B. Gopalam

He was born at Tulluru in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, India. His father Ramadasu, was also a musician and an exponent of Harikatha. Gopalam learned vocal music and playing the violin under Varanasi Brahmayya Sastry in Vijayawada.

Gopalam was an active member of the Praja Natya Mandali in Guntur district and campaigned in favour of the poor and downtrodden. He was closely associated with Vemulapalli Srikrishna and Sheik Nazar. While working as a vocalist at All India Radio, singing the songs of Devulapalli Krishna Sastry and Viswanatha Satyanarayana, he met and married a fellow singer named Renuka. He began working in Telugu films on the invitation of Tatineni Prakasa Rao. He has worked with directors such as Ghantasala, T. V. Raju, and S. Rajeswara Rao. He later became an independent music director for the film Nala Damayanthi in Telugu and Kannada. He also sang in a few Telugu films as a playback singer.

• Year — Film — Language — Director — Banner — Notes • 1957 — Nala Damayanthi — Telugu/Kannada — Kemparaj Urs — Kemparaj Urs Productions • 1959 — Azhagarmalai Kalvan — Tamil — Kemparaj Urs — Kemparaj Urs Productions • 1959 — Mannan Magal — Tamil — Babubhai Mistri • 1959 — Veerapandya Katta Brahmana — Telugu — B. R. Panthulu — Padmini Pictures — G. Ramanathan • 1961 — Bikari Ramudu — Telugu — Palagummi Padmaraju • 1962 — Appaginthalu — Telugu — V. Madhusudhana Rao — M. M. Pictures • 1962 — Parvathi Vijayam — Telugu — Raja Nene — Sri Vijayalakshmi Films • 1962 — Samrat Pruthviraj — Telugu — Harsukh Bhatt — Vasanth Desai • 1963 — Anuragam — Telugu — T. R. Raghunath — Modern Theatres • 1965 — Ide Mahasudina — Kannada — B. C. Srinivas — Shanth Films • 1966 — Rangula Ratnam — Telugu — B. N. Reddy — Vauhini Studios — S. Rajeswara Rao • 1966 — Vijaya Shankam — Telugu — K. V. Nandana Rao — Sujata Chitra • 1968 — Maatheye Maha Mandira — Kannada — B. C. Srinivas • 1968 — Dabbarayudu Subbarayudu — Telugu — Muktha Srinivasan — Muktha Films • 1969 — Bangaru Panjaram — Telugu — B. N. Reddy — Vauhini Studios — S. Rajeswara Rao • 1969 — Rahasya Police 333 — Telugu — C. V. Rajendran • 1970 — Evari Papayi — Telugu — Krishnan-Panju — Sri Muthukumaran Pictures — M. S. Viswanathan • 1971 — Manasichi Chudu — Telugu — A. C. Tirulokchandar — Sri Vijaya Films — M. S. Viswanathan • 1971 — Paga — Telugu — K. Vijayan — Ambal Productions — G. Devarajan • 1971 — Rowdy Rangadu — Telugu — K. V. Nandana Rao • 1971 — Sri Krishna Leela — Telugu — Homi Wadia — Basant Pictures — S. N. Tripathi • 1971 — Sri Maha Vishnu Mahima — Telugu — A. P. Nagarajan — Thiruvenkateswara Movies — K. V. Mahadevan • 1972 — Sri Kanyaka Parameshwari Katha — Telugu — Hunsur Krishnamurthy — Evergreen Productions — Rajan–Nagendra • 1973 — Dasara Pichchodu — Telugu — Y. R. Swamy — Kanteerava Studio • 1974 — Peddalu Maarali — Telugu — P. Chandrasekhara Reddy — Subhalakshmi Pictures • 1974 — Hanuman Vijayam — Telugu — Babubhai Mistry • 1975 — Okammayi Katha — Telugu — Kanakamedala — Kishore Pictures • 1977 — Aanimuthyalu — Telugu — Vidwan Prasad — Sri Sangameshwara Films • 1977 — Atha Poru — Telugu — Kasilingam — Ganesh Prasanna Pictures • 1978 — Circus Kiladilu — Telugu — R. S. Jayagopal • 1978 — Karunamayudu — Telugu — A. Bhimsingh — Joseph Fernandez • 1980 — Kala Chedirindi — Telugu — Chittibabu Bandaru & Visna • 1982 — Punyabhumi Kallu Therichindi — Telugu — Devadas Kanakala — Arunodaya Film International • 1983 — Antham Chusina Aadadhi — Telugu — J. Williams — Evershine Productions — Gangai Amaran & K. J. Joy • 1983 — Doctor Gari Kodalu — Telugu — Muktha Srinivasan — Vidhya Movies — M. S. Viswanathan • 1983 — Police Police Police — Telugu — Gopikrishnan — M. S. Viswanathan • 1983 — Vimukthi Kosam — Telugu — Udaya Kumar — Praja Film Productions • 1988 — Nee Gundela Savvadilo — Telugu — V. Ashok Kumar • 1988 — Sangamlo Chadarangam — Telugu — R. C. Sakthi — Palayee Amman Art Creations — M. S. Viswanathan • 1990 — Swatantram Maa Janma Hakku — Telugu — Eleti Ramarao

