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Paruchuri Gopala Krishna

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Born : 25/09/1947

Birth Place : Meduru, Pamidimukkala Mandal, Krishna, Andhra Pradesh, India

Father : Paruchuri Raghavaiah

Mother : Paruchuri Hymavathi

Sibling : Pinnamaneni Sarojini, Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao Late Paruchuri Kutumba Rao

Spouse : Paruchuri Vijaya Lakshmi(Bujji)

Children : Paruchuri Himabindu, Gottimukkala Naga Sushma

Biography:

Paruchuri Gopala Krishna is an Indian film screen writer, story writer, dialogue writer, actor, director, poet, playwright, novelist, and orator predominant in Telugu cinema. Gopala Krishna, is the youngest brother of the Paruchuri Brothers. Paruchuri Brothers (Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao and Paruchuri Gopala Krishna), are writing-duo brothers in the film industry who worked for more than 350 films (including Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada) from 1978.

Paruchuri Gopala Krishna (born 10th June 1946 in Meduru, Gannavaram Taluq, Krishna District) was the youngest child of his parents Paruchuri Raghaviah and Hymavathamma. He has one elder sister and two elder brothers Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao and Paruchuri Kutumba Rao.

Gopala Krishna did his Bachelor’s degree B.Sc from Government City Science College and has a Master’s degree M.A. Telugu from Arts College, both affiliated to Osmania University. Later he got his Ph.D Doctorate degree from Osmania University for the research topic: ‘Telugu Cinema Sahityam – Katha- Kathanam – Siplam’ in the year 2003. Gopala Krishna submitted his thesis to obtain Doctor of Literature (D.Litt) from Berhampur University, Orissa for the research topic: ‘Telugu Cinema Story – Social Outlook’ in the year 2015 and is waiting on viva. He has also done ‘Rashtra Bhasha’ in Hindi. He is fluent in Hindi, English and is familiar with Tamil.

Gopala Krishna is married to his first cousin, Vijaya Lakshmi. The couple has three children, Paruchuri Hima Bindu, Gottimukkala Naga Sushma who is married to TV and Film Artist, Gottimukkala Jaya Prakash (Screen name Varun) and Kodali Hari Priya who is married to entrepreneur, Kodali Kalyan Prasad. He has two grandsons Pinnamaneni Bhuvana Sai Krishna, Gottimukkala Karthik and three granddaughters Gottimukkala Vujjaini, Kodali Tanvi and Kodali Medha.

More Details

Name	Paruchuri Gopala Krishna
Date of Birth	25/09/1947
Current Residence	Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Religion	Hinduism
Nationality	Indian
Height	165 CM
Hobbies	Reading books, Watching movies
Father	Paruchuri Raghavaiah
Mother	Paruchuri Hymavathi
Sibling	Pinnamaneni Sarojini, Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao Late Paruchuri Kutumba Rao
Spouse	Paruchuri Vijaya Lakshmi(Bujji)
Children	Paruchuri Himabindu, Gottimukkala Naga Sushma
Educational Qualification	MA, PhD, Rastrabasha, D.Litt.

Debut Movies
Language	Movie Name
Telugu	Anuraga Devatha

Awards List
Year	Award	Category	Movie Name
1987	Nandi Award	Film Director
1990	Vamsi Berkely Awards	Best Screen Play Writer
1986	Nandi Award	Best Story	Prathidwani
1990	Nandi Award	Best Story	Karthavyam
1993	Nandi Award	Best Story	Aasayam