Throwback Thursday: Geetu Mohandas reminisces about her debut movie ‘Onnu Muthal Poojyam Vare’

‘Moothon’ filmmaker Geetu Mohandas walks down the memory lane, as she finds the audio cassettes of her

debut movie

‘

Onnu Muthal Poojyam Vare

’, in which she has acted. Geetu Mohandas was five years old when she starred in ‘Onnu Muthal Poojyam Vare’ and also won the Kerala State film award for best child actress for the movie. Geetu took to her social media handle to share the memory. She shared pictures of the audio cassettes.

Take a look.Colleagues and fans of the actress were surprised to see that Geetu’s childhood picture has an uncanny resemblance to her daughter Aradhana.

Meanwhile, ‘Onnu Muthal Poojyam Vare’ is a 1986 release, directed by Reghunath Paleri. The movie was produced by Navodaya Appachan of Navodaya Studios. It has won six State film awards, for the debut director, child artist, cinematography, editor, art director, and sound recordist.

On the work front, Geetu Mohandas’ last release was ‘Moothon’, which she helmed. The movie starring Nivin Pauly was screened at the Toronto International film festival. Her first feature film, ‘Liar’s Dice’ was India’s official entry to the 87th Academy awards. A passionate filmmaker, Geetu has also acted in many movies, earlier in her career in movies 'Life Is Beautiful', '

Thenkasipattanam

', 'Valkannadi', 'Pakalppooram', 'Akale', 'Bharathan Effect', and 'Nalu Pennungal' among others. She has also won the state award for best actress for her performance in 'Akale'.