Govindamoorthy dropped out of engineering college after being unable to finance his studies during his third semester and then began reading
Vairamuthu's "Sirpi, Unnai Sethukugiraen", which inspired him to become a film maker. After assisting
Ezhil and
Chimbu Deven, Govindamoorthy then began his film career by directing
Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar (2007) starring
Karan and
Meenakshi, and then went on to make
Vedigundu Murugesan (2009) with
Pasupathy. In 2013, Govindamurthy approached producer Ambeth Kumar with a script of
Pappali (2014), who readily agreed to produce the venture after listening to his narration. He revealed that the team signed on
Senthil Kumar and Ishara Nair to work on the film, as the team could not afford bigger stars and could not afford to wait for their dates. The film was released on 2014 went unnoticed and received poor reviews with a critic from Sify.com noting that the film "is a crude and crass comedy laced with sentiments", adding the "film lacks technical finesse and is difficult to sit through". He debuted as an actor with
Pichaikaaran (2016) and went on to act in many films. Henceforth, he was credited as Pichaikkaran Moorthy while acting in films. ==Filmography==