Gautham Menon Was Upset on reading Surya's Press Statement

5/12/2013

Ace Director Gautham Menon in a recent interview to a popular magazine opened up on the much debated fall out with Surya, why Dhuruva Natchathiram was dropped and about Thala 55. 

Why Dhruva Natchathiram was Dropped :

Seriously i really don't know what went wrong, Before Dhruva Natchathiram i narrated a story to Suriya he did not like it, Then i narrated a script called Ennai Nokki Paayum Thotta which was rejected by Surya again and then i told Surya that i felt Dhruva Natchathiram might the right script and Surya gladly accepted it. I had confirmed Trisha for the project and signed Arun Vijay, Parthiban too. But just one day before the shoot, Surya said he did not want to do this project.

At first i was upset on reading Surya's press statement, where he talked about dropping the project and my working style but then i felt a sigh a relief . Gautham added that he indeed met Surya after Dhruva Natchathiram drop and told him that if the project was meant to be dropped it could have been done within themselves and sending a press statement was totally unnecessary.

GVM added even now Surya is his friend and the actor had invited him for a family wedding but due to work schedules he couldn't attend.

On Thala 55 :

Gautham revealed that on the second day after Dhruva Natchathiram was dropped he got a call from Ajith's manager saying Ajith sir had asked to fix a time to meet A.M.Ratnam. GVM added that everytime he writes a script he would want Ajith to do it. When he met Ajith in person it was the actor who told him that this time they should not miss out on the project and it should be really big. GVM Said Thala 55 will be a intelligent action based subject with some love too and shooting will start from Feb 15 and they will complete the movie in one long schedule.