Next, Padmasoorya portrayed the role of Vinu, the brother of the IG (Suresh Gopi) in B. Unnikrishnan's IG, who transforms from a loving brother to a ruthless terrorist towards the end of the movie.
In 1986 an uncredited Malayalam film version loosely based on the novel was released in India titled Rajavinte Makan with Mohanlal, Ambika, Ratheesh and Suresh Gopi in the lead roles.
The advocate, police officer, and the journalist start the fight for justice together.The movie also tells a small love story between Journalist Annie Jacob (Samvrutha Sunil) and advocate Ravi Varma (Suresh Gopi).
Suresh Wadkar | Suresh Gopi | Suresh Raina | Suresh Kalmadi | Ronald Suresh Roberts | Kalamandalam Gopi | Hosbet Suresh | Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co | Suresh Shetty | Suresh Rattan | Suresh P. Sethi | Suresh Menon | Suresh Joachim | Kumar Suresh Singh | Gopi Kottoor |
Harikrishnans, which featured Mohanlal and Mammootty in their first appearance together for seven years, and Summer in Bethlehem, with Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Manju Warrier and Mohanlal, were the most eagerly awaited releases, but Punjabi House became a blockbuster in the first week alone, with a gross of more than 4 crores.
The film is a remake of Malayalam film Chinthamani Kolacase starring Suresh Gopi (who previously starred in Telugu film Antima Theerpu) and Bhavana (later she went to Telugu film Ontari opposite Gopichand) while second remake in Tamil as Ellam Avan Seyal the film was banner Shihari's Production Sri Chalana Chitra.
The Thriller was the fifth consecutive super star project of B. Unnikrishnan, the previous ones being Smart City, I G Inspector General, Madambi and Pramaani starring Suresh Gopi, Mohanlal and Mammootty.
In 1998, Suresh Gopi received the National Film Award for Best Actor, and Jayaraaj the award for Best Director for their work on the film.
Sathyameva Jayathe, a 2000 Malayalam movie directed by Viji Thampi and starring Suresh Gopi and Aishwarya
This movie was remade in Tamil as Irattai Roja with Ramki, in Kannada as Ganga Yamuna with Shivrajkumar , in Hindi as Judaai with Anil Kapoorand also later remade into Malayalam as 'Sundara purushan" with Suresh Gopi .