Gokul Suresh
Gokul Suresh inIra
Born	(1993-09-29)29 September 1993 (age 31) Kollam,Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Christ University, Bengaluru
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2016–present
Parents	Suresh Gopi (father) Radhika Nair (mother)

Gokul Suresh (born 29 September 1993) is an Indian actor who appears inMalayalam cinema. He is the son of film actor and politicianSuresh Gopi.^[1]

Gokul was born as the second child to actorSuresh Gopi^[2] and Radhika Nair on 29 September 1993 inKollam,Kerala. He has two younger sisters Bhagya Suresh, Bhaavni Suresh and a younger brother Madhav Suresh. His elder sister Lakshmi died in a car accident when she was one and a half years old.^[3][4]

Gokul completed hisprimary level education fromSt. Thomas Residential School, Thiruvananthapuram and hissecondary level education fromPallikoodam, Kottayam andSaraswathy Vidyalaya,Thiruvananthapuram. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration fromChrist University inBangalore, and did his internship as a front officer and staff atLe Méridien,Kochi. It was during this time he felt a passion for acting and lost interest in corporate jobs.^[5]

In Gokul's debut filmMudhugauv,Aju Varghese was initially cast to play the lead role. But the makers wanted a younger actor to make the character look more convincing.^[6] While in search of a younger actor they ended up in Gokul who happened to be producerSandra Thomas' Facebook friend and then approached him with the script. Gokul found the script forMudhugauv interesting and later replaced Aju.^[6]

Gokul had made his debut into acting with the 2016 filmMudhugauv directed by debutant Vipin Das.^[7][8] The movie was a production ofVijay Babu andSandra Thomas'Friday Film House. He played Bharath, an absentminded college student whose only intention was for his love interest, Ganga. In a typical mixed review, Sanjith Sidhardhan ofThe Times of India rated Gokul's performance as "it has only helped the actor as he has a sweet and appealing presence",^[9] while Anasuya Menon ofThe Hindu said: "Gokul Suresh's impressive debut in Muddhugauv has clearly set him on track".^[10][11]

In his second venture, he did a supporting character in director Ajai Vasudev'sMasterpiece (2017) starringMammootty.^[12] Gokul played a college student Unnikrishnan who is alleged murdering his love interest.^[13] Writing forThe Times of India, Deepa Soman commended: "Though brief, Gokul Suresh enacts his role decently enough and the makers have tried to ooze as much energy as possible into the song sequences".^[14] "Mammootty sir was the reason why I chose Masterpiece. I didn't care whether the character was a long one or a sidekick," said Gokul.^[15]

As an actor, Gokul wants to followFahadh Faasil's path of career growth and likes Fahadh's perspective on certain aspects. He said toThe Times of India, "I watch the interviews of all the actors, but I could personally relate to what Fahadh says".^[16]

In 2018, he acted inIra, the first combined production of directorVysakh and writerUdaykrishna. He played the lead role alongsideUnni Mukundan.^[17]Anna M. M. Vetticad ofFirstpost called him "suitably sweet" mentioning "which is all he needs to be here".^[18] After the release of the film he had revealed that there were attempts to sideline him as the shooting of his films got delayed. But he believed that if someone is talented nobody can stop him or her from reaching the goal.^[19]

In early 2019, he played a cameo role as Saghavu Franci alongsidePranav Mohanlal in Arun Gopy'sIrupathiyonnaam Noottaandu.^[20][21] His performance earned him positive reviews from critics; Litty Simon ofMalayala Manorama said, "Gokul Suresh as Saghavu Franci makes a cameo appearance but definitely leaves an impression".^[22] "I have only had four releases till date and yet the most satisfying one was Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu, which did not even have me as the lead. Though it was just a cameo, the way my character was presented by director Arun Gopy chettan was brilliant. I believe how your character is showcased has a massive impact on how the audience feel about you as an actor" he said.

Gokul next appeared alongsideNiranj Maniyanpilla Raju andVarsha Bollamma in Anil Rraj's family-thrillerSoothrakkaran (2019). He plays Madathil Aravindan, who helps his father in running a milk products export and import company. Upon release, the film received negative review from critics and Deepika Jayaram ofThe Times of India thought Gokul's performance in the film reminded "many of his father's aura and swag" and notes that "he manages to keep his poise, even when he exhibits shades of grey".^[23] He was also seen acting an extended cameo role alongsideGuinness Pakru inMadhav Ramadasan'sIlayaraja.^[24] He then acted in writer turned director Suresh Poduval'sUlta withPrayaga Martin as his heroine.^[25][26]

Currently he has completed shooting for debutant director Arun Chandu'sSayanna Varthakal.^[27] In February 2019, he reportedly signed his next movie, an untitledTamil-Malayalambilingual film directed byM. Padmakumar which also has actorsVidharth andSamuthirakani playing important roles.^[28][29] On 9 March 2019,The Times of India reported that Gokul will be playing as Kochu Chackochi in the sequel to the 1997 filmLelam which starred his fatherSuresh Gopi in the lead. The film titledLelam 2 will be directed by Nithin Renji Panicker and written by his fatherRenji Panicker.^[30][31]

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