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Jan 13, 2025 06:17 AM IST
In a latest interview, filmmaker-actor Gautham Vasudev Menon spoke of the challenges he confronted within the movie business.
Gautham Vasudev Menon’s struggles with releasing his Vikram-starrer Dhruva Natchathiram: Chapter One – Yuddha Kaandam is the stuff of lore. In a latest interview with Madan Gowri, the filmmaker-actor was candid about how ‘no person’ within the movie business is supportive when somebody is struggling. (Additionally Learn: Nithya Menen calls movie business ‘inhumane’; recollects Mysskin being delicate to interval ache)
Gautham Vasudev Menon on the movie business
The interviewer requested Gautham to call one individual from the movie business who has been there for him as a ‘serving to hand’ and the director-actor replied in damaging. When identified that it’s ‘unhappy’ he feels that method, Gautham stated, “I don’t have anybody like that. That’s the reality, I’m not making an attempt to make an announcement right here. However, when DN (Dhruva Natichathram, in 2017) didn’t launch, no person referred to as, no person even bothered to seek out out what’s taking place. No one even is aware of the difficulty.”
Gautham said that ‘even in any other case’ the movie business is just not one to step up in time of want. “If a movie goes effectively, no person shall be joyful about it. I solely sound cynical and damaging but it surely’s the reality. No one cares. Only a few folks like Dhanu sir and Lingusamy…they’ve seen the movie, they’ve tried to…they’ve bought their very own points. I’ve proven the movie to some studios. When the studios verify with the folks right here, they ask them to not take the movie because it has points, when it has none. I’m nonetheless surviving (because of the viewers nonetheless wanting to look at the movie), I gained’t have the ability to take the hit.”
For the unversed, Dhruva Natchathiram is a movie that continues to be unreleased since 2017. It stars Vikram, Ritu Varma, R Parthiban, Radhika Sarathkumar, Simran and Vinayakan. The movie which was initially kickstarted with Suriya in 2013 has been in manufacturing hell on account of monetary constraints and the Covid-19 pandemic. Gautham has tried to launch the movie a number of instances through the years.
Current work
Gautham has dabbled in appearing, too, and was final seen within the 2024 movies Rathnam, Hit Record, Hitler and Viduthalai 2. He’ll quickly star in Varaaham, Bazooka and Thalapathy 69. He’ll debut in Malayalam quickly as a director with Dominic and the Girls’ Purse, which stars Mammootty within the lead position. The movie is releasing on January 23. His final directorial was the 2024 movie Joshua Imai Pol Kaakha, which is setin the identical universe as Dhruva Natchathiram.
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