 Bharath Gopi, who later became a major actor in the Malayalam film industry, made his film debut in "Swayamvaram", doing a minor role as the dismissed factory employee who gets replaced by Madhu.Gopi was a noted stage actor before "Swayamvaram" and would later play the lead role in Gopalakrishnan's second feature film, "Kodiyettam", which earned him a reputation as one of the finest actors in Indian cinema and also inspired his screen name as "Bharath Gopi" or "Kodiyettam Gopi".He won a Best Actor award, then known as "Bharat Award", for the role at the 25th National Film Awards in 1977.