Noted Tamil movie director P. Vasu also used to reside in this locality.Tamil film actor M. N. Nambiar also was a resident of Gopalapuram until his death 19 November 2008.
After the tremendious success of Chinna Thambi, P. Vasu began work on his next film Kizhakku Karai, a crime film.
He then met director duo Santhana Bharathi and P. Vasu who decided to cast him their venture, Panneer Pushpangal, while simultaneously he was cast in the lead role in Bharathiraja's Alaigal Oivathillai presenting him with a dilemma of which film to choose.
His recent hit P. Vasu's directed Apthamitra which again reinforced the power of Guru Kiran in the music composition.
After the success of Rickshaw Mama, P. Vasu decided to make another project with Sathyaraj under his production banner "Kamalam films" named after Vasu's mother.