Lately, Gautham Menon has been receiving a lot of flak for his statements. Recently, he said that Tamil stars are interested in doing only big-budget films and not content-rich movies. The acclaimed filmmaker also made headlines for disowning his film, Enai Noki Paayum Thota, which starred Dhanush and Megha Akash in the lead roles.
In a recent interview, Gautham said Enai Noki Paayum Thota (Thoota in Telugu) wasn’t his work. This stirred a huge debate on social media, and many criticized the director for his remarks. Now, the director has clarified what he actually meant. Gautham Menon said, “It’s just a joke that I said ENPT isn’t my film. But it was wrongly interpreted.”
Gautham Menon added, “I was not satisfied with its second half as I faced challenges during the shoot. People working in my office told me how my words were misunderstood, though I said them in a light-hearted manner. Hence, I decided to set the record straight. I am not active on social media.”
“If it’s produced by someone else, and had I given that statement, it’s completely wrong. But it is me who produced Enai Noki Paayum Thota. Whatever I envisioned was translated onto the screen only in the first half. I could not get the hero’s dates as he was busy with Vada Chennai, and I had to complete it in a short time,” noted Gautham Vasudev Menon.