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{{Infobox person
| name = K.S. Gopala Krishnan
| image = Mr. KS. Gopala Krishnan.JPG
| imagesize =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1929
| birth_place = [[Sakkottai, Thanjavur district|Sakkottai]], [[Tanjore District (Madras Presidency)|Tanjore District]], [[Madras Presidency]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|11|14|1929|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| othername =
| yearsactive = 1954-92
| spouse = sulochana
| children = [[K. S. G. Venkatesh]], K.S.G. Ravi and 4 other sons
| occupation = [[Film Writer]], [[Film director|Director]], Producer, Lyricist , Studio Owner, Devotional Orator on [[Thiruppugazh]]
}}

'''K. S. Gopalakrishnan''' was an Indian screenwriter, director, producer, and lyricist, who worked in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] and [[Hindi]] films.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/06/stories/2006070616070200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060706171438/http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/06/stories/2006070616070200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 July 2006|title=Actor K.R. Vijaya's smile illuminated her acting career|last=Kumar|first=S.R. Ashok|date=6 July 2006|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=21 September 2011}}</ref> 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 [[melodrama]]s. His son [[K. S. G. Venkatesh]] is an actor who has acted in television serials and in films like ''[[Sathuranga Vettai]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Would-Like-to-Play-Dad-to-Young-Kollywood-Actors/2014/08/05/article2364557.ece|title = 'Would Like to Play Dad to Young Kollywood Actors'}}</ref>

== Career ==
After serving the Nawab's troupe for about nineteen years in various capacities, K.S.G. joined Sri Devi Nataka Sabha where{{ clarify | date = January 2016 | reason = Is Sri Devi Nataka Sabha a place or a person? }} he wrote two successful plays entitled "POST-MAN" ,"THAMBI"(younger brother) and "EZHUTHALAN"(writer).<ref name = sp>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12015/page/n501|title=Sport and Pastime Vol.17|year=1963|publisher=S.K.GURUNATHAN,MADRAS-2}}</ref>

== Namefellow ==
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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Guy|first1=Randor|author-link1=Randor Guy|title=Panakkari 1953|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/panakkari-1953/article3023707.ece|access-date=10 March 2018|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 December 2008}}</ref>

