Gautam Menon's new love story
Gautam Vasudev Menon's epic Vaaranam Aayiram garnered wonderful reviews, and decent business at the box office. Though he began working on the long pending Chennayil Oru Mazha Kalam soon after, he has left it again and started work on a quickie, a love story with Silambarasan and Trisha in the lead. The film is interestingly titled Vinnaithandi Varuvaya [Will you leap the skies and come to me?]. In fact, it is a line from a song in Rajeev Menon's Minsara Kanavu [Sapnay in Hindi starring Kajol, Arvind Swamy and Prabhu Deva]. But the most interesting aspect of the film is that its music is composed by double Oscar winner A R Rahman. In between shooting of the film, the director talks exclusively to Shobha Warrier about it. Did you come across the title Vinnaithandi Varuvaya on the spur of a moment or did you have to think a lot about it? I have taken the words Vinnaithandi Varuvaya from the song in Minsara Kanavu. No, I did not have to think a lot; it just came on the spur of the moment. What exactly attracted you about those two words? They are beautiful! More than that, I thought the words went very well with the script and the theme of the film. It is very meaningful for the film. In fact, I was struggling to get a good title for the film, and this came to my mind all of a sudden. How do you come up with such interesting titles -- Vaaranam Aayiram, Chennayil Oru Mazha kalam, Vinnaithandi Varuvaya? I try to come up with something new, apt and interesting every time a film is planned. Sometimes, I bounce off ideas with Thamarai [the song writer of all his films]. But generally, it is the reflection of my own thoughts. But I always call her for approval. Is this film a love story? It is an out and out feel-good love story. You can call it a soft romantic film! It's about youngsters between the age groups 22-23. It is the usual boy meets girl, old fashioned romantic love story! Is the movie going to be a quickie? Yes, we will finish the film in one schedule and plan to release it in June. What about Chennayil Oru Mazha Kalam? I have put it on hold right now. It will come out only after this. Why did you decide to make this film first? We were talking to Simbu, and his dates were available. I thought he would be apt for this kind of a film. He is young, a good actor and a dancer too. I feel if a director can hold him, he will come out very well. He was ready to experiment; try something different. Trisha is also very talented and a good-looking girl. I felt Simbu and Trisha looked good on screen. You were to direct a Telugu film for Warner Brothers and Soundarya Rajnikanth... I will start the film after June, and before that, I wanted to make a quickie. And that's Vinnaithandi Varuvaya. After Vaaranam Aayiram, you were to direct a film with Ajith. What happened to that? We couldn't agree on the story. Call it ideological differences! You have got A R Rahman to score music for two of your films -- Chennayil Oru Mazha Kalam and Vinnaithandi Varuvaya. How did he agree to do both the films? I don't know how he agreed. I narrated the idea to him, and he agreed. Perhaps he liked the ideas. I am a big fan of Rahman and I have a collection of all his albums. I always wanted to work with him. He has already composed for both my films. Now, an Oscar winner is composing music for your films; a real bonus. Actually, with or without the Oscars, Rahman is Rahman and his music is always a bonus for your films. I don't think him winning the Oscar will make any difference to music. But yes, commercially, it will work more. http://www.rediff.com/movies/2009/mar/02slde1-gautam-menons-vinnaithandi-varuvaya.htm http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/
