Happy Birthday Suresh Gopi: 8 memorable roles of the superstar
An actor who started out playing negative characters and later excelled in action hero roles, Suresh Gopi gradually proved that he is equally comfortable in comedies and arthouse films. We look at eight roles that demonstrated his remarkable range.
From electrifying cops to coy romantic. From firebrand journalist to selfless husband. In his stellar career, Suresh Gopi constantly breaks stereotypes about him and in style. Well... Happy Birthday
Commissioner: Bharathchandran is arguably the most stylish and the most enduring police character in Malayalam cinema. He was sort of the Malayali version of Dirty Harry
Lelam: It's one of the series of Malayalam films based on the Godfather template that set the cash registers ringing. Joshiy would make a 'spiritual successor' called Vazhunnor two years later
Pathram: Suresh Gopi played a firebrand journalist battling nefarious forces in this electrifying thriller directed by Joshiy, Pathram is one of the finest media-based thrillers in Malayalam.
Kaliyattam: Suresh Gopi stunned everyone as a jealous and insecure Kathakali artiste in this haunting Malayalam adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello. It was refreshing to see him cast against type
The King: Though the actor made only a cameo in this Mammootty film, Suresh Gopi made quite an impression playing an interrogator who has to resort to brutal methods to get the truth out of a suspect.
Innale Suresh Gopi shared the screen with Jayaram and Shobana in this emotionally overpowering romantic drama of a man searching for his lost wife. The film has a brilliantly heartbreaking finale.
Varane Avashyamund: Director Anoop Sathyan did full justice to the stature of both Suresh Gopi and Shobana in this delightfully heartwarming tale of people who find love again, irrespective of age.
Irupathaam Noottandu:The list would be incomplete without mentioning an impactful negative role of Suresh Gopi. He played the antagonist in this blockbuster that gave us one of Mohanlal's iconic roles