Geetu Mohandas

Geetu Mohandas
Geetu Mohandas
Born	Gayatri Das; 8 June 1981 (age 43); Ernakulam, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Geetu
Occupation(s)	Actress, Film director
Years active	1986 – present
Spouse	Rajeev Ravi (2009 – present)
Children	Aradhana
Awards	Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist (1986), Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress (2004)

Gayathri Mohandas (born 14 February 1981) known professionally as Geetu Mohandas is an Indian film actress and director known for her works in Malayalam cinema and Bollywood.^[1]^[2] In 2013, she directed the socio political film Liar's Dice which has received two National Film Awards, was premiered at Sundance Film Festival,^[3] and was chosen as India's entry for the U.S. 87th Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars.^[4]

Career

Geetu's actual name is Gayathri Mohandas.^[5] Affectionately called Geetu by her family, the name was adopted as her screen name when she starred in her fourth movie Onnu Muthal Poojyam Vare in 1986 with Mohanlal in the lead role. Geetu was five years old then and captured the hearts of Malayalam filmgoers as a fatherless child who discovers a father in an anonymous telephone caller.^[6] She acted in the top grosser En Bommukutty Ammavukku as the title role, which was the Tamil remake of Fazil's Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku (Malayalam) done by Baby Shalini in the title role.^[7] Geetu's first movie as an adult was Life is Beautiful starring Mohanlal in the lead. She went on to act in Thenkasi Pattanam, Valkannadi, Nammal Thammil and several other Malayalam movies. The high point of her career was Akale directed by Shyamaprasad, and produced by Tom George Kolath which won her the Kerala State Award for Best Actress in 2004. Geetu also won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam, for her role as Rose, in Akale.

Her first directorial venture was Kelkkunnundo which won recognition at several film festivals, including Best Child Actor at the National Awards. The film has been included as a chapter in the 12th standard Kerala state syllabus since 2014.

Geetu's second directorial venture Liar's Dice received its world premiere at 2013 Mumbai Film Festival and went on to screen at Sundance Film Festival and International Film Festival Rotterdam. It won a special jury award at Sofia International Film Festival.^[8]

Personal life

She was born as Gayathri to Mohandas and Sudha on February 14, 1981 at Kannur. Her mother belongs to Tamil community. She has a brother, Arjun.^[9] On 14 November 2009, she married cinematographer Rajeev Ravi.^[10] The wedding took place at night in Kochi, Kerala, India.

The couple have a daughter, Aradhana.

Awards

International Film Festival of India

2009 - IFFI Golden Lamp Tree Award for Best Film and Director - Kulkkunnundo Film Chamber of Commerce 1986 - Film Chamber of Commerce Award for Best Child Artist - Onnu Mudal Poojyam Vare

Mumbai International Film Festival

2010 - Jury Award - Kelkkunnundo


Ala Awards

2004

Ala Award for Best Actress - Akale
2002: Ala Award for Best Popular Actress - Valkannadi


Amrita Film Fraternity Awards

2004

Amrita Film Fraternity Award for Best Actress - Akale


SICA Awards

2002 - South Indian Cinematographers Association Award for Best Supporting Actress - Kannagi


Film Critics Awards

2002 - Film Critics Award for Best Actress - Shesham 2004 - Film Critics Award for Best Actress - Akale 2010 - Film Critics Award for Best Short Film - Kelkkunnundo



Kerala State Film Awards

2004: Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress – Akale, Oridam
1986: Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist – Onnu Muthal Poojyam Vare

Filmfare Awards South

2004: Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam – Akale

Asianet Film Awards

2004 - Special Jury Mention - Akale

Kerala Film Critics Association Awards

2001: Best Actress – Shesham
2004: Special Jury Award – Akale


Mathrubhumi, Medimix film

2004: Best character Actress – Akale

Filmography

As Actress

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1986	Onnu Muthal Poojaym Vare	Deepa	Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist
1986	Sayam Sandhya	Vinu Mol
1986	Veendum	Anu
1986	Rareeram	Geethu
1988	En Bommukutty Ammavukku	Tinnu	Tamil film
2000	Life Is Beautiful	Bala
2000	Thenkasipattanam	Sangeetha
2002	Valkannadi	Devu
2002	Sesham	Meera
2002	Pakalppooram	Seemandini / Ghost
2002	Krishna Gopalakrishna	Gayathri
2002	Kannaki	Kumudam
2002	Kakke Kakke Koodevide	Sudharma
2003	Sahodharan Sahadevan	Arathi
2003	Mullavalliyum Thenmavum	Eva Cherian
2003	Shingari Bolona	Maya
2003	Choonda	Mohini Varma/Archana
2003	Nala Damayanthi	Damayanthi	Tamil film
2004	Oridam	No name in the movie
2004	Thudakkam	Karthika
2004	Akale	Rose	Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam
2005	Ullam	Radha
2005	Rappakal	Malavika Varma
2005	Pauran	Annie
2006	Kisan	Ammu/Ambili Varma
2006	Poi	Ramya	Tamil film
2006	Arunam	Seetha
2007	Bharathan Effect	Geetha
2007	Thakarachenda	Latha
2007	Naalu Pennungal	The Virgin	aka Four Women (Canada: English title: festival title)
2007	Best Friends
2008	Akasha Gopuram	Catherine	Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam
2009	Seetha Kalyanam	Abhirami
2009	Nammal Thammil	Anu

