Suresh Gopi is the favorite actor of Malayalees. He gradually grew into a superstar through villainous, supporting roles and leading roles. His films are mostly action films and few family sentimental films. His first full comedy role was in Sundara Purushan directed by Jose Thomas. Sureshgopi played the role of a common man named Suryanarayanan and comedians Mukesh, Kochin Hanifa and Salim Kumar were there. In a song scene with Nadi, the audience got to see Suresh Gopi, whom we have not seen till then. Sureshgopi scored the highest score in the film than Mukesh and he has not done a comedy film like this.
Instead of casting Dileep or Jayaram in this film, the director’s courage Gambhiram cast Suresh Gopi and it became a success. Nandini and Devyani played the heroines in this movie and the song Thangamanasin composed by Mohan Sitara is a super hit even today. In 2001, when Suresh Gopi’s films failed consecutively, Sundarapurushan was the film that gave him relief. Share your opinion regarding this movie.
