K. S. Gopalakrishnan is an Indian director of Hindi and Tamil movies. Since the early 1960s he has directed some 70 movies. He spent most of his career directing and producing movies with social and devotional themes. Most of his movies are melodramas.
VETERAN IYAKKUNAR THILAGAM K.S.GOPALAKRISHNAN, A VERY POPULAR LEGEND IN TAMIL FILM INDUSTRY HAD WRITTEN DIRECTED AND PRODUCED EXTRAORDINARY FILMS IN TAMIL TELUGU AND HINDI.HIS NAME NEEDS NO MENTION IN TAMIL FILM INDUSRY BECAUSE HE HIMSELF IS A MILESTONE. THERE IS ANOTHER FILM DIRECTOR IN MALAYALAM FILM INDUSTRY IN THE NAME OF K.S.GOPALAKRISHNAN. DUE TO THE SIMILARITY IN THEIR NAMES, PEOPLE GENERALLY GET CONFUSED.
OUR IYAKKUNAR THILAGAM K.S.GOPALAKRISHNAN IS IN NO WAY CONNECTED WITH MALAYALAM FILMS THOUGH SOME OF HIS SUPER HIT FILMS LIKE CHITHI, KAIKODUTHA DHEIVAM, SARADA ETC WERE REMADE IN MALAYALAM BY VETERAN SHRI THIKKURISI SUKUMARAN NAIR AS ACHANDA BARIYA, PALINGUPAATHIRAM, POOJAPUSHPAM RESPECTIVELY.....
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