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Overview
T S Gopakumar or Kallara Gopan as he is commonly known is a playback singer in Malayalam Movies and Theatre. He has sung in Malayam films for over a span of over twenty five years and has won numerous Awards for both movies and theatre songs.

Early Life and Education
Born at Kallara, near Trivandrum City to Subhashithan Nair and Thankamony Amma. He studied in Kallara Government Upper Primary School and secondary studies in Mithirmala Boys High School. After he school he started a diploma course in Electrical Engineering but quit midway to follow his passion for Music. He joined Swasthi Thirunal Music College in Trivandrum from where he graduated.

Early Career
Even during his college days Gopan had started his musical career. He started of by singing playback for Theatre Plays of Surya Sakthi and Sowparnika troupes. He was also one of the leading singers for the TAS Ganamela troupe.

His first movie song was 'Sosanna Pushpangal Kortha' for the movie Ormayil Oru Maninadam". The music was composed by K J Vijay. He has hence sung close to thirty movie songs A list of his most famous below. He also continued his drama music too. He has also published various music albums.

Gopan is also an A grade artiste at the state run All India Radio (Akashvaani) and Doordarshan Television Channels He also is a frequent performer in many of private Malayalam Channels.

Rewards and Recognitions
Kerala State Award for Best Performer in Professional Drama            Year 1994 Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy Award for best Light Music Singer      year 2000 Kerala State Award                                                     year 1998, 2001, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015 Kerala State Critic Award ( For the his song in the movie Kinar)       year 2017 Mohanz1966 (talk) 08:13, 27 March 2019 (UTC)