Director Gautham Vasudev Menon with histrion Dhanush connected the sets of Enai Noki Paayum Thota. (Credit: Facebook/@cinevirginofficial)
When Enai Noki Paayum Thota officially went connected floors successful aboriginal 2016, it was 1 of the astir anticipated films successful the Tamil manufacture since it marked the archetypal collaboration betwixt histrion Dhanush and manager Gautham Vasudev Menon. Originally planned arsenic a speedy project, with the squad aiming to wrapper it up successful conscionable 2 months, the film’s accumulation faced repeated delays owed to assorted challenges, including fiscal issues. After missing respective scheduled merchandise dates, it yet deed the screens successful November 2019 to mixed reviews and failed to permission a important people astatine the container office.
Although the nonstop reasons down the film’s troubled travel stay unclear, 1 happening has been evident since the clip of its release: Gautham Vasudev Menon was dissatisfied with the last outcome. While helium has repeatedly taken jabs astatine the project, the filmmaker precocious went truthful acold arsenic to disown the movie altogether.
In a caller speech with Galatta Plus, Gautham jokingly dismissed the film, stating that it wasn’t his work. When the writer began asking a question based connected thing Gautham had said during the promotions of Enai Noki Paayum Thota, helium interrupted upon proceeding the rubric and quipped, “I hide that movie too; what movie was that? What movie was that you said? I retrieve a opus (‘Maruvaarthai’) from that film.” When the interviewer responded, “Enai Noki Paayum Thota is simply a movie that you did,” Gautham jokingly replied, “No, not me; idiosyncratic other did it.”
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Now, the filmmaker has gone 1 measurement further and admitted that helium regretted making the film. While clarifying that helium was not avoiding accountability, Gautham explained that his humorous remarks were his mode of distancing himself from the backfired movie. “The lone movie I regret doing is Ennai Nokki Paayum Thotta (2019) and I’ve been joking astir it. I’m not shirking distant from my responsibilities, but it’s conscionable my mode of not owning the film. Other than that, determination is nary regret, nor bash I look for validation,” helium said during a chat with The Hollywood Reporter India.
Also starring Megha Akash, Sasikumar and Sunaina arsenic Mythili, the Gautham Vasudev Menon directorial’s euphony was composed by Darbuka Siva. While Jomon T John and Manoj Paramahamsa handled the cinematography, Praveen Antony took complaint of the editing.
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