K.S. Gopalakrishnan was born in 1929 in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, British India. He was a director and writer, known for Kurathi Magan (1972), Rajavembaala (1984) and Chinan Jiru Ulagam (1966). He was married to Sulochana. He died on November 14, 2015 in Chennai, India.