Gautham: Not wait for Ajith, wait only Kamal sir or my good friend Suriya

Gautham Menon is a busy man. He is busy finishing the shooting of Nadunisi Naigal, a thriller sans any songs.

His home banner is also producing films like Veppam directed by Anjana and Azhagar Samiyin Kuthirai directed by Suseenthiran.

Gautham says that he will start work on the Hindi remake of Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya in the first week of September simultaneously with the Rana project.

When asked about his proposed film with Ajith, the director lashes out: “I was supposed to start the film but he went off for racing and when he came back, he was speaking to almost all directors and decided to go ahead with Venkat Prabhu. He asked me to wait till next year. But why should I wait for him?”

The outspoken director continues: “If I have to wait for an actor to do my film it has to be Kamal sir or my good friend Suriya.

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Gautham Menon’s Nadunisi Naaigal audio launch not possible?

It is well known that veteran director Gautham Menon is busy shooting for his next thriller upcoming film ‘Nadunisi Naaigal’.

The interesting news about this film is that there will be no audio launch at all for this movie.

Guess why? As there are no songs in this film which is said to be a terrific thriller set in the backdrop of Chennai and even no background score added to the film, there will be no audio launch for this film.

The director says “Thriller movies normally tend to scare the audience with music.

I want to try something different in ‘Nadunisi Naaigal’ and hence may not use any background score throughout the film. But I have not decided on it yet.”

Gautham Menon on saying about the latest thriller “Nadunisi Naaigal is about a different kind of psychopath whose activities begin only during the night.”

It is being produced by Photon Kathaas Productions in association with R S Infotainment Pvt Ltd. It has Sameera Reddy and Veera in the lead roles. The movie is expected to release soon. Read more...

Dusky Beauty Sameera Reddy love Gowtham Menon!

The tall and dusky beauty Sameera Reddy is playing a lead role in Gautham Menon’s thriller film ‘Nadunisi Naigal’ which is being progressing its shooting at brisk pace.

The actress says, “I am a great fan of Gowtham Menon. Though my role was small in Vaaranam Aayiram, I got lot of fans because of him. I love Gowtham Menon.”

The actress said “You will see a different Sameera Reddy in this film. This film will create great thrill in the theatres.

This film and I will be much spoken. I am not interested in glamour roles alone. I like to journey in everything.

Though my role in Vaaranam Aayiram was small I was able to earn lot of fans. But I was the heroine in Asal but many people did not like that.

Now I will be choosy and act in selected films. I am a great fan of Gowtham Menon. It is a great gift for me to act once again in Gowtham Menon’s film. I love Gowtham Menon.

Both Asal and Vaaranam Aayiram had good stories. Above all I like Ajith and Gowtham Menon. That is why I agreed to act in these films.

That doesn’t mean that I will act in the films directed by popular directors. I liked the Tamil film Kaaka Kaaka very much.

So when Gowtham Menon called me to act in Vaaranam Aayiram, I was thrilled.” Read more...

Gautham Menon Hindi ‘VTV’ remake start today!

Earlier it was said that the ace director Gautham Menon’s biggest Tamil hit ‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya’ is to be remade in Hindi soon and Ambika Hinduja’s Serendipity Films has acquired the releasing rights of the film and Gautham Menon will direct and produce the film under RS Infotainment banner with Photon Kathaas and Mumbai’s Purple Arts in Hindi.

The latest news is that the shooting of this romantic remake in Hindi has started today.

It was also reported that Trisha will play the lead role in Hindi version also. Prateik Babbar is going to play Simbu’s role.

A R Rahman, who did the original would be composing the tunes for Hindi version also while Antony handles editing, art by Rajeevan and cinematography by Manoj Paramahamsa.

Two new tunes has been composed for the Hindi version of ‘VTV’ by the music director A R Rahman of which one will be a duet and the other will be a solo song on hero.

The Tamil version ‘VTV’ had seven songs and Hindi has eight tunes.

Trisha told “I’m really excited about doing the VTV remake in Hindi. It is a challenge and you will see me in better focus than my debut film in Hindi.” Read more...

Gautham Menon’s new production film titled ‘Azhagar Saamiyin Kuthirai’!

Director Gautham Menon’s new production venture which is going to be directed by Suseendran of ‘Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu’ has been titled as ‘Azhagar Saamiyin Kuthirai’.

Sources say that the film has almost all new comers in the lead as well as supporting roles.

However, the director Suseendran has roped in the traditional beauty Saranya Mohan in a key role.

It is to be noted that already Saranya has played a lead role in Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu and also as Nayanthara’s sister in ‘Yaaradi Nee Mohini’.

On the other hand, Gautham Menon is also busy with his directorial venture ‘VTV’ Hindi remake that has started its shooting from today. Read more...

Gautham Menon Nadunisi Naigal And Veppam Releasing Same Day!

South Indian director Gautham Vasudev Menon is a very busy man these days. If his next directorial venture Nadunisi Naigal is in the final stages of shooting, his production house Photon Kathaas is also wrapping up the final schedule for “Veppam”.

We know that Gautham likes to do things differently. Now here’s news for his fans.

