Gautham Menon

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

I would seriously love to do a Malayalam movie.

Even though I love Hindi films, I don't remember any backdrop visuals that are really striking.

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.

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

It is difficult, but I definitely do want to make a film in Malayalam at some point of my life.

If I could talk in only one language for the rest of my life, it'd be Tamil.

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

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.

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.

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.

With Nani, what struck me was his confidence. It has been a revelation. Nani, the most confident actor and it is a pleasure to work with him. Will do a film with him anytime given a chance.