Gautham Vasudev Menon

The Bollywood filmmaker and producer Gautham Vasudev Menon is chiefly associated with Tamil cinema has also directed Bollywood and Telugu movies which are remakes of his Tamil flicks. Many of the movies directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon have won accloades, most remarkably his action-thrillers like Kaakha Kaakha 2003 release and Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu released in 2006. The director’s semi-autobiographical project 2008 Vaaranam Aayiram won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.

Gautham Vasudev Menon was in the beginning an ad filmmaker, shooting numerous ad campaigns assisting director Rajiv Menon. Gautham worked as an assistant director for Minsaara Kanavu, in which he also featured in a character part. Gautham almost immediately started his own ad agency with the name "Photon Kathaas" which has become a film production company.pool. The director made his directorial debut in 2001 with the Tamil romantic movie titled ‘Minnale’ with actor R. Madhavan, Abbas and Reema Sen who portrayed as the protagonists. Gautham Vasudev Menon also got a golden opportunity to remake the movie in Bollywood film fraternity, featuring R. Madhavan opposite Dia Mirza playing with the title “Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein”.

Gautham Vasudev Menon came back to Tamil film industry in the year 2003 with the action thriller Kaakha Kaakha, starring Surya Sivakumar, Jyothika Saravanan and Jeevan. The director after that got many offers from different places to remake the film which directed in Telugu with Daggubati Venkatesh as the main lead. After that, Gautham Vasudev Menon made the undercover thriller projects like Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu casting Kamal Hassan. During the filming, the crew faced a lot of problems due to the producer's suicide attempt. “Vaaranam Aayiram” bagged five Filmfare Awards and the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil for 2008. In 2010, the Tamil movie Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, with Silambarasan Rajendar and Trisha Krishnan come into view as a successful venture. Gautham Vasudev Menon, markedly, has featured in cameo appearances in most of his own movies. On the whole, the filmmaker have make a mark in the world of film making and we hope that he direct more Bollywood projects as well.

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