Gautham Vasudev Menon

Biography

Gautham Menon was a student of mechanical engineering at Mookambigai College of Engineering and graduated in the batch of 1993, and his time there inspired him to make his lead characters of Minnale and Vaaranam Aayiram, students of the same course. He claims to have been inspired by films such as Dead Poet's Society and Nayagan and expressed his desire to his parents to change career path and become a filmmaker and consequently wrote his first film at his college hostel. His mother insisted he became an ad film maker by shooting various commercials and took an apprenticeship under filmmaker Rajiv Menon. He went on to work as an assistant director for Minsaara Kanavu in 1997, in which he also appeared in a cameo role.

Most Known For

Navarasa

as Master

Queen

as Director Sridhar

Sita Ramam

as Major Selvan

Leo

as Joshy Andrews

Jana Nayagan

Koorman

as Trailer Narrator

Paava Kadhaigal

as Satya

Mathagam

as Thirumaaran

Dragon

as Vale Kumar

Dominic and the Ladies' Purse

as Ibrahim Moopan

Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi?

as Self

Ustaad

as Joseph D'Souza

Minsara Kanavu

as A man in the crowd (uncredited)

Vaaranam Aayiram

as Commando informer

Devil's Double Next Level

as Inspector Raghavan

Minnale

as Flower deliveryman

Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein

as Madhav's software company's boss

Euphoria

as Jayadev Nair

Don

as Himself (Cameo Appearance)

Trance

as Solomon Davis