Gayathri Govind

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Gayathri Govind
Born
Gayathri Govind

Occupation(s)Dancer, Choreographer, Anchor, Software Professional, Entrepreneur
Years active1992–present

Gayathri Govind, is an Indian classical dancer, choreographer, actor and the winner of Asianet's Vodafone Thakadimi in 2008.[2]

She is trained in Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam, Kuchipudi, Ottanmthullal, Kathakali, Kathak and Keralanadanam. She has been performing on various stages in India and abroad from the age of four.[3] She is also a well known Choreographer and owns her own dance troupe ''Silver Streak[4]" in Trivandrum. She anchored many TV programs and live shows on Kairali TV, Asianet, Surya TV, Mazhavil Manorama, Kairali We, Asianet News, BTV, Doordarsan, ACV. She is the model of the famous Tea Brand Society Tea. She was working as a Software Engineer in HCL Technologies, Chennai and now resides in Trivandrum.[5] She runs a dance school, Takadhimi[6] in Chennai and Trivandrum.

On 16 October 2015 she won the Golden Women Award[7] 2015 for the category Entertainment, Media and Comm at Helsinki, Finland.

She has performed Mohiniyattom and Kuchipudi recitals for the prestigious Soorya Festival in the years 2012 and 2013.Gayathri was also a part of the Soorya Production 'Gaandharam'.

Gayathri's dance productions are 'Bhavasamhitha' (a collaboration of dance, music, light and sound), 'Aadiparasakthi' (a multimedia dance production ) Rama Ramethi (A walk with Rama) and Gourishankaram (a multimedia dance production ). Gayathri Won Best Director (Female) Award in SATYAJIT RAY GOLDEN ARC FILM AWARD 2022 for the short film SILU.

Website[edit]

Education[edit]

Gayathri did her schooling in Holy Angel's Convent, Trivandrum and graduated in Bachelor of technology from Mar Baselios College, Trivandrum. She completed the course ''Healing with the Arts'' from University of Florida. Gayathri completed her Masters in Dance and is a diploma holder in Digital Media Production .

Awards[edit]

  • Won Best Director (Female) Award in SATYAJIT RAY GOLDEN ARC FILM AWARD 2022 for the short film SILU
  • Won South Indian Cinema Television Academy Special Jury Award Best Actress in the short film SILU
  • Won Golden Women Award 2015 for category Entertainment, Media and Comm.[7]
  • Winner of Asianet's Vodafone Thakadimi in 2008.[2]
  • Won 1st Prize in DHOOM Pro in 2007.[4]
  • Won many laurels[vague] in State and University level youth festivals.[5]

Filmography[edit]

Commercials[edit]

Title Language Director Cinematographer
Society Tea Hindi, English Vittorio Badini Confalonieri Karthik Vijay
Pankaja Kasthuri Breathe Eazy Kannada Reji Syne Tanu Balak
Domex Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi, English, Kannada, Hindi, Telugu Vijay Veermal Ravi Varman
Sri Gokulam Public School Malayalam Kavitha Jayasree Mahesh Raj
National Program for Climate Change and Human Health Malayalam Prakash Prabhakar C P Satish
Lever Ayush Toothpaste Tamil Amit R Sharma Tushar Kantiray
PVM Hair Oil Malayalam Sathya

Movies[edit]

Title Director Cinematographer
Djinn Sidharth Bharathan Girish Gangadharan
Kho Kho Rahul Riji Nair Tobin Thomas
Anthakshari Vipin Das Bablu Aju
The Family Act Shaalin Zoya Sarath Kumar

Web series[edit]

Title Director
Angane Angane Anu Gayathri Govind

Short films[edit]

Title Director
Shwethavani Nidhin C
SILU Gayathri Govind

Dubbing[edit]

Title Language Director
Chithha Malayalam Arun Kumar
Domex Tamil Vijay Veermal

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dancing queen". The Hindu. Thiruvananthapuram. 27 June 2008. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b "In seventh heaven". The Hindu. Thiruvananthapuram. 28 June 2008. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  3. ^ Chris (4 November 2011). "A techie wedded to dance". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 9 December 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Team work Silver Streak won the Dhoom Pro competition". The Hindu. Metro Plus Thiruvananthapuram. 7 June 2007. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Natana Talent of Month". Technopark, Trivandrum. 2010. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Feat of perfection". The Hindu. Metro Plus Thiruvananthapuram. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Golden Women Awards Results". Golden Women Awards 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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