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Gautham Vasudev Menon | |
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| Born | February 25, 1973 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director producer |
Gautham Vasudev Menon (Template:Lang-ml; Template:Lang-ta) (born February 25, 1973)[citation needed] is an Indian film director and producer in Tamil Nadu, India. Many of his films have been critically acclaimed, most notably his action-thrillers Kaakha Kaakha and Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu. His semi-autobiographical film Vaaranam Aayiram won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil, for which was also nominated for a Best Director Award by Filmfare.
Early life
Gautham Menon was born to a Malayalee father and a Tamil mother in Ottapalam of palakkad district, kerala. Although, born in kerala he grew up in Trichy. He did his schooling in Vailankanni Raj Mat. Hr., Sec School at K.K Nagar, Trichy and did his Mechanical Engineering in Mookambikai College of Engineering , Trichy, Tamil Nadu[1][2].
Film career
Menon was an ad film maker, shooting various commercials after an apprenticeship under filmmaker Rajiv Menon. He worked as an assistant director for Minsaara Kanavu, in which he also appeared in a cameo role. He soon started his own ad agency "Photon Factory" which is now a film production company.
He made his directorial debut in 2001 with the Tamil romantic film Minnale with R. Madhavan, Abbas and Reema Sen playing the lead roles. Menon received the chance to remake the film in Bollywood, retaining Madhavan as in the lead role, while having Diya Mirza playing the female lead role. The remake was titled Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein.
Menon returned to Tamil cinema in 2003 with the action thriller Kaaka Kaaka, starring Surya Sivakumar, Jyothika Saravanan and Jeevan. Menon appeared in a cameo role as a senior police officer. With R. D. Rajashekar on the camera, Anthony in editing and again with Harris Jayaraj handling the music. Menon again got offers from various quarters to remake the film which he did in Telugu with Daggubati Venkatesh in the lead. After that, Menon made the investigative thriller film Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu with Kamal Hassan. The unit faced a lot of problems due to the producer's suicide attempt[3]. Menon played a cameo dancing at the back in the song, Manjal Veiyil. Menon's next project, Pachaikili Muthucharam, based on the novel Derailed, with Sarath Kumar and Jyothika Saravanan, was released in 2007.
His next release, Vaaranam Aayiram with Surya Sivakumar, Simran Bagga, Sameera Reddy and Divya Spandana got released in late 2008 which received 5 Filmfare Awards and the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil for 2008. In 2010, his next project, the Tamil romantic film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, starring Silambarasan Rajendar and Trisha Krishnan which was filmed simultaneously with the Telugu version, titled Ye Maaya Chesave with Naga Chaitanya and debutante Samantha Ruth Prabhu as the leading cast.
Menon is now working on several projects simultaneously including the Bollywood-remake of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya, an untitled thriller film, starring Sameera Reddy, the long-delayed Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikaalam and Kaaval which will be produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri and have Ajith Kumar in the lead role.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Language | Cameo | Notes |
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| 2001 | Minnale | Tamil | flower deliverer | |
| Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein | Hindi | IT lecturer | ||
| 2003 | Kaaka Kaaka | Tamil | ||
| 2004 | Gharshana | Telugu | ||
| 2006 | Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu | Tamil | Dancer in the song "Manjal Veiyil" | |
| 2007 | Pachaikili Muthucharam | Tamil | Passenger in the song "Kadhal Konjam" | |
| 2008 | Vaaranam Aayiram | Tamil | The masked man | Winner, National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil Winner, Vijay Award for Favourite Director Nominated, Filmfare Best Tamil Director Award |
| 2010 | Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa | Tamil | As himself | |
| Ye Maaya Chesave | Telugu | As himself | ||
| Untitled Sameera Reddy/Veera Project | Filming [4] | |||
| 2011 | Untitled Ajith Kumar Project | Tamil | Pre-production |