Gautham Menon Wiki, Biography, Age, Wife, Movie, Images

Gautham Vasudev Menon is an Indian director, producer, actor, and screenwriter who mostly works in the Tamil film industry. Moreover, he also directed movies in Hindi and Telugu. Gautham Menon did his directional debut in the 2001 Tamil movie Minnale. Later in 2008, his movie Varanam Aayiram became a blockbuster hit, which is a semi-autobiographical movie. Gautham Meon’s fourth Malayalam movie Anuragam also marks the return of Devayani to Malayalam films.

Biography

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Interesting Facts

• His ambition is to become a filmmaker since his college days, and with the support of his mother, he started his film carrier.
• He introduced Harris Jayaraj as a music composer for his movie.
• He joined as an apprentice to Director Rajiv Menon and worked as Assistant Director for the movie Minsara Kanavu in the year 1997.
• Gautham Menon was born in Kerala and grew up in Anna Nagar, Chennai.
• Then he directed a realistic thriller movie Kaakha Kaakha and he directs the investigative thriller movie Vettaiyadu Vilaitadu both reached a mega-hit.
• He has more than 3.8 million followers on Twitter and 856K followers on Instagram (as of May 2023).

Movies

As Director

Year	Title	Language	Producer	Director	Acting role
2001	Minnale	Tamil	No	Yes	Flower man
2001	Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein	Hindi	No	Yes	Maddy's boss
2003	Kaakha Kaakha	Tamil	No	Yes	Police officer Vasudevan Nair
2004	Gharshana	Telugu	No	Yes	No
2006	Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu	Tamil	No	Yes	Dancer in song "Manjal Veyil"
2007	Pachaikili Muthucharam	Tamil	No	Yes	Bus passenger
2008	Vaaranam Aayiram	Tamil	No	Yes	Informer
2010	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa	Tamil	No	Yes	Himself
2010	Ye Maaya Chesave	Telugu	No	Yes	Actor
2011	Nadunisi Naaygal	Tamil	Yes	Yes	No
2012	Ekk Deewana Tha	Hindi	Yes	Yes	Actor
2012	Neethaane En Ponvasantham	Tamil	Yes	Yes	No
2012	Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu	Telugu	Yes	Yes	No
2015	Yennai Arindhaal	Tamil	No	Yes	Police officer
2016	Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada	Tamil	Yes	Yes	Police officer
2016	Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Police officer
2019	Enai Noki Paayum Thota	Tamil	Yes	Yes	No
2020	Putham Pudhu Kaalai	Tamil	No	Yes	No
2021	Kutty Story	Tamil	No	Yes	Aadhi
2022	Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu Part 1: The Kindling	Tamil	No	Yes	TBA
2023	Joshua Imai Pol Kaakha	Tamil	No	Yes	TBA
2023	Dhruva Natchathiram	Tamil	Yes	Yes	TBA
2024	Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu Part 2	Tamil	Yes	Yes

Other Roles

Year	Title	Language(s)	Producer	Acting role	Other	Ref
1997	Minsara Kanavu	Tamil	No	Man in crowd
2010	Ratha Sarithiram	Tamil	No	No	Narrator
2011	Veppam	Tamil	Yes	No	Dubbing artist for Muthukumar
2013	Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya	Tamil	No	Himself
2013	Thanga Meenkal	Tamil	Yes	No
2014	Endrendrum	Tamil	No	No	Narrator
2015	Kaaval	Tamil	No	No	Narrator
2015	Yatchan	Tamil	No	Himself
2015	Courier Boy Kalyan	Telugu	Yes	No
2015	Oru Naal Iravil	Tamil	No	Himself
2015	Uppu Karuvaadu	Tamil	No	No	Playback singer for "Pudhu Oru Kadhavu"
2016	Zero	Tamil	No	No	Narrator
2016	Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum	Tamil	Yes	No
2016	Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai	Tamil	No	No	Narrator
2017	Power Paandi	Tamil	No	Himself
2018	Thaanaa Serndha Koottam	Tamil	No	No	Dubbing artist for Suresh Menon
2018	Naam	Malayalam	No	Himself
2018	Goli Soda 2	Tamil	No	Raghavan
2018	Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi	Telugu	No	Himself
2019	Puppy	Tamil	No	No	Playback singer for "Uyire Vaa"
2020	Oh My Kadavule	Tamil	No	Himself
2020	Trance	Malayalam	No	Solomon
2020	Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal	Tamil	No	DCP Prathap Chakravarthi
2020	Lock Up	Tamil	No	No	Narrator
2020	Theeviram	Tamil	No	Police Officer
2021	99 Songs	Tamil	No	No	Dialogue Writer For Tamil Version
2021	Kodiyil Oruvan	Tamil	No	No	Playback singer for song "Slum Anthem"
2021	Rudra Thandavam	Tamil	No	Vathapirajan
2021	3:33	Tamil	No	Yes
2022	FIR	Tamil	No	Ajay Dewan
2022	Selfie	Tamil	No	Ravi Varma
2022	Don	Tamil	No	Himself
2022	Sita Ramam	Telugu	No	Major Selvan
2023	Michael	Telugu	No	Gurunath and his twin brother
2023	13	Tamil	No	Arulmozhi Varman
2023	Lovefully Yours Veda	Malayalam	No	Sri Kumar Kartha
2023	Viduthalai Part 1	Tamil	No	Sunil Menon
2023	Anuragam	Malayalam	No
2023	Leo	Tamil	No

