Suresh Gopi is widely considered the third biggest Superstar in Mollywood, next to Mammootty and Mohanlal. However, during the late 1990s, Suresh Gopi refrained himself from doing action roles, after several people criticised the star for doing extreme violent roles with firebrand dialogues on screen.

Later, Suresh Gopi did some family-oriented roles, but none of these films succeeded in making impacts at the box-office, and this hit brought compelled Suresh Gopi to take a small hiatus.

In the absence of Suresh Gopi, many action thrillers hit the screens in Mollywood, but none of these flicks made the impact of films such as Commissioner, Pathram, and Lelam. To end this drought of mass entertainers, Renji Panicker announced Bharathchandran IPS, a sequel to the blockbuster Commissioner in 2004.

Renji Panicker made this decision after Suresh Gopi requested him to bring back Bharathchandran, the daredevil cop who questions the injustices in society.

It should be noted that Renji Panicker had initially announced a film named Nari with Mohanlal in the lead role. However, the film was stalled due to unknown reasons. Upon Suresh Gopi’s request, Renji Panicker made some slight changes in the scripts of Nari and made it suitable for the action king.

After months of anxious wait, Bharathchandran IPS hit the screens on August 4, 2005, as an Onam release. The film, upon its release, broke several collection records and emerged as one of the biggest hits of the year. In several centers, the film enjoyed a theatrical run of more than 100 days, and with the success of this movie, Suresh Gopi once again proved that his stardom is intact in Mollywood.

The success of Bharathchandran IPS literally revived Suresh Gopi’s career, and it helped him to rack up some memorable characters in movies like Chinthamani Kolacase, and The Tiger.

As Suresh Gopi and Renji Panicker are celebrating 15 glorious years of Bharathchandran IPS, Nithin, Renji Panicker’s son, is now busy with the works of his new movie Kaaval. This movie too has Suresh Gopi in the lead role, and is expected to be a high voltage action thriller, with elements of family sentiments. Renji Panicker is also playing a crucial role in this movie. The official teaser of Kaaval was released recently, and it succeeded in impressing both audiences and critics alike.

According to sources close to the movie, the shooting of the movie is almost completed, and there are only a few outdoor sequences remaining. The shooting of the film is expected to resume after the end of coronavirus lockdown measures.

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After years of hiatus, Suresh Gopi, the roaring lion of Mollywood made a strong comeback in the industry in 2020 with the movie Varane Avashyamundu that also starred Dulquer Salmaan, Shobhana, and Kalyani Priyadarshan in the lead roles. Even though a multi-starrer, it was Suresh Gopi’s scintillating screen presence that played a crucial role in determining the success of this film in theaters. The success of Varane Avashyamundu revived Suresh Gopi’s stardom in Mollywood, and the actor is now busy with some big-budget projects in his kitty.

Suresh Gopi: The Manhood of Mollywood

In the 1990s, Suresh Gopi was the face of Mollywood action films, and many of his films that include Commissioner, Mafia and Yuvathurki became huge hits in Tollywood, when it had its dubbed release. During those times, Suresh Gopi’s star power in South India was way ahead than Mammootty and Mohanlal, and several north Indian film critics had called him the actor who has all the potentials to emerge as a Pan-Indian superstar.

Films like Lelam, Sathyameva Jayathe, Pathram, and FIR literally exploited the machismo in Suresh Gopi, and these films continue to remain cult classics even after 20 years of its release. In 1997, Suresh Gopi proved that he is not just an action hero, by winning the National Award for the best actor for his impeccable performance in the movie Kaliyattam.

But during these times, several people alleged that Suresh Gopi films are affecting children badly, as most of these flicks glorified intense violence and action.

As criticisms started pouring in, Suresh Gopi stopped doing action roles and deviated his career by playing light-hearted characters on screen. As films started flopping at the box-office, Suresh Gopi decided to take the gun again and delivered a blockbuster hit through Bharathchandran IPS in 2005. In the next years, he delivered some superhit movies that include the iconic

Chinthamani Kolacase where he portrayed the role of Lal Krishna Viradiyar aka LK, a criminal lawyer who hunts down his enemies after saving them from the clutches of law.

Post-2010, Suresh Gopi became active in politics, and he acted in a very number of movies. Even though most of these movies flopped at the box-office, some films like Apothecary and Melvilason garnered critical acclaim. In 2015, Suresh Gopi acted in My God which literally bombed at the box-office, and from then, he did not act in any movies until 2020.

Suresh Gopi’s swag never fades

In 2020, Nithin Renji Panicker announced Kaaval with Suresh Gopi in the lead role, and the first look posters succeeded in grabbing the eyeballs of the audiences. Nithin Renji Panicker, during an interview, revealed that Kaaval will be a perfect family drama with elements of action.

It was on June 26, that Mollywood once again realized the star power of Suresh Gopi. On his birthday, Kaaval team released the official teaser of the movie, and it went viral on the internet.

Later, on the afternoon, young video editor, Linto Kurian released a special birthday mashup, and it became a trendsetter among Kerala audiences. However, the real treat came on the evening, when the makers of SG 250 released the motion poster of the film.

The motion poster that features Suresh Gopi in the role of Kaduvakkunnel Kuruvachan became huge hit, and it trended in the number one position on YouTube for more than 72 hours.

In the meantime, the movie faced some legal hassles, and according to the latest updates, the makers are apparently trying to solve the issue, and the shooting is expected to start by the end of this year.

Now, new images of Suresh Gopi has surfaced online, and these photos were clicked as a part of a photoshoot for Star N Style Magazine. In these images, Suresh Gopi can be seen donning the daring look of Kuruvachan with a white beard. The images have already gone viral on social media platforms, and this acceptance clearly indicates that the swag of Suresh Gopi will never fade, and he will continue as the third man of Mollywood after Mammootty and Mohanlal.

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The makers of Suresh’s Gopi’s upcoming film, Kaaval went the extra mile to celebrate the actor’s 61’st birthday on June 26, as they released a teaser of the film on social media platforms and YouTube. The teaser is a perfect treat for his fans.

The teaser sees Suresh Gopi with a bruise in his eye, as he takes out his gun from behind and yes, there is a punchline which is always the actor’s trademark. Actor Mohanlal, too, took to his twitter handle and shared the teaser of Kaaval and wished Gopi on his birthday.

Happy Birthday Dear Suresh Gopi. Happy to share the teaser of your new movie Kaaval on this special day.https://t.co/s53UvE5p84#HappyBirthdaySureshGopi

— Mohanlal (@Mohanlal) June 26, 2020

Nithin Panicker, son of Renji Panicker, has directed the movie. Starring Suresh Gopi and Renji Panicker in the leading roles, Kaaval is bankrolled by Joby George, under the banner of Goodwill Entertainments. As per reports, the film also stars Zaya David, Muthumani, IM Vijayan, Sujith Sankar, Alencier and Kannan Rajan P Dev in prominent roles.

Nithin’s debut movie, Kasaba with Mammootty courted a massive controversy for being blatantly misogynistic. Suresh Gopi was last seen in director Anoop Sathyan’s debut movie Varane Avashyamund. The film gave the veteran actor a memorable role after a long gap.

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