Rajeev Ravi (Malayalam : രാജീവ് രവി ) is an Indian cinematographer. A 1997 graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India. He first assisted in the Malayalam film, Pranayavarnangal. His first independent work is Chandni Bar (2001). He is known for his collaboration with Anurag Kashyap in several films.

He married film actress and director Geetu Mohandas on 14 November 2009.

Filmography[link]

• Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
• Ivan Megharoopan (2012)
• That Girl in Yellow Boots (2011)
• 99 (2009)
• Gulaal (2009)
• Dev.D (2009)
• Mumbai Cutting (2009)
• Haal-e-Dil (2008)
• Seetha Kalyanam (2007)
• No Smoking (2007)
• Classmates (2006)
• Palak (2006)
• Jana (2004)
• Chakram (2003)
• Anyar (2003)
• The Bypass (2003)
• Rasikan
• Shesham (2002)
• Chandni Bar (2001)

Awards and nominations[link]

• Won Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography in 2010, for the film Dev D^[1]
• Nominated for an Apsara Producers Guild Awards in 2010, for the film Dev D

References[link]

External links[link]

• Rajeev Ravi at the Internet Movie Database
• "Interview". The Hindu. 7-Feb-2009. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/02/07/stories/2009020751760600.htm. 
• "Interview". The Hindu. 2-Nov-2007. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2007/11/02/stories/2007110250310300.htm. 
• Fujifilm Exposure magazine
• Interview Pune Mirror

Geetu Mohandas

Geetu Mohandas (Malayalam: ഗീതു മോഹന്‍ദാസ്) (1981) is a Malayalam film actress who started off as a child artist and did mainstream roles later.^[1] She has acted in several other Malayalam films.^[2]

Career[link]

Geetu's actual name is Gayathri Mohandas.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Geetu is now working on a film she plans to direct shortly.

Personal life[link]

On 14 November 2009, she married cinematographer Rajiv Ravi.^[6] The wedding took place in Kochi, in Kerala, India.

Awards[link]

Kerala State Film Awards:

• Best Actress - 2004 - Akale, Oridam
• Best Child Artist - 1986 - Onnu Muthal Poojyam Vare

Filmography[link]

As Actor[link]

1. Nammal Thammil (2009) Anu
2. Seetha Kalyanam (2009) Abhirami
3. Akasha Gopuram (2008)
4. Naalu Pennungal (2007) .... The Virgin ... aka Four Women (Canada: English title: festival title)
5. Thakarachenda (2007) .... Latha
6. Bharathan (2007)
7. Poi [TAMIL](2006) .... Ramya
8. Pauran (2005) .... Annie
9. Rappakal (2005) .... Malavika Varma
10. Ullam (2005) .... Radha
11. Akale (2004) .... Rose
12. Nala Damayanthi [TAMIL](2003) .... Damayanthi
13. Choonda (2003) .... Mohini Varma
14. Mullavalliyum Thenmavum (2003) .... Eva Cherian
15. Sahodaran Sahadevan (2003) .... Arathi
16. Kakke Kakke Koodevide (2002)
17. Kannaki (2002) .... Kumudam
18. Krishna Gopalkrishna (2002) .... Gayathri
19. Pakalpooram (2002) .... Ghost
20. Sesham (2002)
21. Valkannadi (2002) .... Devu
22. Thenkasipattanam (2000) .... Sangeetha
23. Life Is Beautiful (2000) .... Bala
24. En Bommukutty Ammavukku [TAMIL](1988) .... Tinnu
25. Rareeram (1986) .... Geethu
26. Veendum(1986) (as Baby Geethu) .... Anju
27. Onnu Muthal Poojaym Vare (1986) .... Deepa

As Director[link]

1. Kelkkunnundo (2009)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Geetu Mohandas at the Internet Movie Database
• Geethu Mohandas at MSI

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Rajeev Janardan (born 1967), is a Hindustani classical sitar player of the Imdadkhani gharana (school),^[1] taught by Bimalendu Mukherjee.^[2] He is married to guitarist Kamala Shankar, with whom he performs.^[1][3] They live in New Delhi.^[1][3][4]

Jaranadan comes from Kerala,^[2][5] and started to learn the guitar at the age of 12 when living in Benares.^[6] He trained as a singer before switching to the sitar, studying with Mukherjee.^[6]

At the age of 15, Janardan won the All India Music Competition.^[7] He has also won the Prayag Sangit Samiti All-India Music Competition and the Sur Singar Samsad competition in Mumbai, and at the age of 19, he became an A grade artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan.

Following on from good reviews for a performance at the India International Centre in 1996,^[2][5] he has performed extensively both within India and overseas, including Switzerland in 2008.^[8] In his playing, he strives to blend gayaki ang (vocal style) and tantra ang (instrumental style). It is characterised by accurate meend, advanced surlagao, fast and clear taankari in gat and dirdir and chikari variations in jhala.

Janaradan also has a master's degree in psychology.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official web site

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Kamala Shankar (born in 1966 in the Tanjore district of Tamil Nadu), is a Hindustani classical guitar player. She is married to sitar player Rajeev Janardan, with whom she performs.^[1] Shankar is the first woman to have been awarded a doctorate in guitar.^[2][3]

Kamala was trained in music by her mother from the age of six, and went on to study with khyal singer Channulal Mishra and sitar maestro Bimalendu Mukherjee. She received a doctorate of music (guitar playing) from vichitra-beenkar Gopal Shankar Mishra at Banaras Hindu University, and also holds bachelor's degrees in both vocal music and zoology.^[2]

The guitar has only recently begun to be adopted to Indian classical music, and many players modify the instrument with their own developments to better suit the idiom. In this, Shankar is no exception. Her model, the Shankar guitar (built by Bishan Das Sharma of instrument makers Rikhi Ram and Sons, New Delhi), is made from a single block of wood, with thicker walls and no sound hole. It has four melody strings, four chikari (rhythm strings) and 12 taraf (sympathetic strings).^[1][3] The guitar is named after Shankar Bhagwan. Shankar calls it a "modified version of the Hawaiian guitar".^[4]

Notes[link]

^ Meend over Matter, The Music Magazine, 7 January 2002.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official web site

Allari Naresh
Born	Eedara Naresh (1983-06-30) June 30, 1983 (age 28) Hyderabad, India
Other names	Naresh
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002 - present

Allari Naresh (Telugu: అల్లరి నరేష్) is an Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films. He is the son of Telugu veteran director and producer EVV Satyanarayana. He got the tag "Allari" before his name after the success of his first film. But his debut film in Tamil, Kurumbu which was a remake of Allari.

Film career[link]

His career started with Allari, a comedy film. Later, with the movie Kithakitalu, directed by his father E. V. V. Satyanarayana. He had 8 movies released in 2008.

Maa Alludu Very Good was another movie. His favorite director is Ravi Babu.

He received Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actor^[1] and Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award (Telugu)^[2] in 2008 for his performance as "Gali Seenu" in the movie Gamyam. He did his schooling from Chettinad Vidyashram, Chennai.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

• Allari naresh Madatha Kaja Movie : http://sriranjithmovies.com/madathakaja-main.html
• Movies info is taken from the reviews : http://idlebrain.com/movie/archive/index.html
• Allare Allari release date : http://www.bollywoodpremiere.com/movies/SouthCinemaNews/06/sep/AllareAllari-21.php
• Seema Sastri movie info : http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/gallery/events/10708.html
• Athili Sattibabu LKG movie info: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/24720.html
• Allari Naresh Filmography,Gallery: http://telugu.16reels.com/celebrities/Allari+Naresh-Celebrity.aspx