For most film buffs, a Gautham Menon film is a high budget love tale featuring glamorous stars and melody filled music. He also grabbed a National award for the best Tamil film, through
Vaaranam Aayiram. However, the filmmaker, who was born in Ottappalam, has always been a fan of evergreen Malayalam films. In conversation with a popular news site, he said that he watches Mollywood films regularly.
Gautham also opined recently that the young stars of Mollywood, Dulquer and Fahadh, are actors capable of handling versatile roles.