Govind Padmasoorya was born on 16 June 1987, at Pattambi, as the son of Govind Menon, (Bank Manager, CSB) and Malathy (AGM, BSNL). He completed his Master of Business Administration at Saint Aloysius College in Mangalore. Later, he went to Whistling Woods International to complete his media studies. He has a younger brother named Govind Amrith Surya. Popularly known as GP is an Indian television presenter and actor who works mainly in Malayalam cinema and a few Telugu films.
He is popular among Malayali audiences through the reality show D4 Dance. He directed a feature film for the Malayalam television channel Asianet for their 25 years celebration.
He started his career in acting through some albums in 2007. He made his debut in Malayalam cinema as the protagonist in Atayalangal, directed by M G Sasi and produced by Aravind Venugopal. The film was based on the life and literature of the writer Nandanar. The film won five Kerala State Film Awards including Best Film. Next, GP 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. He was also cast as Sreekanth, an Indian cricketer, in Daddy Cool. Then he did lead roles in many films including 32aam Adhyayam 23aam Vaakyam along with Lal & Miya directed by Arjun Prabhakaran and Gokul Ramakrishnan. He played a Zumba dancer in his latest film Pretham directed by Ranjith Shanker. He was shot to fame by hosting the super hit reality show D4 Dance in Mazhavil Manorama. He also won the Kerala state award for hosting the show Adi Mone Buzzer in Asianet. He has portrayed an antihero in his debut Tamil movie Kee with Jiiva. He has also acted in music albums like Monjulla Painkili and Kumkumam. He also started Ad Film Direction.
He made his Telugu Debut with Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo in 2008 as Paidithalli. This was the highest-grossing movie of the year. He appeared as Aadi in Nagarjuna's movie, Bangarraju released in 2022. His recent release in Telugu is "like share subscribe" a comedy movie starring Santhosh Shobhan. He also acted in the Web Series "Meet Cute", produced by hero Nani. He will be seen in Nani's awaited film, "Dasara".
