Gautham Vasudev Menon is a filmmaker who predominantly makes movies in Tamil. His maiden direction in the Malayalam language is Dominic And The Ladies' Purse, which releases on January 23, 2025 (Thursday), marking the Republic Day weekend in India.
Dominic And The Ladies' Purse has Mammootty playing the titular character of an ex-cop turned private investigator. The film has Gautham Menon making a cameo appearance as a police officer, and the filmmaker recently opened up on the same during a promotional interview.
“Since Mammootty sir was producing the film, he had a lot of input about the casting choices. But there were a couple of characters for which the direction team thought I would be apt. I clearly told them that if it required being on camera with Mammootty sir, I would not do it, as I was scared. (I said) Any other cameo would be okay, though”, Gautham Menon revealed.
It is worth mentioning here that before Dominic And The Ladies' Purse, Gautham Menon shared screen space with Mammootty in a Malaylam film titled Bazooka, which is yet to release.