Gautham Menon Movies and Career Information

Gautham Vasudev Menon (Malayalam: ഗൗതം വാസുദേവ് മേനോന്‍ ) is an Indian film director and producer. Mainly working in Tamil cinema, he has also directed Hindi and Telugu films which are remakes of his Tamil films. Many of his Tamil films have been critically acclaimed, most notably his action-thrillers Kaakha Kaakha and Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu. His semi-autobiographical film Vaaranam Aayiram which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil also won him a Filmfare Award nomination for the Best Director. Gautham 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