Television

• 2019 – Queen
• 2020 – Paava Kadhaigal
• 2021 – Navarasa

Web Series

Year	Title	Producer	Writer	Director	Acting Role	Other
2019	Queen	No	No	Yes	Sridhar	Co-directed with Prasath Murugesan
2020	Paava Kadhaigal	No	Yes	Yes	Sathya	Anthology series; segment: Vaanmagal
2021	Navarasa	No	No	Yes	No	Anthology series; segment: Guitar Kambi Mele Nindru

List of Films Contributed

Year	Title	Language(s)	Producer	Acting role	Other
1997	Minsara Kanavu	Tamil	No	Man in Crowd
2010	Ratha Sarithiram	Tamil	No	No	Narrator
2011	Veppam	Tamil	Yes	No	Dubbing artist for Muthukumar
2013	Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya	Tamil	No	Himself
2013	Thanga Meenkal	Tamil	Yes	No
2014	Endrendrum	Tamil	No	No	Narrator
2015	Kaaval	Tamil	No	No	Narrator
2015	Yatchan	Tamil	No	Himself
2015	Courier Boy Kalyan	Telugu	Yes	No
2015	Oru Naal Iravil	Tamil	No	Himself
2015	Uppu Karuvaadu	Tamil	No	No	Playback singer for "Pudhu Oru Kadhavu"
2016	Zero	Tamil	No	No	Narrator
2016	Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum	Tamil	Yes	No
2016	Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai	Tamil	No	No	Narrator
2017	Power Paandi	Tamil	No	Himself
2018	Thaanaa Serndha Koottam	Tamil	No	No	Dubbing artist for Suresh Menon
2018	Naam	Malayalam	No	Himself
2018	Goli Soda 2	Tamil	No	Raghavan
2018	Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi	Telugu	No	Himself
2019	Puppy	Tamil	No	No	Playback singer for "Uyire Vaa"
2020	Oh My Kadavule	Tamil	No	Himself
2020	Trance	Malayalam	No	Solomon
2020	Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal	Tamil	No	DCP Prathap Chakravarthi
2020	Lock Up	Tamil	No	No	Narrator
2020	Theeviram	Tamil	No	Police Officer
2021	99 Songs	Tamil	No	No	Dialogue Writer For Tamil Version
2021	Kodiyil Oruvan	Tamil	No	No	Playback singer for song "Slum Anthem"
2021	Rudra Thandavam	Tamil	No	Vathapirajan
2021	3:33	Tamil	No	Yes
2022	FIR	Tamil	No	Ajay Dewan
2022	Selfie	Tamil	No	Ravi Varma
2022	Don	Tamil	No	Himself
2022	Sita Ramam	Telugu	No	Major Selvan

Music Videos

• 2010 – Semmozhiyaana Thamizh Mozhiyaam
• 2018 – Bodhai Kodhai
• 2021 – Allipoola Vennela

Short Films

• 2020 – Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn

Awards

• Government of Tamil Nadu – Kalaimamani (2021)
• Vijay Award for Favourite Director for Vaaranam Aayiram (2008)
• National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil for Vaaranam Aayiram and Thanga Meengal (2013)
• Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil for Thanga Meengal (2013)
• Vijay Award for Best Film for Thanga Meengal (2013)
• Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer for Ye Maaya Chesave (2010)
• Nandi Special Jury Awards for Ye Maaya Chesave (2010)

Nominations

• Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil for Kaakha Kaakha (2003)
• Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil for Vaaranam Aayiram (2008)
• Vijay Award for Best Director for Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010)
• Vijay Award for Favourite Director for Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya (2010)
• Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil for vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010)
• Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu for Ye Maaya Chesave (2010)
• SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Tamil for Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal (2021)
• SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role – Malayalam for Trance (2021)

Honors

• Rotary Club of Chennai – Honored for Creative Excellence (2010)

Images

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