this interview by him came long before in tamil magazine kumudam too when he was connected with abirami acted in virumandi with kamal.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:29:41 +0100Subject: Re: [arr] "Chennayil oru Mazhaikaalam - The Project didnt take off"- Gowtham Menon speaks Yes, Aravind is right.. On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 7:54 AM, Aravind AM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,I think he means the project didn't take off with Surya and Abirami, as he had planned initially... That's all there is to it.I think the project is definitely on starring trisha, as confirmed by gautam yesterday on Radio One.AravindVithur wrote: > http://timesofindia .indiatimes.. com/Entertainmen t/India_Buzz/ Tribute_to_ dads/articleshow /3527321. cms > > After Mani Ratnam, Gautham Vasudeva Menon is one director who has made > significant changes to Tamil commercial cinema. In a career spanning just > seven years, Menon has pushed the cinematic envelope and brought in a savvy > freshness to the form, hitherto unexplored. He has made four films in Tamil > and two remakes of his own Tamil films in Hindi and Telugu and ushered in a > new way of story telling. He has created unforgettable characters who are > realistic and lifelike. > How do you manage to churn out hit songs with > Harris Jayaraj in all your films? Your combo is now being compared to the hit > combinations of Mani Ratnam-AR Rahman and Shankar-AR Rahman? > I have a > terrific rapport with my team — Harris, lyricist Thamarai, editor Antony and > art director Rajeevan. They are my core team and at the time of script > writing itself, I visualise the songs , taking inputs from them. All these > guys are my good friends, and we vibe well. In Vaaranam Aayiram (VM), for the > first time, a film of mine will have seven songs. > Every song takes the > screenplay forward and does not bog down the story. The Adiye Kolluthu song > shows 90 days in the life of my hero, a period in which he falls in lov > In > real life, are you a romantic person. You have been linked to all your > heroines, right from Reema Sen, to many others including Abhirami, for whom > the grapevine has it that you built a house in Hyderabad. > (Laughs) My > policy is that I don't mix my personal life with my work. I'm happily married > to Preety, my wife. Ours was a love marriage. A Hindu boy marrying a > Christian girl, something similar to my Minnale.Reema is a good friend even > today, and as far as Abhirami is concerned, I liked her tall dusky looks and > cast her as the heroine in my Chennail Oru Mazhaikalam, opposite Surya but > somehow, the project did not take off. It is true that I have brought a house > in Hyderabad, not for Abhirami but for my family to stay when we shoot in > Hyderabad. As far as women are concerned, I like to talk to them and spend > time with them but it does not go beyond that. I occasionally party and I > don't see anything wrong in it. > What's next on your agenda? A film for > Sivaji Productions with Ajit as hero. The shoot will start from November 1. > And next April, I will be doing a film with Mahesh Babu in Telugu. > -- > regards, Vithur ARR in my Heart; His Music in my Blood; > Get an email ID as > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Click here > http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address _________________________________________________________________ Want to explore the world? Visit MSN Travel for the best deals. http://in.msn.com/coxandkings
