A Study of Auteur Theory and Director’s Psychology: Gautham Vasudev Menon as an ‘Auteur’

Abstract

This research paper is to highlight the limits of ‘Auteur Theory’ which are scrutinized through the commonality and identity in selected films. The study show cases the personality of a director in a novel way. ‘Auteur Theory’ is a French film theory that discusses about the personality, technical competence and interior meaning in films that dealt with philosophy of Auteur notes. While making a film, the director should focus on individual style, vision, techniques, innovation, personality and creativity that makes a film more interesting. ‘Auteur Theory’ considers that the director is equal to a writer, because both has an individual style in making their own art. The research paper analyses the various aspects of director Gautham Vasudev Menon’s selected movies to show case his commonality. Particularly, this paper focuses on Menon’s unique aesthetic, technical style and the psychology of the audience that has made him famous in Tamil Cinema.