Words matter. These are the best Gautham Menon Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Bollywood is a different ballgame. I am quite used to Tamil and Telugu films.
How the audience as a collectivity feels about a movie is important.
Ekk Deewana Tha’ will have a surprise ending to watch out for.
I write linearly without knowing the full story. I discover it as I write it.
The Tamil audience is more receptive to unusual endings.
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.
I’m not a big fan of fantasy; I’d rather watch ‘Desperate Housewives’ than ‘Game of Thrones.’
Generally, I feel I’m cast aside because of the kind of movies that I make.
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.
Today, most big stars want scripts to be written in a particular way, show them in a certain light. They want people to like them for various reasons. It’s all about how much people will like me in this film than about whether it’s a good film or not.
I like to show love in a way that will bring a smile or a tear to viewers.
One reason why I’ve taken 11 years to make my second Hindi film is because I am comfortable working with the stars in the South, as they are with me.
It’s just that I can write something nice is what motivates me.
Whatever the script demands, I do.
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.
Yennai Arindhaal’ is perhaps the quickest film in my career.
Ranbir was my first choice for ‘Ek Deewana Tha.’ I tried to get in touch in with. Forget about meeting Ranbir. I couldn’t even meet his secretary. Yes, even the secretary refused to meet me.
Minnale’ was so earthy.
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.
For a film like Vettaiyaadu Vilayaadu, I was particular that nothing should be revealed prior to release.
I would seriously love to do a Malayalam movie.
I am not a singer.
You need stars to create the buzz and bring audiences to the cinemas.
I go straight into shooting with a script that’s 80 per cent complete and I wait for my characters to grow on me before I finalise the climax.
Vipul Shah wanted me to do the Hindi adaptation of my film ‘Kaakha Kaakha.’ I declined the offer.
If my tale has to revolve around a protagonist and there is action around him, I can only imagine him to be someone from the police or the Army.
I firmly believe in copyrights and am put off by plagiarism.
In everybody’s life, there is love, there is sorrow, there is melancholy. And there might be danger as well.
Unless it’s a song and something fancy, I would rather shoot on location.
Yes, I am nervous before a film’s release and withdraw into a shell.
I understand that bureaucracy, hierarchy and managing politics is not easy.
Though I have an idea about the climax, it always changes when we start shooting.
I try to be a friend to my boys just the way my dad was with me. Subconsciously that reflects in my writing.
YVM’ is a feel-good romance.
And I’m not homophobic.
I am a romantic at heart.
It is difficult, but I definitely do want to make a film in Malayalam at some point of my life.
The music I listen, the book I read, and the people I meet; these are some things that keeps me going.
I don’t like to shoot on sets at all. As much as possible, I try to shoot on location.
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.
Though I’m happy with the response to the film, I’ve been hearing the feedback that ‘Yennai Arindhaal’ has traces of my earlier films. It was meant to be like that. Since it’s part of a trilogy, hence the reference to the other two films in the franchise.
Nadunisi Naaigal’ is new age Tamil cinema. I have tried to break the rules of regular cinema with this film.
I think I have made too many cop films.
I write my scripts on a whim, without worrying about plot points and graphs.
No matter how liberal or modern a family is, there will always be resistance when someone discloses that they are dating someone.
I put my heart into ‘Vaaranam Ayiram.’ I lost my father when I began the film, and the tragedy turned my entire script around.
Back in the day, I was keen on working on a film with the superstars – Mammootty and Mohanlal. But they wanted me to make a film with them in Tamil.
I’ve portrayed cops as heroes for far too long, I think.
If I know somebody’s right about something I take it from them.
When people think I’ve lost it, I’ll make ‘Chennaiyil’ and show them I’ve still got it.
