Gautam Vasudev Menon
Well. to start with Gautam is one of the modern director in the Tamil film Industry and he is more known for giving a musical treat films.When you look at all his films he gave importance to songs and moreover their team which consists of Lyricst Thamarai and Music Director Harris Jayaraj, gave great entertainment for the fans with the help of the songs.
His debut film "Minnale" was a blockbuster and especially the music was smash hit.This team with Harris resulted in many successful films for Gautam and after Varanam Ayirmam,Gautam chose A.R.Rahman for his next film and not Harris Jayaraj, due to the misunderstanding between them,When asked for the reason he simply replied "The decision not to work together was not mine.Hope everyone got that"
He was born as Gautam Vasudev Menon on 25th February 1975.Gautam started his Carrier as ad maker and he was also successful in that field.But later he decided to enter film industry and as a result he worked under Rajiv Menon and also took a cameo role in Rajiv Menon's super hit Minsara Kanavu.Gautam also worked as a assistant director in that film and gained experience.
Gautam is well known for directing Action thriller movies and especially after Minnale all his film are more or less based on action thriller and also police stories.The film Kaka Kaka was a smash hit and it showed the power of Police department and till date in Tamil cinema no one has tried in a different way as Gautam did in Kakka Kakka.
After the release of this film in Telugu as Gharshana, starring Venkatesh and Asin, rumours spread that this film was to be remade in Russian language and it will be a story about a Russian cop who is a specialist in encounter.But till date no such project has come.Some reports says that some scenes of this film are based on the famous English movie Se7en.
Gautam's entry in Bolywood was not successful when he remade Minnale in Hindi with the title Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein,starring Madhavand,Diya Mirz(Tamil:Reema Sen) and Saif Ali Khan(Tamil:Abbas).Evethough the tamil version did well in Hindi this was not a huge hit.
Then in 2006 Gautam started his new project and this time with "Ulaga Nayagan" Kamalhassan.This is also based on the story of a police officer.This was a Blockbuster in 2006 and in 2006 most of the ringtones in cell used the song "Manjal Veyil..", because as usual this team done the trick again with all songs were smash hit.
Kamal did a splendid job in this movie and this is action packed and a thrilling movie.This film ranked first in terms of gross revenue in 2006.But the entire team faced lots of problem due to the producer's suicide attempt.But however Seventh Channel took the job and completed the movie.
After the sucess of this movie, Gautam next chose SarathKumar for his next film "Patchaikili Muthucharam' which is a thriller.But the film doesn't do well at the box office as expected, eventhough Sarath and Jyotika's acting was critcally appreciated.
His next project Varanam Ayiram was very close to him as he considers that it was a tribute to his father.This film is based on the Son's love for his father.This was a great hit and also Surya's performance in this film was fabulous.But unfortunately after this film Gautam and Harris got separated due to some misunderstanding.
His next film is "Vinnaithandi Varuvaya" starring, Silambarasan and Trisha.2 times Oscar award winner A.R.Rahman composed the music for this film and this is a new team as this was the first film for A.R.Rahman under Gautam's direction.At presen the shooting is going for this movie and we can expect its release very soon.
Apart from being a Director he usually does a cameo role in every film and that includes
i)Minnale: As a flower boy who delivers flower to Reema sen under Madhavan's order
ii)Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein: He does a cameo role as a IT lecturer.
iii)Kaaka Kaaka: He was introduced as a encounter specialist to Surya's team and he also guides the team
iv)Gharshana: Similar role as he done in Kaka Kaka
v)Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu: For the first time he dances in this film.In the song "Manajal veyil..." he gives a special appearance when he dances along with some of American dancers, while Kamal and Jyotika walks in front of them.
vi)Pachaikili Muthucharam: He does a came role as a passenger in the bus, during the song"Kadhal Konjam...." when SarathKumar,Andreah and their son were travelling in a bus.
vii)Vaaranam Aayiram: He comes as a masked man who shows the correct place of the terrorist to Surya's team.
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