Karthick Naren comes out strongly against Gautham Menon!
War of words burst out in social media last day as young filmmaker Karthick Naren came out strongly against Gautham Vasudev Menon aka GVM. The latter is producing Karthick’s upcoming movie ‘Naragasooran’, shoot for which was wrapped up a couple of months back. While many were wondering about the delay in release, it is now clear that all is not well in the camp.
23-year-old filmmaker Karthick Naren made a highly impressive debut in 2016 with ‘Dhuruvangal 16’. The whodunit thriller starring Rahman and a bunch of newcomers emerged as a big sucesss with critics lavishing praise on the director’s work. Impressed by Karthick’s work, director Gautham Menon himself came forward to produce his next film, Naragasooran. It is a multi-starrer with Arvind Swamy, Indrajith Sukumaran, Sundeep, Shriya and Aathmika in the lead roles.
Karthick has now accused GVM of not funding the movie and for treating his team as ‘trash’. Things started when Karthick first tweeted,
Sometimes a misplaced trust may kill you. People should think twice before taking it for a ride. The last thing you want to see is your passion getting butchered from all the directions for a mistake you did not commit. Threshold!
Later while sharing a promotional video, Gautham Menon indirectly referred to Karthick and wrote,
While some young filmmakers whine about their passion getting butchered instead of growing a pair, here’s a young team that makes an interesting short about girls,women, cricket, CSK and liberation.
Not caring to mince words, Karthick replied back to Gautham Menon:
While everybody advised against it I had the pair to trust you & collaborate sir. In return we were treated like trash & made to invest on our own. I think its better to whine & confront instead of running away. Please don’t do this to any other young filmmaker sir. It hurts!
For the last few years, Gautham Menon has been accused by many for not being able to complete his projects in time. The director’s two films – Enai Nokki Paayum Thotta with Dhanush and Dhruva Natchathiram with Vikram have been in the making for a long time. It remains to be seen how things will turn out for Naragasooran.
