Gautham Menon

About Gautham Menon

Gautham Menon is a screenwriter, film director, film producer working in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema. Clapnumber holds 90 titles for Gautham Menon, from Minsara Kanavu in 1997 to Jana Nayagan in 2026. By decade, that is 1 in the 1990s, 8 in the 2000s, 28 in the 2010s and 45 in the 2020s. Those titles are mostly drama, action and thriller.

Biography

Gautham Vasudev Menon (born 25 February 1973) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, film producer and actor who predominantly works in Tamil film industry. He has also directed Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films that were mostly either simultaneously shot with or remakes of his own Tamil films. He also has acted in some Malayalam and Telugu films. He has won two National Film Awards, three Nandi Awards and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award. Many of his films have been both critically acclaimed and commercially successful, most notably his romantic films Minnale (2001), Vaaranam Aayiram (2008), Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010), his cop action thrillers Kaakha Kaakha (2003), Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006), Yennai Arindhaal (2015) and his gangster drama Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu (2022). His 2008 Tamil film, Vaaranam Aayiram won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. Menon produces films through his film production company named Photon Kathaas. His production Thanga Meenkal (2013) won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.