K. S. Gopalakrishnan was an Indian screenwriter, director, producer, and lyricist, who worked in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films.

He spent most of his career directing and producing movies with social and devotional themes.

His son K. S. G. Venkatesh is an actor who has acted in television serials and in films like Sathuranga Vettai.

joined Sri Devi Nataka Sabha where[clarification needed] he wrote two successful plays entitled "POST-MAN" ,"THAMBI"(younger brother) and "EZHUTHALAN"(writer).

[3] K. S. Gopalakrishnan shared exactly the same name with an earlier director and actor who worked in Tamil cinema in the 1940s and 1950s.