As Director

Year	Film	Language	Notes
2009	Kelkkunnundo	Malayalam	Short Film
2014	Liar's Dice	Hindi	Special Jury award at the 18th Sofia International Film Festival Received two National Film Awards
2018	Moothon	Malayalam	Global filmmaking award for story in Sundance film festival 2016

References

^ Nala Damayandhi – Review Retrieved 13 April 2009.
^ Geetu Mohandas
^ "Nawazuddin's Liar's Dice in Sundance Film Festival". Starblockbuster. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
^ Gitanjali Roy (23 September 2014). "India will send Hindi-language road film Liar's Dice to the Oscars next year, the Film Federation of India (FFI) announced today". Retrieved 23 September 2014.
^ "I, Me, Myself – Geethu Mohandas". The Hindu. 4 July 2003. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
^ Shobha Warrier (11 February 2003). "Geetu Mohandas is Damayanthi". Rediff.com. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
^ "In the big league". The Hindu. 12 June 2003. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2009. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Liar's Dice wins Special Jury award at Sofia International Film Festival Archived 21 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 6 April 2014.
^ http://cinidiary.com/people.php?pigsection=Actor&picata=2&no_of_displayed_rows=8&no_of_rows_page=10&sletter= Retrieved 5 May 2015.
^ "ഗീതു മോഹന്‍ദാസ്‌ വിവാഹിതയായി" Retrieved 18 April 2011.

External links

Geetu Mohandas at IMDb

[1] Nala Damayandhi – Review Retrieved 13 April 2009.

[2] Geetu Mohandas

[3] "Nawazuddin's Liar's Dice in Sundance Film Festival". Starblockbuster. Retrieved 17 April 2014.

[4] Gitanjali Roy (23 September 2014). "India will send Hindi-language road film Liar's Dice to the Oscars next year, the Film Federation of India (FFI) announced today". Retrieved 23 September 2014.

[5] "I, Me, Myself – Geethu Mohandas". The Hindu. 4 July 2003. Retrieved 13 April 2009.

[6] Shobha Warrier (11 February 2003). "Geetu Mohandas is Damayanthi". Rediff.com. Retrieved 13 April 2009.

[7] "In the big league". The Hindu. 12 June 2003. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2009. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[8] Liar's Dice wins Special Jury award at Sofia International Film Festival Archived 21 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 6 April 2014.

[9] ttp://cinidiary.com/people.php?pigsection=Actor&picata=2&no_of_displayed_rows=8&no_of_rows_page=10&sletter= Retrieved 5 May 2015.

[10] "ഗീതു മോഹന്‍ദാസ്‌ വിവാഹിതയായി" Retrieved 18 April 2011.

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Actress
1972–1989	Roja Ramani (1972) Nanditha Bose (1973) Lakshmi (1974) Lakshmi (1975) Lakshmi (1976) Sheela (1977) Jayabharathi (1978) Srividya (1979) Srividya (1980) Jalaja (1981) Poornima Bhagyaraj (1982) (1983) (1984) (1985) (1986) Sharada (1987) Revathi (1988) Rekha (1989)
1990–2009	Shobana (1990) Amala Akkineni (1991) Geetha (1992) Madhavi (1993) (1994) Annie (1995) Manju Warrier (1996) Manju Warrier (1997) Manju Warrier (1998) Manju Warrier (1999) Samyuktha Varma (2000) Samyuktha Varma (2001) Navya Nair (2002) Meera Jasmine (2003) Geetu Mohandas (2004) Meera Jasmine (2005) Padmapriya Janakiraman (2006) Meera Jasmine (2007) Priyamani (2008) Shwetha Menon (2009)
2010–present	Mamta Mohandas (2010) Kavya Madhavan (2011) Rima Kallingal (2012) Ann Augustine (2013) Manju Warrier (2014) Parvathy Thiruvothu (2015) Nayanthara (2016) Parvathy Thiruvothu (2017) Manju Warrier (2018) Nimisha Sajayan (2020-2021) Darshana Rajendran (2022) Vincy Aloshious (2023)

v t e Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress
1969–1970	Sheela (1969) Sharada (1970)
1971–1980	Sheela (1971) Jayabharathi (1972) Jayabharathi (1973) Lakshmi (1974) Rani Chandra (1975) Sheela (1976) Santhakumari (1977) Shoba (1978) Srividya (1979) Poornima Bhagyaraj (1980)
1981–1900	Jalaja (1981) Madhavi (1982) Srividya (1983) Seema (1984) Seema (1985) Shari (1986) Suhasini Maniratnam (1987) Anju (1988) Urvashi (1989) Urvashi (1990)
1991–2000	Urvashi (1991) Srividya (1992) Shobana (1993) Shanthi Krishna (1994) Urvashi (1995) Manju Warrier (1996) Jomol (1997) Sangita (1998) Samyuktha Varma (1999) Samyuktha Varma (2000)
2001–2010	Suhasini Maniratnam (2001) Navya Nair (2002) Meera Jasmine (2003) Kavya Madhavan and Geethu Mohandas (2004) Navya Nair (2005) Urvashi (2006) Meera Jasmine (2007) Priyanka Nair (2008) Shweta Menon (2009) Kavya Madhavan (2010)
2011–2020	Shweta Menon (2011) Rima Kallingal (2012) Ann Augustine (2013) Nazriya Nazim (2014) Parvathy (2015) Rajisha Vijayan (2016) Parvathy (2017) Nimisha Sajayan (2018) Kani Kusruti (2019) Anna Ben (2020)
2021–present	Revathi (2021) Vincy Aloshious (2022)