V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)

{{Short description|Indian stage and film actor}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2016}}

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| name = V. Gopalakrishnan

| birth_name = Venkataraman Gopalakrishnan

| birth_date = {{birth-date|1933}}

| birth_place = Tiruchirappalli, Madras Presidency, British India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|04|29|1933|df=yes}}

| death_place = {{nowrap|Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India}}

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| other_names = Gopi

| occupation = Actor

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| years_active = 1947–1997

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| spouse = Lalitha

| children = 2

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Venkataraman Gopalakrishnan (1933 – 29 April 1998), was an Indian stage and film actor who was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century.{{Cite news |last=Kumar |first=N. |date=17 April 1987 |title=Dedicated to acting |pages=12 |work=The Indian Express |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z4plAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f54NAAAAIBAJ&pg=624%2C3162554 |access-date=4 January 2023}} He was well known for playing negative and supporting roles, but was also a successful character actor. In a career spanning close to five decades, he acted in more than 400 movies in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. With his eloquent and stylish English. The film industry admired his strong English.{{cite web|url=http://filmy.today/celebs/5638/films-list.htm|title= V. Gopalakrishan Biography|access-date=16 September 2016|publisher=filmy}}{{cite web|url=https://antrukandamugam.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/v-gopalakrishnan|title=V Gopalakrishnan|date=20 September 2013|access-date=9 May 2019}}{{cite book |last=Dhananjayan |first=G. |title=Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2013 |title-link=Pride of Tamil Cinema |date=2014 |publisher=Blue Ocean Publisher |isbn=978-93-84301-05-7}}