Geethu Mohandas's Liar's Dice Gets An Oscar Nomination!
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oi-Akhila
By Akhila Menon
Liar's
Dice,
directed
by
Mollywood
actress-turned-director
Geethu
Mohandas,has
been
selected
as
India's
official
entry
in
87th
Academy
Awards,
in
the
Best
Foreign
Movie
category.
The
movie,
which
earned
huge
critical
acclaims,
was
picked
from
a
huge
list
of
movies
submitted;
including
Vikas
Bahl
directed
Queen,
Hansal
Mehta's
Shahid
etc.
Liar's
Dice
is
a
road
movie
which
revolves
around
a
village
lady,
who
goes
in
search
of
her
missing
husband.
The
movie
had
won
two
National
Awards.
Geethanjali
Thapa,
who
played
the
lead
role,
won
the
National
Film
Award
for
Best
Actress,
for
her
performance
in
the
movie.
Rajeev
Ravi,
the
who
handled
the
cinematography,
won
the
National
Award
for
Best
Cinematographer.
Another
interesting
fact
about
the
movie
is,
Geethu
Mohandas
is
married
to
Rajeev
Ravi.
The
couple
has
also
worked
together
for
Rajeev
Ravi's
directorial
venture
Njan
Steve
Lopez.
Geethu
was
one
among
the
scriptwriters
of
the
movie.
Geethu
Mohandas
rose
to
fame
as
a
child
artist.
Later,
she
debuted
as
a
lead
actress
and
has
worked
with
the
big
names
of
Mollywood,
including
Mammootty,
Mohanlal,
Suresh
Gopi
and
Prithviraj.
She
had
won
Best
Actress
award
in
Kerala
State
Film
Awards
and
Filmfare
Awards
South,
for
her
performance
in
Shyamaprasad
directed
Akale.