Ulsavapittennu'' (1989) and ''[[Yamanam]]'' (1991). He produced the 1993 film ''[[Padheyam]]'' directed by [[Bharathan]]. In 1991 the [[Government of India]] honoured him with the [[Padma Shri]] for his contributions towards the arts.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> In 1994, he authored the book ''Abhinayam Anubhavam'', which won the [[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema]].

==Early life and family==

Bharat Gopy was born on 2 November 1937 at [[Chirayinkeezhu]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram District]] of the state of Kerala as the youngest of four children to Kochuveetil Velayudhan Pillai and Parvathyamma. He completed his BSc. Degree from [[University College, Thiruvananthapuram]]. Immediately after his studies, he was employed as Lower Division Clerk in the Kerala Electricity Board.<ref name="malayalam.webdunia.com">{{cite web|url=http://malayalam.webdunia.com/entertainment/film/profile/0801/29/1080129064_1.htm|title=ഏതു വേഷവും ഇണങ്ങിയ ഭരത് ഗോപി|last=WEBDUNIA}}</ref>

He is married to Jayalakshmy S. V. The couple has a son, writer-actor [[Murali Gopy]], and a daughter, Dr. Minu Gopy.

==Career==

===Stage actor===

Gopy began his acting career as a theatre actor at Prasadhana Little Theatres under G. Sankara Pillai. His first stage appearance was in the role of Raaghavan in the play ''Abhayarthikal''. Later on, he became associated with Thiruvarange under Kaavalam Narayana Panicker. He has also written five plays and directed three.<ref name="malayalam.webdunia.com"/>

===Film actor===

Gopy became interested in cinema through the Chitralekha Film Society, founded by [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]].<ref name="rediff">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/jan/29Gopy.htm|title=Goodbye, Mr Bharat Gopy}}</ref> He made his movie debut in Adoor's ''[[Swayamvaram (1972 film)|Swayamvaram]]'' in 1972 in a small role. He did the lead role of Sankarankutty in Adoor's next film, ''[[Kodiyettam]]'' (1977), a performance for which he won the National Award for Best Actor.<ref name="ht">[http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=51ea1892-2783-4edc-b424-1d7c6c95d9b0&&Headline=Malayalam+actor+Bharat+Gopy+dies+at+71 Malayalam actor Bharat Gopy dies at 71- Hindustan Times]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was also noted for his performances in movies like ''[[Ormakkayi]]'', ''[[Yavanika]]'', ''[[Panchavadi Palam]]'' and ''[[Adaminte Vaariyellu]]''. Besides Malayalam movies, he acted in two [[Hindi]] movies, ''Aaghat'' and ''[[Satah Se Uthata Aadmi]]''.<ref name="ht"/> Gopy was a film director and producer as well. Gopy was [[paralysis|paralysed]] by a stroke on 20 February 1986, at the zenith of his career.<ref name="ht"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/The-last-curtain-call/article15397439.ece|title=The last curtain call|date=1 February 2008|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianautographs.com/padma-shri-award-winners.php|title=Welcome to Thematic Gallery of Indian Autographs - A unique and thematic gallery of Praful Thakkar|first=www.indianautographs.com|last=www.indianautograph.com|website=www.indianautographs.com}}</ref>

In 1979, Gopy directed the movie ''[[Njattadi]]'' with Murali in lead role. The movie was only screened twice and the print is now lost.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://njaattady.blogspot.com/|title=ഞാറ്റടി|website=njaattady.blogspot.com}}</ref> He directed three more movies ''Ulsavapittennu'', ''[[Yamanam]]'' and ''Ente Hridhayathinte Utama''. His ''[[Yamanam]]'', about a physically handicapped person, was awarded Best Film on social issues by the National Award Jury in 1991.

