GEETU MOHANDAS

GEETU MOHANDAS – Film Actress

Geetu Mohandas - born 14 February 1981. Geetu's actual name is Gayathri Mohandas. Affectionately called Geetu by her family, the name was adopted as her screen name when she starred in her first 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. 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.

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, Namma Thammil and several other Malayalam movies. The high point of her career was Akale directed by Shyamaprasad which won her the Kerala State Award for Best Actress in 2004.

Her first directorial venture was Kelkkunnundo which won recognition at several film festivals. 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. It has also received  two National Film Awards, and has been chosen as India's entry for the U.S. 2015 Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars.

On 14 November 2009, she married cinematographer Rajeev Ravi. The wedding took place at night in Kochi, in Kerala, India. The couple have a daughter, Aradhana.

Her works include:

As Actor

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

As Director

Year	Film	Language	Notes
2009	Kelkkunnundo	Malayalam	Short Film "Received the Golden Lamp Tree" award Received the award for the Best Short Fiction The film has been already selected for the Rotterdam film Festival and Mumbai International film Festival. The film has been selected as part of the 2011 Kerala University syllabus in cinema for post-graduate students Tampere International Film Festival, Finland, in competition (2010) Osian's International Film Festival, in competition, India (2009) International Film Festival of India, in competition, Goa (2009) Official selection for Indian Panorama, (2009) and is part of the Indian cinema archives (2010) 3rd International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, in competition, India (2010) Kelkunnundo? (Are you listening?) won the Golden Lamp Tree Award for Best International Short Film and Best Director in the non-feature film category at the International Film Festival of India, Goa (2009) with a citation and cash price of Rs 500,000/- Kelkunnundo? (Are you listening?) won the jury award for the Best International Short Film at Mumbai International Film Festival, India (2010) with a citation from the Government of India Kelkunnundo? (Are you listening?) won the Critics Award for the Best Short Film, Kerala State (2009) with a trophy and cash price of Rs. 10,000/-
2014	Liar's Dice	Hindi	Special Jury award at the 18th Sofia International Film Festival Received two National Film Awards