When Gautham Vasudev Menon shared a long, reflective note on X to mark 25 years since his directorial debut, it did not read like a victory speech. It read like a filmmaker pausing mid-frame."It is often said that cinema is not just about capturing moving images; it is about capturing time itself. And as I pause to mark twenty-five years since I first shouted 'Action,' I am overwhelmed not by the passage of time, but by the volume of memories that time has generously afforded me.