On 24 January 2008, Gopy was hospitalised with chest pain.<ref>[http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080124210300 Bharat Gopy hospitalised – Newindpress.com]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He died five days later following a cardiac arrest. His last role was in [[Balachandra Menon]]'s ''[[De Ingottu Nokkiye]]'' (2008).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008031450080200.htm&date=2008%2F03%2F14%2F&prd=fr& |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417130312/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008031450080200.htm&date=2008%2F03%2F14%2F&prd=fr& |archive-date=17 April 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=C V Aravind pays a tribute to 'Bharat' Gopy, veteran actor in Malayalam cinema. |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Feb172008/enter2008021752832.asp |publisher=deccanherald |access-date=21 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120704/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Feb172008/enter2008021752832.asp |archive-date=26 August 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>

===Author===

Gopy authored two books. His book ''Abhinayam Anubhavam'' (Acting, Experience), won the [[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema]] in 1994.<ref name="rediff"/> In 2003, ''Nataka Niyogam'', his book on drama won the Kerala State Drama Awards for Best Book on Drama.<ref>[https://archive.is/20130125190110/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004072705450400.htm&date=2004/07/27/&prd=th&]</ref>

==Filmography==
===Actor===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Swayamvaram (1972 film)|Swayamvaram]]''
| an unemployed youth
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Kodiyettam]]''
| Sankarankutty
| National Film Award for Best Actor<br />Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Thampu]]''
| Panicker, the circus manager
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Peruvazhiyambalam]]''
| Vishwambharan, the tea shop owner
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Satah Se Uthata Aadmi]]''
| Ramesh
| Screened in the [[Un Certain Regard]] section at the [[1981 Cannes Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1768/year/1981.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-06-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930220634/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1768/year/1981.html |archive-date=30 September 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Greeshmam]]''
|
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Vida Parayum Munpe]]''
| Dr. Thomas
|
|-
| 1982
| ''Palangal''
| Vasu Menon
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Kallan Pavithran]]''
| Maamachan
|
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Yavanika]]''
| Tabalist Ayyappan
|
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Ormakkayi]]''
| Nandu, the deaf and dumb sculptor
| Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor (1982)
|-
| 1982
| ''Snehapoorvam Meera''
| Abraham
|
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Gaanam]]''
|
|
|-
| 1982
| ''Aalolam''
| Mukundan Menon
|
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Marmaram]]''
| Naxalite Gopy
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Rachana]]''
| Sriprasad
| Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor (1983)
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Purappadu (1983 film)|Purappadu]]''
|
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Asthi]]''
| Mohan
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Nizhal Moodiya Nirangal]]''
| Unni
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback]]''
| Suresh Babu
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Kattathe Kilikoodu]]''
| Shakespeare Krishna Pillai
| Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor (1983)
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Oru Swakaryam]]''
|
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku]]''
| Vinod
| Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor (1983)
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Ashtapadi (film)|Ashtapadi]]''
|
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Asthram]]''
| Capt. C. S. Nair
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Eenam]]''
| Kaimal
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Adaminte Variyellu]]''
| Mamachan Muthalaly
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Eettillam]]''
| Moitheen Bawa
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Sandhya Mayangum Neram]]''
| Justice Balagangadhara Menon
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Panchavadi Palam]]''
| Dushassana Kurup
|
|-
| 1984
|''[[Swantham Sarika]]''
| Basheer
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Appunni]]''
| Perattupadaveettil Ayyappan Nair
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Akkare]]''
| K. N. Gopynathan
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Aarorumariyathe]]''
| Stephan George
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Aksharangal]]''
| VP Menon
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[April 18 (film)|April 18]]''
| Constable Gopy Pillai
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Oru Painkilikatha]]''
| Swami
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Punnaram Cholli Cholli]]''
| Krishnankutty Nair
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Kayyum Thalayum Purathidaruthu]]''
|
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Chidambaram (film)|Chidambaram]]''
| Mohandas
| Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor (1985)
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Gaayathridevi Ente Amma]]''
| Mahadevan Thampi
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Aghaat]]''
| Krishnan Raju
|Hindi Film
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Principal Olivil]]''
| Vasavan Pillai
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Onathumbikkoru Oonjaal]]''
| Augustine
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Archana Aradhana]]''
| Advocate Rajendran
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Kanathaya Penkutty]]''
| Devadas Menon
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Karimpinpoovinakkare]]''
| Chellan
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Scene No 7]]''
| Menon
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Puli Varunne Puli]]''
| Chairman
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Ente Ammu Ninte Thulasi Avarude Chakki]]''
| Chellappan Pillai
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Irakal]]''
| Bishop
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Nilavinte nattil]]''
| Balachandra Panikkar
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Meenamasathile Sooryan]]''
| EK Nayanar
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Chekkeraanoru Chilla]]''
|
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Revathikkoru Pavakkutty]]''
| Balan Menon
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Udayam Padinjaru]]''
| Thampi
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Neram Pularumbol]]''
|
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Ice Cream (1986 film)|Ice Cream]]''
| Panikkar
|shanta Ram
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Padheyam]]''
| K. V. Raghavan
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Swaham]]''
|
|Screened at the [[1994 Cannes Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2980/year/1994.html|title=Festival de Cannes - Site Officiel|website=Festival de Cannes}}</ref>
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Vardhakya Puranam]]''
| Rama Pothuval
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Agnidevan]]''
| K. K. Menon
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Ormakalundayirikkanam]]''
| Thakaran
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Elavamkodu Desam]]''
| Agnisarmman
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Samaantharangal]]''
| Musaliyar
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum]]''
|
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Devadasi (1999 film)|Devadasi]]''
| Shanta Ram
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Susanna (2000 film)|Susanna]]''
| K P Govardhanan Pilla
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Ennum Sambhavami Yuge Yuge]]''
|
|
|-
| 2001
| ''Mookkuthy''
|
|
|-
| 2001
| ''Namukoru Koodaram''
|
|
|-
| 2002
| ''Desam''
| Uppa
|
|-
| 2003
| ''Varum Varunnu Vannu''
| Kathanar
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Sethurama Iyer CBI]]''
| Fr. Gomez
|
|-
| 2004
| ''Wanted''
| Anu's Father
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Rasathanthram]]''
| Balan Master
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Nivedyam (2007 film)|Nivedyam]]''
| Ramavarma Thampuran
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Paradesi (2007 film)|Paradesi]]''
|
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Nasrani (film)|Nasrani]]''
| Narayana Swamy
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Aakasha Gopuram]]''
| Abraham Thomas
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[De Ingottu Nokkiye]]''
| Bhuminadha Kurup
| Posthumous film
|-
| 2009
| ''Bharya Swantham Suhruthu''
|
| Posthumous film
|}

