Gaurav Narayanan is an Indian film maker, who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He made his debut with the movie Thoonga Nagaram.He started his journey as an assistant cinematographer to Rajarajan. Later he joined with the director N. Maharajan. Then he worked as co-director for his Guru, director K. S. Ravikumar.His debut as director, writer and actor through Thoonga Nagaram, a gangster-drama film, received positive responses. This movie had Vimal and Anjali in the lead along with Gaurav himself. Gaurav was awarded as "Best Debutant Director" by Emirates Tamilians Association, EMITAA 2011. His movie bagged "Best Film - Highlighting Tamil Culture" award from Norwary Tamil Film Festival, NTFF 2012 and also was officially screened in Chennai International Film Festival. This movie was dubbed and released as "Naluguru Snehitula Katha" in Telugu.his last project was 2017 Ippadai Vellum.