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Gautham Vasudev Menon is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Co-Producer Indian born on 25 february 1973 at Ottapalam (Inde)
Gautham Vasudev Menon (born 25 February 1973), known as Gautham Menon, is an Indian film director and producer, who predominantly works in South Indian cinema. Many of his films have been critically acclaimed, most notably his semi-autobiographical Vaaranam Aayiram (2008), Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010) and his action-thrillers Kaakha Kaakha (2003), Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006). Vaaranam Aayiram won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. Gautham Menon spearheaded releasing movies of same content in different languages, simultaneously. He produces films through his London Stock Exchange-listed Photon Kathaas film production company.
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Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada (2016)
, 2h20Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Divyendu Sharma, Silambarasan, Isha Koppikar, Daniel Balaji, Nagineedu Vellanki, Gautham Vasudev Menon
Roles Police Officer
Rating62%
Saahasam Swaasaga Saagipo (2016)
Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Action, Romance
Actors Naga Chaitanya, Manjima Mohan, Daniel Balaji, Gautham Vasudev Menon
Roles Police Officer (Cameo Appearance)
Rating65%
Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada (2016)
Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Action, Romance
Actors Silambarasan, Rana Daggubati, Pallavi Subhash, Manjima Mohan, Daniel Balaji, Nagineedu Vellanki
Roles Police Officer
Rating62%
Yatchan (2015)
, 2h20Directed by Vishnuvardhan
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Arya, Kreshna, Kishore, Deepa Sannidhi, Swathi Reddy, Adil Hussain
Roles Himself (Guest Appearance)
Rating55%
Yennai Arindhaal (2015)
Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Ajith Kumar, Anushka Shetty, Trisha Krishnan, Arun Vijay, Vivek, Parvathy Nair
Roles Police Officer
Rating72%
The film begins when Thenmozhi (Anushka Shetty) is in Boston where she comes to meet her niece. In the airport, she gets a free upgrade and sits next to Sathyadev (Ajith Kumar). During the flight, she starts vomiting due to overeating and with Satya's help she feels better. The next day, a criminal named Victor (Arun Vijay) comes to a coffee shop to abduct Thenmozhi, but fails due to Sathya subduing him.
Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya (2013)
, 2h25Genres Comedy
Actors Power Star Srinivasan, Santhanam, Vishakha Singh, Srinivasan, Sethu, VTV Ganesh
Roles Self
Rating54%
Three friends Kaliyaperumal (Santhanam), Power Kumar (Srinivasan) and Shiva (Sethu) have no occupation other than getting drunk and chasing girls. A pretty girl named Sowmiya (Vishaka) moves in with her family to the house opposite Shiva. The three friends fall for the girl's beauty and make a gentlemen's agreement to let the girl choose her boyfriend. The three attempt different methods to woo her. Shiva helps Sowmiya's aunt (Kovai Sarala) in household work; Kaliyaperumal joins Sowmiya's uncle (Ganesh) to learn singing; Power joins Sowmiya's father (Shivshankar) to learn Bharathanatiyam. One day, when none of her other family members are home, the three eventually profess their love, leaving Sowmiya confused. Following the advice of her neighbour (Devadarshini), Sowmiya reveals to all three that she loves actor Simbu. The neighborhood boys then decide to bring Simbu as a gift for Sowmiya's birthday, but Simbu says he does not know anyone named Sowmiya. They then hire a thug named "Kolaveri" David to kidnap Simbu, but he kidnaps Sowmiya instead when he learns he is supposed to kidnap Simbu. After Simbu refuses to help her, Shiva, KK and Power go and save Sowmiya, and she falls in love with Shiva, because Power and KK had earlier beaten Sowmiya's uncle and father severely.
Ye Maaya Chesave (2010)
Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Naga Chaitanya, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Krishnudu, Sapan Saran, Surekha Vani, Sudheer Babu Posani
Roles Self
Rating76%
Karthik (Naga Chaitanya) is a mechanical engineering graduate but aspires to become a filmmaker. Through his friend, Karthik gets introduced to director Puri Jagannadh. With his support,Karthik family, who are Hindus, rents the ground floor of a two-storeyed house which belongs to the Thekekuttus. The Thekekuttu family is a conservative Malayali Syrian Catholic family from Alappuzha, Kerala, who live upstairs. The Thekekuttus have a daughter, Jessie (Samantha), who is 2 years older to Karthik. When Karthik meets Jessie for the first time, he falls in love with her. Karthik expresses his love one day to her, who is afraid of speaking to men around her strict father, and ends up angering Jessie. The two meet several times afterwards and Jessie begins to admit that she likes Karthik but wants to refrain from any problems because she knows her father won't accept a Hindu marrying their daughter. Her parents learn about their affair and arrange a marriage for her. But at the wedding, she refuses to marry the groom, displeasing everyone in her family. Karthik and Jessie continue to love each other without the knowledge of their parents. Suddenly, Jessie is forced by her father to marry and seeks Karthik's help, who was in Goa for a film shooting. Busy Karthik is unable to attend to her calls and messages; Jessie is unable to reach him. After a tense phone call from Jessie, Karthik goes back one night to check on her. An angry and hurt Jessie makes a final decision to break up with Karthik because of her father's strong disapproval of their love.