===Director===


{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Njattadi]]''
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Ulsavapittennu]]''
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Yamanam]]''
| [[National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues|Best Film on Other Social Issues]]
|-
| 2002
| ''Ente Hridayathinte Udama''
|
|}

===Producer===


{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Padheyam]]''
| V. Shantaram award for the producer of the Best film
|}

==Awards==

===International awards and honours===
* Special Jury Award at the [[Asia Pacific Film Festival|Asia Pacific International Film Festival]], Tokyo (1985)
* A five-film retrospective of his films was held in Paris, France by the Government of France (1985). The only other Indian actors to be awarded this honour are [[Smita Patil]], [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Om Puri]], [[Rajesh Khanna]] and [[Amitabh Bachchan]]

===Civilian awards===
*[[Padma Shri]] – 1991<ref>{{cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-08-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429180512/http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php |archive-date=29 April 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>

===National Film Awards===
*[[National Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] – ''[[Kodiyettam]]'' – 1977
*[[National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues|Best Film on Other Social Issues]] – ''[[Yamanam]]'' – 1991
*[[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema|Best Book on Cinema]] – ''Abhinayam Anubhavam'' – 1995

===V. Shantaram Award===
* Best Film Award – ''[[Padheyam]]'' – 1993 (as producer)

===Kerala State Film Awards===
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] – ''[[Kodiyettam]]'' – 1977
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] – ''[[Ormakkayi]]'' – 1982
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] – ''[[Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku]]'', ''Eenam'', ''Ettillam'', ''[[Kattathe Kilikoodu]]'' – 1983
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] – ''[[Chidambaram (film)|Chidambaram]]'' – 1985

===Filmfare Awards===
* 1982 – [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Malayalam)|Best Actor]] – ''[[Ormakkayi]]''
* 1983 - Best Actor - ''[[Kattathe Kilikkoodu]]''

===Other awards===
* Four critics awards
* Two Gulf Malayali association awards

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040405/http://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=actors&artist=Bharath%20Gopy&limit=74
*{{IMDb name|0329727|name=Bharat Gopy}}

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Anu priya22 at 06:17, 26 November 2023