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{{Infobox person
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| name = B. Gopal
| birth_date =24 July
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| birth_name = Bejawada Gopal
| birth_place = [[Nidamanur, Prakasam|M. Nidamanuru]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
| occupation = Director
| yearsactive = 1977 – present
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'''Bejawada Gopal''' is an Indian film director who works in [[Telugu cinema]]. He has directed over 30 Telugu films, including successful films such as ''[[Bobbili Raja]]'', ''[[Lorry Driver (film)|Lorry Driver]]'', ''[[Assembly Rowdy]]'', ''[[State Rowdy]]'', ''[[Rowdy Inspector]]'', ''[[Samarasimha Reddy]]'', ''[[Narasimha Naidu]]'', ''[[Indra (2002 film)|Indra]]'', and ''[[Maska (2009 film)|Maska]]''. He also won [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu]] for the film ''Samarasimha Reddy''.

==Childhood and early years==
B. Gopal was born at [[Nidamanur, Prakasam|M. Nidamanuru]] village near [[Tangutur]], [[Prakasam district]], Andhra Pradesh to B. Venkateswarulu and Mahalakshmi. He has two siblings, one brother Subba Rao and sister Suseela. He did his schooling in [[Karumanchi]]. Later he attended C.S.R.Sarma college in [[Ongole]]. After finishing his education, With his father permission he chose to pursue his career in movies.<ref>{{cite interview | access-date = 15 December 2011 | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nt-0TEqUng | interviewer = TeluguOne | title = B. Gopal Video Interview | work = Guest Hour | date = 24 August 2009 | publisher = Youtube}}</ref> He is the uncle of Telugu film Actor [[Venu Thottempudi]].{{cn|date=May 2021}}

==Career==
He started his career working as an assistant director under P.C. Reddy. After working in two movies with P.C. Reddy, he got an opportunity to work as an assistant director in the film ''[[Adavi Ramudu (2004 film)|Adavi Ramudu]]'' under [[Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao|K. Raghavendra Rao]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Adavi Ramudu |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/retro_adaviramudu.php |publisher=telugucinema |access-date=15 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102153803/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/retro_adaviramudu.php |archive-date=2 January 2012 }}</ref> He considers K. Raghavendra Rao as his Mentor and Guru in Telugu cinema industry. He worked under him for almost 12 years and for movies like ''Adavi Ramudu'', ''Devatha'', ''[[Justice Chowdary]]'', ''[[Agni Parvatam]]'' etc. In 1982, while he was working as an associate director for the movie ''[[Devatha (1982 film)|Devatha]]'' under K. Raghavendra Rao, he was spotted by the producer of the movie [[D. Ramanaidu|Dr. Daggubati Ramanaidu]]. Impressed by B. Gopal, Ramanaidu offered him the chance to direct a movie under his banner. This led to B. Gopal's debut movie as director ''Prathidvani'' with [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]], [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]] and [[Rajani (actress)|Rajani]]. The movie was released in 1986.

He went on to direct many commercially successful movies like ''[[Bobbili Raja]]'', ''Lorry Driver'', ''Assembly Rowdy'', ''Rowdy Inspector'', ''Samarasimha Reddy'', ''Narasimha Naidu'', ''Indra'' etc. His association with [[Paruchuri Brothers]] is well known in Telugu cinema industry and they worked together on many successful movies. He is also famously known to collaborate with [[Nandamuri Balakrishna]] to do movies. He was the only director to have three Industry Hits, those being ''[[Samarasimha Reddy]]'', ''[[Narasimha Naidu]]'' and ''[[Indra (2002 film)|Indra]]'' until 2017,then with the release of Baahubali 2 S.S.Rajamouli became 2nd director to have 3 industry hits, those being ''[[Magadheera]], [[Baahubali: The Beginning]]'', ''[[Baahubali 2: The Conclusion]]''. Gopal's career hit a rough patch when his subsequent ventures like ''[[Palnati Brahmanayudu]]'' with Balakrishna and ''[[Narasimhudu]]'' with Jr. NTR becoming disasters in box office. After a gap of four years, he directed ''[[Maska (2009 film)|Maska]]'' with [[Ram Pothineni]] which was released in 2009. The movie was commercially declared a hit.<ref>http://www.indiaglitz.com/maskas-soaring-profits-telugu-news-44575</ref> In 2011, it was announced that he would again collaborate with Balakrishna in a project called ''Hara Hara Mahadeva'' but the project got stalled after the launch.<ref>http://www.indiaglitz.com/balayyagopalparuchuri-teaming-after-7-years-telugu-news-73400</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu]] – [[Samarasimha Reddy]] (1999).
* [[Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director]] - [[Prathidvani]] (1986).