== Death ==
K. S. Gopalakrishnan died on 14 November 2015 at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/film-director-ks-gopalakrishnan-dead/article7879328.ece | title=Film director K.S. Gopalakrishnan dead | work=The Hindu| date=15 November 2015 | access-date=15 November 2015| last1=Kolappan | first1=B. }}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== As director ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Film
!Cast
!Notes
|-
|1962
|[[Sarada (1962 film)|Sarada]]
|[[S. S. Rajendran]], [[C. R. Vijayakumari]]
|Debut movie
|-
|1962
|[[Deivathin Deivam]]
|[[S. S. Rajendran]], [[C. R. Vijayakumari]]
|
|-
|-
|1963
|[[Karpagam]]
|[[Gemini Ganesan]],
[[K.R.Vijaya]], [[Savitri (actress)|Savithri]]
|
|-
|1964
|[[Kai Koduttha Dheivam]]
|[[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[S. S. Rajendran]], [[Savitri (actress)|Savithri]],
[[K.R.Vijaya]]
|
|-
|1964
|[[Aayiram Roobai]]
|[[Gemini Ganesan]], [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]], [[M. R. Radha]]
|-
|1965
|[[Ennathan Mudivu|Ennathaan Mudivu]]
|[[A. V. M. Rajan]], [[Anjali Devi]], [[T. S. Balaiah]]
|
|-
|1966
|[[Chitthi]]
|[[Gemini Ganesan]], [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]], [[M. R. Radha]]
|
|-
|1966
|[[Chinnanchiru Ulagam]]
|[[Gemini Ganesan]], [[K. R. Vijaya]]
|
|-
|1966
|[[Selvam (1966 film)|Selvam]]
|[[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[K. R. Vijaya]]
|
|-
|1967
|[[Kan Kanda Deivam]]
|[[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]], [[S. V. Ranga Rao]]
|
|-
|1967
|[[Pesum Deivam]]
|[[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]]
|
|-
|1968
|[[Panama Pasama]]
|[[Gemini Ganesan]], [[B. Saroja Devi]]
|
|-
|1968
|[[Uyira Maanama]]
|[[Jaishankar]], [[Vijaya Nirmala]], [[R. Muthuraman]]
|
|-
|1969
|[[Kula Vilakku]]
|[[Gemini Ganesan]], [[B. Saroja Devi]]
|
|-
|1970
|[[Thabalkaran Thangai]]
|[[Gemini Ganesan]], [[Vanisri]],
[[R. Muthuraman]]
|
|-
|1970
|[[Malathi (film)|Malathi]]
|[[Gemini Ganesan]], [[B. Saroja Devi]], [[Ravichandran]]
|
|-
|1971
|[[Kulama Gunama]]
|[[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Jaishankar]], [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]]
|
|-
|1971
|[[Aathi Parasakthi]]
|[[Gemini Ganesan]], [[Jayalalithaa]], [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]]
|
|-
|1972
|[[Kurathi Magan]]
|[[Gemini Ganesan]], [[K. R. Vijaya]]
|
|-
|1972
|[[Vaazhaiyadi Vaazhai]]
|[[R. Muthuraman]], [[S. V. Ranga Rao]], [[Prameela]]
|
|-
|1973
|[[Vandhaale Magaraasi]]
|[[Jaishankar]], [[J. Jayalalitha|Jayalalitha]]
|
|-
|1973
|[[Nathayil Muthu|Nathaiyil Muthu]]
|[[R. Muthuraman]], [[K. R. Vijaya]]
|
|-
|1974
|[[Swathi Nakshatram]]
|[[P. Bhanumathi]], [[Udhaya Chandrika]]
Ravikumar
|
|-
|1975
|[[Njan Ninne Premikkunnu]]
|[[Kamal Haasan]], Girija
|Malayalam
|-
|1976
|[[Dasavatharam (1976 film)|Dasavatharam]]
|[[Ravikumar (actor)|Ravikumar]], [[Jayachitra]]
|
|-
|1976
|[[Vayilla Poochi]]
|[[Jaishankar]], [[Sripriya]]
|
|-
|1977
|[[Palabishegham]]
|[[Jaishankar]], [[Sripriya]], [[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1940)|Srikanth]]
|
|-
|1977
|Punniyam Seidhaval
|[[R. Muthuraman]], Jayalakshmi
|
|-
|1977
|[[Rowdy Rakkamma]]
|[[Jaishankar]], [[Srividya]],
Kavitha
|25th Film
|-
|1978
|[[Ullathil Kuzhanthaiyadi]]
|[[Jaishankar]], [[Sripriya]]
|
|-
|1978
|[[Naalumanippookkal]]
|[[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Sreedevi]]
|Malayalam
|-
|1978
|[[Kanchi Kamakshi]]
|[[Major Sundarrajan]], [[Gemini Ganesan]], [[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]]
|
|-
|1979
|[[Adukku Malli]]
|[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], [[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]]
|
|-
|1980
|[[Nandri Karangal]]
|[[Srividya]], [[Vanitha Krishnachandran]],
|
|-
|1980
|[[Neer Nilam Neruppu]]
|[[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]], Vijay Anandh
|
|-
|1982
|Deviyin Thiruvilayadal
|[[Sridevi]], [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]], [[K. R. Vijaya]]
|
|-
|1981
|[[Magarandham]]
|[[Raadhika|Radhika Sarathkumar]], Mohanram
|
|-
|1982
|[[Nayakkar Magal]]
|[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], [[Jayachitra]], [[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]]
|
|-
|1983
|Yuga Dharmam
|[[K. R. Vijaya]], [[Rajesh (actor)|Rajesh]]
|
|-
|1985
|[[Padikkadha Pannaiyar]]
|[[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[K. R. Vijaya]]
|
|-
|1986
|[[Mahashakti Mariamman]]
|[[K. R. Vijaya]], [[Rajesh (actor)|Rajesh]]
|
|-
|1986
|[[Sakhavu (1986 film)|Sakhavu]]
| [[Unnimary]], [[Bheeman Raghu]]
| Malayalam
|-
|1988
|[[Paarthal Pasu]]
|[[Ramarajan]], [[Pallavi (actress)|Pallavi]]
|
|-
|1988
|[[Charavalayam]]
|[[Lalu Alex]], [[Priya (actress)|Priya]]
|Malayalam
|-
|1989
|[[Athaimadi Methaiadi]]
|[[K. S. G. Venkatesh]], [[Pallavi (actress)|Pallavi]]
|
|-
|1990
|Enakku Oru Neethi
|[[Pallavi (actress)|Pallavi]], Chitra
|
|-
|1992
|[[Kaviya Thalaivan (1992 film)|Kaviya Thalaivan]]
|[[Vijayakanth]], [[Bhanupriya]]
|Last movie
|}

=== As lyricist ===
* ''[[Edhir Paradhathu]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Amara Deepam (1956 film)|Amaradeepam]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Engal Veettu Mahalakshmi]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Uthama Puthiran (1958 film)|Uthama Puthiran]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Deivapiravi]]'' (1960)
* ''Yugadharmam'' (1983)
* ''[[Padikkadha Pannaiyar]]'' (1985)

=== As writer ===
* ''[[Deivapiravi]]'' — 1960
* ''[[Naan Kanda Sorgam]]'' (Dialogues) — 1960
* ''[[Padikkadha Medhai]]'' (dialogue) — 1960
* ''Kairasi'' (story,screenplay,dialogue) — 1960
* ''Ellam unakkaga'' (screenplay,dialogue) — 1961
* ''[[Kumudham]]'' (story,screenplay,dialogue) — 1961
* ''[[Annai (1962 film)|Annai]]'' (dialogue) — 1962
* ''[[Deivathin Deivam]]'' (dialogue/Screenplay) - 1962
* ''Bavani'' (story,screenplay,dialogue) — 1967
*[[Uravukku Kai Koduppom]] - 1975
* ''[[Per Sollum Pillai]]'' (dialogue) — 1987

== Awards ==
;National Film Awards
* [[10th National Film Awards|1962]] – [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film in Tamil]] - ''Sarada''<ref name="10thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm10thNFAAward.aspx|title=10th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=9 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929062243/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm10thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=29 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[11th National Film Awards|1963]] – Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film in Tamil – ''[[Karpagam]]''
* [[12th National Film Awards|1964]] – President's silver medal for Best Feature Film – ''[[Kai Kodutha Dheivam]]''

;Titles and other honours
* [[Kalaimamani]] in 1975

;[[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]]
* [[Tamil Nadu State Film Honorary Award]] - Arignar Anna Award in 1990

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0329716}}
* [http://mymovieminutes.blogspot.sg/2013/04/the-traditional-face-of-tamil-cinema.html The Traditional Face of Tamil Cinema in My Movie Minutes]

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