• Year — Film — Language — Song — Co-singer — Music • 1952 — Palletooru — Telugu — Vacchinadoyi Sankranti — Ghantasala, P. Leela & Vakkalanka Sarala — Ghantasala • 1955 — Sri Jagannatha Mahatyamu — Telugu — Jagannatha Swamy — A. M. Rajah, Mallik, Venkatraju, Krishna Kumar, V. Lakshmi, Padma Priya & Renuka Sr. — Mallik • 1957 — Bhale Ammayilu — Telugu — Bombayi Guddalu Ravikela Guddalu — P. B. Sreenivas — S. Rajeswara Rao & S. Hanumantha Rao • 1959 — Nala Damayanthi — Tamil — Thappi Pottu Thappu — K. Rani — B. Gopalam • 1959 — Veerapandya Katta Brahmana — Telugu — Vijaya Varadaayaka....Prabho Krupaakara — S. Varalakshmi — G. Ramanathan & B. Gopalam • 1961 — Bikari Ramudu — Telugu — Ee Dinam Naa Manam — S. Janaki — B. Gopalam • Idem Lokam Guru Garu • Thambi Thambi Inge Vaa — P. B. Sreenivas • Niduramma Niduramma Kadali • 1961 — Nagarjuna — Telugu — Madi Nuhimpaga Ramudela — Rajan–Nagendra • Maya Janali Ventabadi • Rama Dushtaraksasa Viramuda • 1962 — Parvathi Vijayam — Telugu — Uma Maheshulagadasodhyam — B. Gopalam • Jaya Jaya Shambo Jaya Mahadeva — A. P. Komala • 1963 — Anuragam — Telugu — Senaga Chelo Nilabadi — K. Jamuna Rani — Pendyala Nageswara Rao • 1963 — Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddhamu — Telugu — Anchelanchalu Leni Mokshamu — Swarnalatha — Pendyala Nageswara Rao • 1964 — Dongalu Doralu — Telugu — Nīve Naakila Todu Mari — M. Raju — J. Purushottam • 1965 — Akasha Ramanna — Telugu — Thene Poosina Kathi — S. P. Kodandapani • Thaluku Belukulu Chupinchi • 1965 — Satya Harishchandra — Kannada — Shraddhadoota Summane — Pendyala Nageswara Rao • 1965 — Uyyala Jampala — Telugu — Kaaya Andhadu Ori Nayana — K. Jamuna Rani — Pendyala Nageswara Rao • 1966 — Palnati Yuddham — Telugu — Satavahana — S. Rajeswara Rao • 1966 — Rangula Ratnam — Telugu — Vennela Reyi Chandamama — S. Janaki — S. Rajeswara Rao & B. Gopalam • Srimanma Nabhishta Lokabandho (Suprabatham) — S. Janaki • 1966 — Vijaya Shankam — Telugu — Pagale Chukkalu Podipista — S. Janaki — B. Gopalam • 1968 — Asadhyudu — Telugu — Bharathadesam Paradhasya — Vallam Narasimha Rao, Madhavapeddi Satyam & B. Vasantha — T. Chalapathi Rao • 1968 — Grama Devathalu — Telugu — Dachaku Nijam Ide Samayam — Ghantasala, P. Susheela & L. R. Eswari — Pendyala Nageswara Rao • 1968 — Muddu Papa — Telugu — Nannu Koodi Aadavaa — T. M. Soundararajan, P. Leela & A. P. Komala — K. V. Mahadevan & Pamarthi • 1968 — Panthalu Pattimpulu — Telugu — Netidha Okanatidha — P. Susheela — Pendyala Nageswara Rao • Namo Namo Nataraja • Ninne Nenu Mechukunna — L. R. Eswari & S. Janaki • Paruvapu Sogasari Piliche Pilupe — P. Susheela • 1971 — Andham Kosam Pandem — Telugu — Aata Janikanchi Bhoomi — S. P. Kodandapani • Nintiki Intiki Viluva — S. P. Balasubrahmanyam • 1976 — Kolleti Kapuram — Telugu — Amba Paraku Devi Paraku — C. Vijayalakshmi & S. K. Ravi — Pendyala Nageswara Rao • Idhenandi Idhenandi Bhagyanagaram — S. Janaki