MerryHarris567 at 21:23, 9 February 2026

2026-02-09T21:23:07Z

New page

{{short description|Indian actress, director (born 1981)}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Indian name|Geetu|Mohandas}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Geetu Mohandas
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Gayatri Das
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1981|6|8}}
| birth_place = [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]], India
| occupation = {{Hlist | Actress | film director}}
| othername = Geetu
| yearsactive = 1986{{Endash}}present
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Rajeev Ravi]]|2009}}
| awards = {{indented plainlist|
* [[Kerala State Film Awards]], Best Actress, 2004
* [[Filmfare Awards]], Best Actress, 2004
* [[Sundance Film Festival]], Global Film Maker Award, 2016
}}
| children = 1
}}

'''Gayatri Das''' (born 8 June 1981) known professionally as '''Geetu Mohandas''' is an Indian former actress and director known for her works in [[Malayalam cinema]]. In 2013, she directed the socio political film ''[[Liar's Dice (film)|Liar's Dice]]'' which has received two [[National Film Awards]], was [[premiered]] at [[Sundance Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://starblockbuster.com/nawazuddin%E2%80%99s-liar%E2%80%99s-dice-sundance-film-festival |title=Nawazuddin's Liar's Dice in Sundance Film Festival |publisher=Starblockbuster |accessdate=17 April 2014}}</ref> and was India's official entry at the [[87th Academy Awards]] for [[Best Foreign Language Film]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/liars-dice-is-indias-official-oscar-entry-669634?pfrom=home-topstories |title=India will send Hindi-language road film Liar's Dice to the Oscars next year, the Film Federation of India (FFI) announced today |author=Gitanjali Roy |date=23 September 2014 |accessdate=23 September 2014}}</ref>

== Career ==

===As an actress===

Geetu's official name is Gayatri Das.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=I, Me, Myself – Geethu Mohandas |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/07/04/stories/2003070400990802.htm |date=4 July 2003 |accessdate=13 April 2009}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |work=[[Rediff.com]] |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/feb/11geetu.htm |title=Geetu Mohandas is Damayanthi |author=Shobha Warrier |date=11 February 2003 |accessdate=13 April 2009}}</ref> She acted in the top grosser ''[[En Bommukutty Ammavukku]]'' as the title role, which was the Tamil remake of [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]]'s ''[[Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku]]'' (Malayalam) done by [[Shalini Kumar|Baby Shalini]] in the title role.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=In the big league |url=http://www.thehinduretailplus.com/thehindu/mp/2003/06/12/stories/2003061200270202.htm |date=12 June 2003 |accessdate=13 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726071907/http://www.thehinduretailplus.com/thehindu/mp/2003/06/12/stories/2003061200270202.htm |archivedate=26 July 2011}}</ref> 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]].

===As director===
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)|''Liar's Dice'']] 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'' 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.<ref>[http://dearcinema.com/news/liars-dice-wins-special-jury-award-sofia-international-film-festival/1922 Liar's Dice wins Special Jury award at Sofia International Film Festival] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321145527/http://dearcinema.com/news/liars-dice-wins-special-jury-award-sofia-international-film-festival/1922 |date=21 March 2014 }} Retrieved 6 April 2014.</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news |work=Silverscreen.in |title='This Is The Bronze Age Of Malayalam Cinema. I Won't Call It The Golden Age. We Are Not There Yet': Geetu Mohandas |url=https://silverscreen.in/features/geetu-mohandas-moothon-nivinpauly-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230083945/https://silverscreen.in/features/geetu-mohandas-moothon-nivinpauly-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 December 2019 |date=18 September 2019 |accessdate=18 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/moothon-geetu-mohandas-malayalam-action-thriller-will-open-21st-edition-of-mami-mumbai-film-festival-7154211.html |title=Moothon, Geetu Mohandas' Malayalam action thriller, will open 21st edition of MAMI Mumbai Film Festival |date=13 August 2019}}.She will going to direct Yash's next movie names Toxic.</ref>
Toxic

==Personal life==
She was born as Gayatri Das to Mohandas and Latha on 8 June 1981 at [[Kochi]]. Studied in India, Malaysia and Canada. She has a brother living in [[US]].<ref>http://cinidiary.com/people.php?pigsection=Actor&picata=2&no_of_displayed_rows=8&no_of_rows_page=10&sletter= {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505073712/http://cinidiary.com/people.php?pigsection=Actor&picata=2&no_of_displayed_rows=8&no_of_rows_page=10&sletter= |date=5 May 2015 }} Retrieved 5 May 2015.</ref>
On 14 November 2009, she married cinematographer [[Rajeev Ravi]].<ref>[http://www.epathram.com/cinema/2009_11_01_archive.shtml "ഗീതു മോഹന്‍ദാസ്‌ വിവാഹിതയായി"] Retrieved 18 April 2011.</ref> The wedding took place at night in [[Kochi]], Kerala, India. The couple have a daughter.{{CN|date=February 2025}}