Gautham has decided to release the audio for Nadunisi Naigal and Veppam on the same day, on the same stage.

Now if you think that takes some guts to do it, read ahead. It is also rumored that Gautham is planning to release both the movies on the same day.

Phew! Now if this happens, it will be one hectic day of his life for the producer and director Gautham.

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Ajith and Gautham busy working in "kaaval"

Sources also say that Ajith is in plan to invite Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and DIG for the movie launch event.

After getting relief from the recent issues, Ajith is busy working on his 50th project with Gautham. Earlier it was said that it was a police story and the film would be titled as ‘Thuppariyum Anand’.

And now, the latest news is that Gautham has recommended the title ‘Kaaval’ for the movie. Sources say that director has already applied this title to Film chamber for its approval.

These days the film industry is much worried on the piracy rather than collections. The heart throb of the film makers is going down to make a movie for the reason of piracy. Many campaigns on piracy and giving live shows on piracy were of no use which was proved with the recent shock where Sarathkumar’s ‘Jaggubhai’ was available online before its release.

And now, the latest buzz is the latest flick ‘Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa’ directed by Gautham Menon is also pirated. The pirated version of CDs/DVDs are making their free encompassing on the streets of Trichy.This has been taken into the notice by the Police Department.On concerning the case, the police has seized the DVDs/CDs and brought the crook to book.

The government has to take a serious action inorder to save the movies being pirated.

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Gowtham Menon plans to releasing the film on Feb 26 (Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya gets a UA certificate)

Gowtham Menon’s Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya has been making headlines in tinsel town from a very long time and is now set for release on February 26. The film is produced by RS infotainment and Udhayanidhi Stalin of Red Giant Movies has acquired the rights now. Recently the censor board officials have certified the film with ‘U/A’ certificate for the sheer depiction of romantic sequences between Simbhu and Trisha.

The film has musical score by academy award winner A.R. Rahman and all the songs have become chartbusters in audio markets. Earlier, Gowtham Menon had plans about releasing the film on Feb 19 and with Ajith Kumar’s ‘ASAL’ yielding out better results at theatres, distributors have decided to screen the film in main theatres for next couple of weeks.

On pars, Sun Pictures has occupied most of the theatres for releasing ‘Theeratha Vilayattu Pillai’ hitting screens tomorrow. Meanwhile, Udhayanidhi Stalin is busy publicizing the film across all his satellite channel networks. Read more...

Gautham Menon quite excited ‘Varanam Aayiram’ bagged National Award for the best regional Tamil film.

Bangalore, Jan 24 - Well-known film director Gautham Menon is quite excited that his film ‘Varanam Aayiram’ has bagged the National award for the best regional Tamil film.

‘Though I have done several films, this is my first award. And to get a prestigious award as your first award is something to cheer about. I am very happy that the National Award jury recognised the merits of the film and selected it for the honour,’ Menon, 34 told, IANS.

He is considered as one of the top most Tamil film director and has proved his mettle by directing tasteful films like ‘Khakka Khakka’, ‘Minnale’ and ‘Vettaiyaadu Vizhaiyaadu’. All these films have combined aesthetics with commercial values and proved to be hugely successful at the box office.

Compared to his previous films, ‘Varanam Aayiram’ was an average success. But the film was critically acclaimed for its brilliant screenplay, top class performance from the lead actor Surya and high-class technical values.

‘Many people associated with my films got prestigious awards like state awards and Filmfare awards. But I didn’t get any award. Naturally this National Award has given me a big boost and has increased my responsibility,’ said Menon.

”Varanam Aayiram’ is very closer to my heart because I had written the story based on my personal experiences. I moulded one of the two characters played by the film’s leading star Surya on my father. He (father) encouraged me to join the film industry despite the fact that I had an engineering degree. There are lot of sequences in the film which could be linked to my personal life and my happy days with my father,’ said Menon.

The director dedicates the National Award to the cast and crew of ‘Varanam Aayiram’.

‘I am particularly thankful to the film’s hero Surya who crafted both his roles superbly. I am also thankful to Sameera Reddy, Divya Spandana, cinematographer Rathnavelu and music director Harris Jayaraj.’ Read more...

Gautham has signed Kamal Hassan for his next Film

Gautham Vadudev Menon is going to have a busy 2010. After the successful audio launch of his Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya, Gautham is going underground to write the script of his next film.

Gautham has confirmed that he is going to do Ajith’s golden jubilee film for producer Dayanidhi Alagiri. He is working on an interesting commercial script for the film which will start rolling by mid April.

As of now, the film is likely to release sometime in Nov/Dec this year. The music director and heroine will be fixed before the shoot.

The big news is that Gautham has signed Kamal Hassan for his next film at a whopping price. Kamal and Gautham who had worked together in Vettayadu Villayadu, had fallen out over some trivial issues.

As a goodwill gesture Kamal came to attend Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya, audio launch and said he is very eager to see Gautham’s Simbu- Trisha film after seeing the trailer and songs.

Now they have patched up the new film will start rolling after Kamal finishes his Udayanidhi Stalin project with KS Ravikumar. And by that time GM would have completed his Ajith project. The Kamal film is to be made by Gautham under his home banner.

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