GVM And His Unique Way Of Creating Aesthetic Characters
Director Gautham Vasudev Menon, the man of magical creations, is finally making his directorial debut in Malayalam after two decades of his filmmaking journey. As GVM is about to imprint his signature in the Malayalam film industry with the Dominic And The Ladies’ Purse, let’s explore something more about this asethetic director.
GVM, who is known for his films like Minnale, Vaaranam Aayiram and Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, is famous for his way of filmmaking, which set itself apart from other usual Tamil films. In the span of 2 decades the actor has made nearly 22 films in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and now looking forward to his Mollywood debut, which is all set to hit the theaters tommorrow.
GVM’s Directorial Entry
GVM began his directorial journey in 1997 as an assistant director in the film Minsara Kanavu, made by Rajiv Menon. He then launched his debut film Minnale in 2001 with actor Madhavan and a new team with only the editor of the film, Suresh Urs, being an experienced technician. He also introduced actress Reema Sen and the music composer Harris Jeyaraj to the industry through the film.
Despite executed by entirely newbies, the film became a commercial success and received positive reviews from the critics. Later he also revealed that exposure to films like Iruvar, Nayagan and Bombay has inspired and taught him the art of filmmaking.
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GVM’s cop stories
Pushing the boundaries and traditional way of storytelling, GVM experimented the art of direction through films throughout his career. His cop stories like Kaakha Kaakha, Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu and Yennai Arindhaal have a separate fan base for it’s way of making.
He directed the realistic police thriller Kaakha Kaakha (2003) starring Suriya, Jyothika and Jeevan. The film, which portrayed the personal life of a police officer offered different perspective of cop story compared to the other films of the time. He created idol police officers on screens with Kamal Haasan in Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu, Ajith in Yennai Arindhaal.
Gautham Menon And His Experimentations
In 2008, GVM launched his one of the classics, Vaaranam Aayiram. This is one of the special films of GVM as he described the film as “autobiographical and a very personal story and if people didn’t know, that 70% of this is from my life.” It went on to become Menon’s most appreciated work till date winning five Filmfare Awards, nine Vijay Awards and the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil for 2008 amongst other accolades.
Breaking the traditional patterns, he also experimented with the genres of action and romance by adding his signature touches to the film. He created Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010), which is one of the most celebrated films of GVM. Unlike any other romantic films, he portrays a love life of an youngster in a realistic way. Even though, the film didn’t had a happy ending, the characters Karthik and Jessi still stays in the hearts of the audience.
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GVM’s Style Of Filmmaking
GVM and his unconventional way of storytelling carved a special place in Tamil film industry and the minds of the audience. Every characters which GVM has created so for always has a special sense of qualities, which was admired by the audience.
His characters always have a touch of English accent in their speech, westernized body language, clean and trimmed appearance. Known as an aesthetic director, GVM is popular for his nuanced dialogue writing, which still echoes in the minds of the audiance even after ages. Do you remember the dialogues of Suriya (Vaaranam Aayiram) Karthik ( Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa), Anbuselvan (Kaakha Kaakha)?
CI Dominic: Dominic and the ladies’ purse
GVM has always believed things will fall in its place at a right time and that’s how this Malayalam directorial debut of the actor-director just happened. And this is the first film of GVM with an English title in his two decade old directorial career.
Initially, titled as CI Dominic, the film was later retitled as Dominic and the ladies’ purse by the director himself. Notably, he also have hinted at the possible sequel to the film in one of his interviews. So as the film is all set to hit the screens tomorrow, lets wait to experience the magic of GVM on screens.