==Awards==

===As director===
'''International Film Festival of India'''
* 2009 – IFFI Golden Lamp Tree Award for Best Film and Director – ''Kelkkunnundo'' Film Chamber of Commerce
'''International Awards'''
* 2017 - Global filmmaking award for story in [[Sundance Film Festival]] 2016 - ''[[Moothon]]''
'''Mumbai International Film Festival'''
* 2010 – Jury Award – ''Kelkkunnundo''

====Awards for Moothon====
* 2020- 3 awards at NYIFF for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Child Actor<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zee5.com/zee5news/moothon-wins-awards-for-best-film-best-actor-and-best-child-artist-in-new-york-indian-film-festival/amp |title=Moothon Wins Awards for Best Film, Best Actor and Best Child Artist in New York Indian Film Festival - Zee5 News |date=5 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/moothon-wins-three-awards-in-cincinnati-indian-film-festival-2020/articleshow/79366264.cms |title=Moothon wins three awards at Cincinnati Indian Film Festival 2020 |newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref>
* 2020- 3 awards at NYIFF for Best Supporting Actor for Shashank Arora, Best Child Actor for Sanjana Dipu,Best Screenplay for Geetu Mohandas
* 2020- 2 awards at INDO - GERMAN FILM WEEK 2020 for Audience Choice Award, Best Supporting Actor for Roshan Mathew<ref>{{cite web |url=https://silverscreenindia.com/movies/events/moothon-wins-two-awards-at-indo-german-film-week-in-berlin/ |title='Moothon' Wins Two Awards at Indo-German Film Week in Berlin |date=3 October 2020 |access-date=1 March 2023 |archive-date=27 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227033559/https://silverscreenindia.com/movies/events/moothon-wins-two-awards-at-indo-german-film-week-in-berlin/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2020- 2 awards at Iat NEWYORK INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL for 4 nominations for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Child Actor 2020
*2020- won the Best Film and Jury Prize at the prestigious Festival du Film d'Asie du Sud - FFAST in Paris<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/moothon-wins-at-ffast-paris/articleshow/73959597.cms |title=Moothon wins at FFAST, Paris |newspaper=The Times of India |last1=Mathews |first1=Anna}}</ref>

===Festivals for Moothon===
* 2020- selected to the 18th ANNUAL IFFLA at Los Angeles, California<ref>{{cite web |url=https://urbanasian.com/entertainment/bollywood/2020/02/18th-annual-indian-film-festival-of-los-angeles/ |title=18th Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles |date=21 February 2020}}</ref>
* 2020- screened at London Indian Film Festival and Birmingham Indian Film Festival.
* 2020- premiered at 43rd GOTEBORG FILM FESTIVAL 2020 In Sweden<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/geetu-mohandas-directed-moothon-wins-best-film-film-festival-paris-117480?amp |title=Geetu Mohandas-directed 'Moothon' wins Best Film at film festival in Paris |date=4 February 2020}}</ref>
* 2020-24th edition of International Film Festival of Kerala - IFFK

===Awards for Liar's Dice===
* 2014- [[Sofia International Film Festival]] -Special Mention award & FIPRESCI AWARD for best film
* 2014- [[New York Indian Film Festival]] - Best Actress award
* 2014 - Special Jury award at the 18th Sofia International Film Festival - ''[[Liar's Dice]]''
* 2014- Pesaro International Film Festival- Lino Micciche Award for the Best Film
* 2014- Granada Cines del Sur Film Festival- Bronce Alhambra award

===As actress===
;[[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]]''
;Ramu Karyat award
*2020- Promising director Award -''[[Moothon]]''

