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.

Known For

Leo

as Joshy Andrews

Sita Ramam

as Major Selvan

Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal

as Prathap Chakravarthi

Vaaranam Aayiram

as Commando informer

Yennai Arindhaal

as Police Officer

Trance

as Solomon Davis

Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu

as Special appearance in "Manjal Veyyil" song

Oh My Kadavule

as Himself (Cameo Appearance)

Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein

as Madhav's software company's boss

Viduthalai: Part I

as Sunil Menon