Native name கோபிநாத் சந்திரன் Children Venba Gopinath Spouse Durga Gopinath (m. 2010) | Name Gobinath Chandran Years active 1998–present Siblings Prabhu Chandran | |
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Parents Kumudham Chandran, Mr.Chandran, Chandran Movies Nimirndhu Nil, Chennai Express, Vaamanan Similar People Samuthirakani, G V Prakash Kumar, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Rohit Shetty |
Neeya Naana Gopinath Opens up on His Life Journey | Interview
Gobinath Chandran is an Indian television anchor, radio jockey, journalist, reporter, news presenter/moderator, entrepreneur, writer and an author, currently featured on the STAR Vijay debate show Neeya Naana. He is popularly known as "Coat" Gobi.
Contents
- Neeya Naana Gopinath Opens up on His Life Journey Interview
- Neeya Naana Gobinath Cheated a College girl for TRP Rating Vijay TV
- Early life
- Career
- Awards and achievements
- TaalkShop Academy
- References

Neeya Naana Gobinath Cheated a College girl for TRP Rating | Vijay TV
Early life

Gobinath was born in Aranthangi, Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu to Chandran and Kumudggham Chandran in 1975.
Career

Gobinath began his career in 1997 with United Television and later he went on to join Raj Television Network. He did reporting assignments for Jaya TV, NDTV and CNBC TV-18. Later he joined Vijay TV and anchored Makkal Yaar Pakkam, a political analysis programme. In 2006, he started his position with Neeya Naana.

He has been an anchor for television series such as Makkal Yaar pakkam, Nadanthadhu enna?, Sigaram thotta Manidargal and En Desam! En Makkal in 2013.
He was a radio jockey (RJ) at Radio City, and hosted their breakfast shows.
He has written five books. The first was a collection of poems, Theruvellam Devathaigal, and was published in 2007. The second book, Please indha Puthagathai vaangatheenga was based on personality development which is still topping the charts and has sold over 4 lakh copies till date. The third was a self-motivating and self-analysing book called Neeyum Naanum. Gobinath's fourth book is Ner Ner Thema, a collection of interviews. The recent book "Nimirnthu Nil" was published in Nakkeeran, Tamil Weekly and later got published in 2015. Of all his works he quotes "PASSWORD" is the one that is close to his heart.
He also wrote a series of articles with the title "Neeyum Naanum" in Aananda Vikatan. It is known for its scripted motivation.
Awards and achievements
TaalkShop Academy
He founded the institution TaalkShop Academy which has entered an MoU with various educational institutions to develop life and entrepreneurial skills to the younger generation