Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

What you feel about a film is what you feel when you're in love with a woman. You fight for her love and it's always a struggle... there are misunderstandings and you're always trying to prove that there's more to you.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

I write linearly without knowing the full story. I discover it as I write it.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

There's nothing quite like a quiet corner in a coffee shop to gather your thoughts and begin writing.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

I like to show love in a way that will bring a smile or a tear to viewers.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

YVM' is a feel-good romance.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

Nayakan,' 'Sathya' and 'Thevar Magan' are my biggest influences.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

The initial response to 'Yennai Arindhaal' was that it didn't have all the quintessential commercial elements, though I consider it as my most commercial venture.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

There are people who've told me cinema is a visual medium and you don't need to say so much. When I write the script, all these lines of what the characters are thinking are written. Once the film is shot and the lines are dubbed, I tone it down in postproduction if I feel it gets heavy.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

You need stars to create the buzz and bring audiences to the cinemas.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

Most of the romance in my films has been inspired by my father.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

For a film like Vettaiyaadu Vilayaadu, I was particular that nothing should be revealed prior to release.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

Vipul Shah wanted me to do the Hindi adaptation of my film 'Kaakha Kaakha.' I declined the offer.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

The industry doesn't usually say nice things about my work. My films take a while till they are accepted as good and I think 'Yennai Arindhaal' too will go through that phase.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

Yes, I am nervous before a film's release and withdraw into a shell.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

If I am going to be afraid of the criticisms that my films get, I am never going to make films.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

Even when 'Kaakha Kaakha' was released, there were people who gave it an average rating and said they couldn't figure out what was happening. Three days after its release, the producer called me and asked me to remove all of Jothika's scenes from the film. I told him; in that case, you can also remove my name from the director's slot.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

The only aspect I'd probably change in some of my films is the death of the heroine. I wish I'd kept some of them alive.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

I firmly believe in copyrights and am put off by plagiarism.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

In everybody's life, there is love, there is sorrow, there is melancholy. And there might be danger as well.

Gautham Menon
Gautham Menon

When I was approached to remake 'Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya,' I felt that it was a good way to reach out to a wider audience, every director wants that.