==Filmography==
{|class = "wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:LightSteelBlue; text-align:center;"
! # !! Year !! Film !! Cast !! Language
|-
|1 ||1986 || ''Prathidvani'' || [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]], [[Rajani (actress)|Rajani]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|2 ||1986 || ''[[Insaaf Ki Awaaz]]'' || [[Rekha]], [[Anil Kapoor]], [[Richa Sharma (actress)|Richa Sharma]] ||[[Hindi]]
|-
|3 ||1987 || ''[[Collector Gari Abbai]]'' || Akkineni Nageswara Rao, [[Akkineni Nagarjuna]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|4 ||1988 || ''[[Raktha Tilakam]]'' || [[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]], [[Amala (actress)|Amala]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|5 ||1988 || ''Aswathama'' || [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]], [[Vijayashanti]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|6 ||1989 || ''[[Vijay (1989 film)|Vijay]]'' || Akkineni Nagarjuna, Vijayashanti || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|7|| 1989 || ''[[State Rowdy]]'' ||[[Chiranjeevi]], [[Radha]], [[Bhanupriya]]|| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|8 ||1989 || ''[[Kanoon Apna Apna]]'' || [[Dilip Kumar]], [[Nutan]], [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Madhuri Dixit]] || [[Hindi]]
|-
|9|| 1990 || ''[[Lorry Driver (film)|Lorry Driver]]'' || [[Nandamuri Balakrishna]], Vijayashanti || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|10|| 1990 || ''[[Bobbili Raja]]'' || Venkatesh, [[Divya Bharti]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|11 ||1991 || ''[[Assembly Rowdy]]'' || [[Mohan Babu]], Divya Bharti || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|12 ||1992 || ''[[Chinarayudu]]'' || Venkatesh, Vijayashanti || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|13|| 1992 || ''Brahma'' || Mohan Babu, [[Aishwarya (actress)|Aishwarya]], [[Shilpa Shirodkar]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|14 ||1992|| ''Rowdy Inspector'' || Nandamuri Balakrishna, Vijayashanti || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|15 ||1993 || ''[[Mechanic Alludu]]'' || Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|16 ||1994 || ''[[Gangmaster (film)|Gangmaster]]'' || [[Rajasekhar (actor)|Rajasekhar]], [[Nagma]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|17 ||1995|| ''Street Fighter'' || Vijayashanti || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|18 ||1995 || ''Khaidhi Inspector'' || [[Suman (actor)|Suman]], [[Maheswari]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|19 ||1997 || ''Collector Garu'' || Mohan Babu, [[Sakshi Sivanand]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|20 ||1997 || ''Adavilo Anna'' || Mohan Babu, [[Roja (actress)|Roja]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|21 ||1999 || ''[[Samarasimha Reddy]]'' || Nandamuri Balakrishna, [[Anjala Zaveri]], [[Simran (actress)|Simran]], [[Sanghavi]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|22 ||2000 || ''[[Ravanna (film)|Ravanna]]'' || Dr. Rajasekhar, [[Soundarya]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|23 ||2000|| ''[[Vamsi (film)|Vamsi]]'' || Mahesh Babu, [[Namrata Shirodkar]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|24 ||2001 || ''[[Narasimha Naidu]]'' || Nandamuri Balakrishna, Simran, [[Preeti Jhangiani]]|| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|25 ||2002 || ''[[Allari Ramudu]]'' || [[N. T. Rama Rao Jr.]], [[Aarthi Agarwal]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|26 ||2002 || ''[[Indra (2002 film)|Indra]]'' || Chiranjeevi, Aarthi Agarwal, [[Sonali Bendre]]|| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|27||2003 || ''[[Palanati Brahmanaidu (film)|Palnati Brahmanaidu]]'' || Nandamuri Balakrishna, Aarthi Agarwal, Sonali Bendre || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|28 ||2004 || ''[[Adavi Ramudu (2004 film)|Adavi Ramudu]]'' || [[Prabhas Raju Uppalapati|Prabhas]], Aarthi Agarwal || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|29 ||2005 || ''[[Narasimhudu]]'' || N. T. Rama Rao Jr, [[Ameesha Patel]], [[Sameera Reddy]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|30 ||2009 || ''[[Maska (2009 film)|Maska]]'' || [[Ram Pothineni|Ram]], [[Hansika Motwani|Hansika]], [[Sheela (Tamil actress)|Sheela]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|31 ||2021 || ''[[Aaradugula Bullet]]'' || [[Gopichand (actor)|Gopichand]], [[Nayanthara]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0044584}}

{{FilmfareAwardBestTeluguDirector}}

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[[Category:Filmfare Awards South winners]]
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[[Category:21st-century Indian film directors]]
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