Gayatri Das (born 8 June 1981) known professionally as Geetu Mohandas
is an Indian film actress and director known for her works in
Malayalam cinema and Bollywood. In 2013, she directed the socio
political film Liar's Dice which has received two National Film
Awards, was premiered at Sundance Film Festival, and was chosen by the
Government of India as India's entry for the U.S. 87th Academy Awards,
popularly known as the Oscars, but was not shortlisted or
nominated.Geetu's actual name is Gayatri das. 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. 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, 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 â€" Malayalam, for her role as Rose,
in Akale.Geetu Mohandas formed her film production house- Unplugged in
2009 which produced her directorial debut short fiction film titled
Kelkkunnundo Are you listening. The film premiered at the
International Film Festival Rotterdam and subsequently won 3
International awards for Best Short fiction as well as the National
Film Award in India. The film has been included as a chapter in the
12th standard Kerala state syllabus since 2014. Her first feature film
Liar's Dice (film) received the Hubert Bals fund for script and
project development and the film was selected in Competition for the
world dramatic competition at Sundance Film Festival in 2014. Liar's
Dice (film) went on to win six major international awards across the
world and two National awards in India. It was also India’s official
entry for the Best Foreign Film category for the 87th Academy Awards.
Her second feature film, Moothon was mentored by the Sundance film lab
and Geetu also won the Global film maker award at Sundance Film
Festival in 2016. Moothon had its World premiere at Toronto
International film festival in 2019 and was the opening film at MAMI
2019.,
is an Indian film actress and director known for her works in
Malayalam cinema and Bollywood. In 2013, she directed the socio
political film Liar's Dice which has received two National Film
Awards, was premiered at Sundance Film Festival, and was chosen by the
Government of India as India's entry for the U.S. 87th Academy Awards,
popularly known as the Oscars, but was not shortlisted or
nominated.Geetu's actual name is Gayatri das. 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. 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, 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 â€" Malayalam, for her role as Rose,
in Akale.Geetu Mohandas formed her film production house- Unplugged in
2009 which produced her directorial debut short fiction film titled
Kelkkunnundo Are you listening. The film premiered at the
International Film Festival Rotterdam and subsequently won 3
International awards for Best Short fiction as well as the National
Film Award in India. The film has been included as a chapter in the
12th standard Kerala state syllabus since 2014. Her first feature film
Liar's Dice (film) received the Hubert Bals fund for script and
project development and the film was selected in Competition for the
world dramatic competition at Sundance Film Festival in 2014. Liar's
Dice (film) went on to win six major international awards across the
world and two National awards in India. It was also India’s official
entry for the Best Foreign Film category for the 87th Academy Awards.
Her second feature film, Moothon was mentored by the Sundance film lab
and Geetu also won the Global film maker award at Sundance Film
Festival in 2016. Moothon had its World premiere at Toronto
International film festival in 2019 and was the opening film at MAMI
2019.,
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