Actor Nanda Gopal gets candid about old jobs, latest films, and more

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By Swaroop Kodur

May 13, 2024

Kannada actor Nanda Gopal MK’s mantra to navigate life is deceivingly simple — “If something works and it seems real, all you have to do is be open to possibilities”.

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Kannada actor Nanda Gopal’s career began way back in 2000 with his friend Kiccha Sudeepa in Sparsha (2000), the latter’s debut.

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“I was an unofficial assistant director on that film. Sunil Kumar Desai, the director cast me to play a director in the film. I was essentially playing Desai himself, so to say.”

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He has also essayed full-blown roles in many Kannada TV serials including iconic ones like HS Phani Ramachandra’s Danda Pindagalu, Prema Pishaachigalu, and Jagalagantiyaru.

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Cut to 2024, and aside from Pushpa 2, Nanda Gopal also played a cop in director Maruthi‘s upcoming Telugu film The Raja Saab with Rebel Star Prabhas.

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He played a wicked cop in the latest Telugu outing Krishnamma, starring Satyadev Kancharana.

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Before that, he was a sleazy film producer/gangster in the Telugu web series Bhamakalapam 2 (2024) and also Kabir Anna in Pavan Sadineni’s crime series Dayaa (2023).

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He is aware of the beauty of opportunity and doesn’t shy away from saying that getting to work with Sukumar, Allu Arjun, Prabhas, Fahadh Faasil, and their likes is a “big deal”.

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