After a long wait, director Gautham Menon is finally making his acting debut in Malayalam through the upcoming film Naam. Touted to be a campus entertainer directed by debutant Joshy Thomas, the Dhruva Natchathiram director will be featured as himself in he movie. Reportedly, the director has already wrapped up shooting for the film. 

Gautham Menon was earlier expected to do the villain role in Vineeth Sreenivasan's hit film Jacobinte Swargarajyam. However, the actor couldn't appear for the shoot as he was struck in the Chennai floods. Being his debut acting venture in Mollywood, the news has already excited the audiences. 

Naam, which is based on a true story has Aditi Ravi, Gayathri Suresh and Rahul Madhav in the lead roles along with Renji Panicker and Tony Luke in pivotal roles.