Geetu Mohandas life and biography

Geetu Mohandas (born 1981) is a Malayalam film actress who acted alongside Madhavan in Nala Damayanthi. She has acted in several other Malayalam films.

After attending primary classes in Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Geethu moved to Canada with her family. During her school days, she won many prizes for painting. Studied Acting at Toronto University.

Child artiste turned Malayalam film heroine. When director Fazil came to know that she was in Kerala for vacations, he approached her with his offer of a role in Life Is Beautiful (2000), which ended up relaunching her career.

Won the Kerala State Award for Best Child Artiste for her role in Onnu Muthal Poojaym Vare (1986), in which the wide-eyed five year-old girl stole the audiences' heart.

Tied with Kavya Madhavan for the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress for her performances in Syamaprasad's Akale (2004), and Pradeep Nair's "Oridam".
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 Mudhal 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 is now working on a film she plans to direct shortly.

Awards
Kerala State Film Awards:
• Best Actress - 2004 - Akale, Oridam
• Best Child Artist - 1986 - Onnu Muthal Poojyam Vare

Filmography:

As Actor:
1. Nammal Thammil (2009)
2. Seetha Kalyanam (2009)
3. Akasha Gopuram (2008)
4. Naalu Pennungal (2007)
5. Thakarachenda (2007)
6. Bharathan (2007)
7. Poi [TAMIL](2006)

As Director:
1. Kelkkunnundo (2009)

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