It was not easy to recreate the magic for the 3rd time. What went wrong with Ek Deewana Tha (Hindi version of Ye Maya Chesave) which you directed? If you look at pure love stories with no other genre mixed in it, YVM will be the fitting ending to the love trilogy. Surya s/o Krishnan has another wonderful love story. It was about avenging lover’s death in Gharshana. If you look at all my films, you see love stories being the main threads. If I get an opportunity, I will work again with Nani.Ĭan we consider YVM as the completion of love trilogy after Cheli and Ye Maya Chesave? I just needed the camera to capture his work. Call it destiny or luck, Nani was finally cast. Samantha has arrived with Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu. Now she is brilliant and understood the intricacies. Working with maestro Ilayaraja was a learning experience for me about how music should be produced.ĭuring the time of Ye Maaya Chesave, I had to explain her everything. I had explained each and every scene of the film and Ilayaraja listened to me patiently. All the songs are integral part of films and if you take out a song, you will miss something. The story of the film is written by my partner Reshma. It’s every filmmaker’s dream to work with Ilayaraja sir. You started off your journey with Harris Jairaj and shifted to AR Rahman and now Ilayaraja?
Once you are into 5 minutes of the film, you will forget actors and get attracted towards characters. The age of journey covered is from 8 years to 25 years. It is a film of moments collected from the journey and relationship of Nitya and Varun. It is a love story between Varun and Nitya. It was a bizarre film where entire film was shot in night effect and there is no BGM (background music). I knew from the beginning that the target audiences were 20% of the regular moviegoers. It was a profitable venture though many audiences didn’t like it.
The satellite rights were sold for 1.75 crores. Since it was an experiment, I made with a shoe-string budget of 1.5 crores. I want to get out of the feel-good stories and experiment. This film was simultaneously shot with Ye Maya Chesave. The film is told from Karthik’s perspective and Jessey character bordering on confusion worked. The cross-religion aspect in love conflict also worked. The film is supported by wonderful music. The actors (especially Naga Chaitanya and Samantha) are fresh. It is a simple love story with a lot of freshness.
What do you think has worked for the movie Ye Maaya Chesave? His latest film Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu is releasing worldwide on 14 December 2013. Films like Cheli and Ye Maya Chesave went on to become big hits in Telugu too. He has carved a niche for himself when it comes to love stories. He has style and his films are sophisticated. Gowtam Menon is unlike every other director.