==Filmography==

===As an actress===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of Geetu Mohandas film acting credits
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{refh}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |1986 ||''[[Onnu Muthal Poojaym Vare]]'' || Deepa Mol || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| ''[[Sayam Sandhya]]'' || Vinu Mol || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| ''[[Veendum]]'' ||Anu || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|''[[Rareeram]]'' ||Geethu || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|1988|| ''[[En Bommukutty Ammavukku]]'' ||Tinnu ||Tamil film || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| rowspan="2" |2000 ||''[[Life Is Beautiful (2000 film)|Life Is Beautiful]]'' || Bala||Debut as lead actress || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| ''[[Thenkasipattanam]]'' ||Sangeetha || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|2001||''[[Kannaki (film)|Kannaki]]''||Kumudam || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| rowspan="5" |2002||''Kakke Kakke Koodevide''||Sudharma || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|''[[Pakalppooram]]''||Seemandini / Ghost|| || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|''[[Krishna Gopalakrishna]]''||Gayathri || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|''[[Sesham]]''||Meera || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| ''[[Valkannadi]]'' ||Devu || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| rowspan="5" |2003|| ''Sahodharan Sahadevan'' ||Arathi || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|''Shingari Bolona''||Maya || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|''[[Nala Damayanthi (2003 film)|Nala Damayanthi]]''||Damayanthi ||Tamil film || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|''Choonda''||Mohini Varma/Archana || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|''[[Mullavalliyum Thenmavum]]'' ||Eva Cherian || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| rowspan="3" |2004 ||''[[Oridam]]'' ||A Sex worker with no name || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|''Thudakkam'' ||Karthika || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| ''[[Akale]]'' ||Rose || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| rowspan="3" |2005 ||''[[Ullam (2005 film)|Ullam]]'' ||Radha || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|''[[Pauran]]''||Annie|| || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|''[[Rappakal]]'' ||Malavika Varma|| || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| rowspan="4" |2006 ||''[[Kisan (film)|Kisan]]'' || Ammu/Ambili Varma|| || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|''[[Poi (film)|Poi]]'' ||Ramya||Tamil film || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| ''Arunam''||Seetha|| || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| ''Mouryan''||Anjali|| || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| rowspan="3" |2007 ||''[[Bharathan Effect]]'' ||Geetha|| || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|''[[Thakarachenda]]'' ||Latha|| || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|''[[Naalu Pennungal]]'' || {{ubl | Kumari | The Virgin||aka Four Women (Canada: English title: festival title)}} || style="text-align: center;" |
|
|-
|2008 ||''[[Akasha Gopuram]]'' ||Catherine|| || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| rowspan="2" |2009 ||''[[Nammal Thammil]]'' ||Anu || || style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|''[[Seetha Kalyanam (2009 film)|Seetha Kalyanam]]'' ||Abhirami||Final film role || style="text-align: center;" |
|}

=== As director ===
{{Pending films key}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of Geetu Mohandas film directing credits
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Film
! scope="col" | Language
! class="unsortable" scope="col" | Notes
! class="unsortable" scope="col" | {{refh}}
|-
|2009
|''Kelkkunnundo''
|Malayalam
|Short Film
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|2014
|''[[Liar's Dice (film)|Liar's Dice]]''
|Hindi
| {{br list | Special Jury award at the 18th Sofia International Film Festival | Received two National Film Awards}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="director">{{Cite web |last=Shriijth |first=Sajin |date=2019-11-21 |title=Geetu Mohandas: No one other than Nivin could have played Akbar so beautifully |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2019/Nov/21/geetu-mohandas-no-one-other-than-nivin-couldve-played-akbar-so-beautifully-15633.html |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Cinema Express |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|''[[Moothon]]''
|{{ubl | Malayalam | Hindi}}
|Global filmmaking award for story in Sundance film festival 2016
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="director"/>
|-
| 2026
| scope="row" {{Pending film|[[Toxic (2026 film)|Toxic]]}}
| {{ubl | Kannada | English }}
|
| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/yash-starrer-toxic-to-go-on-floors-on-this-date/article68495826.ece|title=Yash-starrer 'Toxic' to go on floors on this date|work=The Hindu|date=7 August 2024 |access-date=7 August 2024}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0595936}}

{{FilmfareMalayalamBestActress}}
{{KeralaStateAwardForBestActress}}

{{authority control}}
{{commons category}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohandas, Geetu}}
[[Category:Actresses from Kannur]]
[[Category:Kerala State Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Indian women film directors]]
[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Filmfare Awards South winners]]
[[Category:Malayalam film directors]]
[[Category:Film directors from Kochi]]
[[Category:Hindi-language film directors]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Indian women screenwriters]]
[[Category:Malayalam screenwriters]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Kerala]]
[[Category:Artists from Kannur]]
[[Category:Women artists from Kerala]]
[[Category:Kerala Film Critics Awards winners]]

Geetu Mohandas - Revision history

MerryHarris567 at 21:23, 9 February 2026