Vaaranam Aayiram (2008)
, 2h49Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romance
Actors Suriya, Simran, Sameera Reddy, Daniel Balaji, Ramya, Prithviraj Sukumaran
Roles Commando informer
Rating81%
The film begins with elderly Krishnan (Suriya) returning home after a haircut. Once he reaches home he vomits a profuse amounts of blood and is kept to bed rest. After the doctor checks him, he is reported dead after a few moments of grief with his wife Malini (Simran), daughter Shreya, and daughter-in-law Priya (Divya Spandana). This news is informed to his son Surya (Suriya) who is in Kashmir on a military mission traveling in a helicopter, to rescue a kidnapped journalist from terrorists . He begins to shed tears and starts to think about his memorable moments with his father and the story of how his parents loved each other during their college days.
Pachaikili Muthucharam (2007)
, 2h27Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors R. Sarathkumar, Jyothika, Andrea Jeremiah, Milind Soman, VTV Ganesh, Gautham Vasudev Menon
Roles Bus passenger
Rating62%
Venkat (R. Sarathkumar), a medical representative, is a happily married person with a son. His wife Kalyani (Andrea Jeremiah) is very loving and both of them along with their son Nanda (Armaan) have a perfect life. That is, until their son falls sick and things between the husband and wife cool down a bit. Kalyani begins to spend more time with their son Nanda and starts to ignore her husband involuntarily. Venkat feeling a bit lonely and neglected walks in and out of his monotonous life without complaining much. He tries to understand his wife's feelings.
Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006)
, 2h54Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Kamal Haasan, Jyothika, Prakash Raj, Bidushi Dash Barde, Rajashree, Kamalinee Mukherjee
Roles Special appearance in "Manjal Veyyil" song
Rating78%
Rani (Bidushi Dash Barde), the daughter of former Chennai police officer Arokiya Raj (Prakash Raj), tells her father over the phone that she will back home in 20 minutes. As she leaves the telephone booth, she is approached by someone. The screen then cuts to black and we find out that Rani does not come home. The following morning Arokiya Raj finds a finger hanging at his door. Police reports confirm that it is his daughter Rani's finger. He calls Raghavan (Kamal Hassan), his old friend, for investigation. Raghavan handles the case and they eventually find the body of Rani in a forest in the city outskirts. The doctor's report states that the killer bisected Rani’s body with a surgical knife, proving that the murderer has a strong medical background. Following the trauma of losing their only daughter, Arokiya Raj and his wife move to New York.
Kaakha Kaakha (2003)
, 2h33Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Suriya, Jyothika, Jeevan, Daniel Balaji, Devadarshini, Gautham Vasudev Menon
Roles Vasudeva Nair
Rating79%
A badly injured Anbuchelvan (Suriya) is lying on the bank of a stream, thinking about his wife Maya and how he needs to rescue her. The story moves quickly from this opening scene to a flashback of Anbuchelvan’s time as a young policeman.
Minnale (2001)
, 2h30Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors R. Madhavan, Abbas, Reema Sen, Nagesh, Vivek, N.Krishna
Roles Flower deliveryman
Rating75%
The movie opens in an engineering college in Ooty with a narration of the characters. Rajiv Samuel (Abbas) is a computer engineering student and is one of the top students in the college, whereas Rajesh (R. Madhavan) is a mechanical engineering student who is the bad guy of the college. A mutual problem between the two groups led by both Samuel and Rajesh puts both Sam and Rajesh at loggerheads and they pull pranks on each other to get the other in trouble. It culminates into a fist fight but is soon broken up their friends. In the fight, Rajesh punches Sam in the face, which is against the rule, and Sam promises to return the favor in future. They graduate from the college soon and promise to not see each other ever again. Sam goes abroad for job, while Rajesh stays back in India saying that he does not want to leave his motherland.
Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein (2001)
Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors R. Madhavan, Diya Mirza, Saif Ali Khan, Anupam Kher, Vrajesh Hirjee, Tanaaz Irani
Roles Madhav's software company's boss
Rating74%
The story starts with narration by Maddy (R. Madhavan) himself. Maddy is the son of a music shop owner (Anupam Kher) who hopes that Maddy will someday take over his shop. Instead, Maddy is a total brat, not serious about studies and notorious in his college. He harasses the girls in his college. In contrast to him is his arch rival Sam (Saif Ali Khan), a model student, with whom Maddy is at constant loggerheads. The enmity goes so far that Maddy even tries to frame Sam. Sam challenged Maddy for one-on-one fight, to which Maddy happily agreed. But the fight was interrupted in between by the professors. Later at Sam's graduation party, Maddy again tries to challenge Sam, but this time, Sam denies. Sam graduates and leaves the college, but promises Maddy that one fine day, he will complete what was started (i.e., the fight).
Minsara Kanavu (1997)
, 2h33Directed by RajivMenon kumar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Prabhu Deva, Arvind Swamy, Kajol, Nassar, V K Ramasamy, Girish Karnad
Roles A man in the crowd (uncredited)
Rating66%
Priya Amal Raj (Kajol) loses her mother at a very young age. She is friendly, outspoken, sensitive, yet precocious.Young Priya is brought by her dad, Amal Raj (Girish Karnad) [who is a very rich old-styled clothing industrialist] to a christian residential convent to stay and study. Since her childhood, Priya is interested in singing, music and church.
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Achcham Enbadhu Madamaiyada (2016)
Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Actors Silambarasan, Pallavi Subhash, Manjima Mohan, Rana Daggubati, Sathish Krishnan