Gopichand Malineni

Gopichand Malineni (born 13 March 1980) is an Indian film director and writer who works in Telugu Cinema. He made his directional debut in 2010 with a Telugu action comedy film "Don Seenu" starring Raviteja and Shriya Saran in the lead roles. He worked in many films before his first directional venture.
Early life.
Gopichand Malineni was born and brought up in Boddulurivaripalem village near Ongole, Andhra Pradesh. His family hails from the same village. His primary education was done at Sarada Niketan School Prakasam District and upper primary at VR College Nellore. He discontinued his education in 12th class and entered into the film industry. Friends and family were always a huge support to Gopichand. He is married to Sri Satya on 14 February 2013.
Career.
In his early years Malineni worked as a Camera assistant for few programmes telecasted by ETV in Warangal Dist. He was appreciated for his work in ETV News.
Malineni made his debut into the film industry as a camera assistant for the movie "Hello I Love You" directed by Veera Shankar. He then debuted as an assistant in the direction department for the movie "Police" starring Srihari in the lead role. He worked for four films with Srihari and later worked with E.V.V. Satyanarayana for two films, with Srinu Vytla for "Andarivaadu", "Venky", "Dhee" with A.R. Murugadoss for "Stalin", with Srivas for "Lakshyam", with Meher Ramesh for "Kantri" and "Billa".
He made his debut as a director with "Don Seenu" starring Ravi Teja and Shriya Saran on the lead and it was one of the biggest hit films in 2010. In 2012 he directed "Bodyguard" with Venkatesh and Trisha on the lead. In 2013 he directed a film "Balupu" starring Ravi Teja, Shruti Haasan and Journey fame Anjali under the production of PVP Cinemas, this movies was known as the comeback film of Ravi Teja. The film was released on 28 June 2013. "Balupu" was Malineni's second film with Ravi Teja after "Don Seenu". The film received positive reviews from critics. and was successful at the box office. Later, Malineni established his name in the industry with other hits like, "Pandaga Chesko", starring Ram Pothineni and Rakul Preet Singh in lead roles. This movie was another hit for Malineni and a comeback for Ram Pothineni. In 2017, Malineni made a flop with "Winner" starring Sai Dharam Tej and Rakul Preet Singh in lead role.