Gautham Vasudev Menon (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Gautham Vasudev Menon

Looking for reviews of films directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon? Cinafilm has a total of 42 reviews across 9 movies directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 64%.

Kaakha Kaakha is Gautham Vasudev Menon's highest rated movie, with a score of 81% based on 2 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Gautham Vasudev Menon is Ekk Deewana Tha, with a score of 44% based on 6 reviews.

Director 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.

Gautham Vasudev Menon has directed films starring Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Daniel Balaji, Nani and R. Madhavan.