# Gayathri Govind

Gayathri Govind, is an Indian classical dancer, choreographer, actor and the winner of Asianet's Vodafone Thakadimi in 2008.
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. She is also a well known Choreographer and owns her own dance troupe ''Silver Streak" 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. She runs a dance school, Takadhimi in Chennai and Trivandrum.
On 16 October 2015 she won the Golden Women Award 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

* www.gayathrigovind.com

## Education

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

* 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.
* Winner of Asianet's Vodafone Thakadimi in 2008.
* Won 1st Prize in DHOOM Pro in 2007.
* Won many laurels in State and University level youth festivals.
* Won Best Director (Female) Award in SATYAJIT RAY GOLDEN ARC FILM AWARD 2023 for the short film Ninneyum Kaathu
* Won Best Actress Award in South Indian Cinema Television Academy Awards 2024 for the short film Ninneyum Kaathu

## Filmography
### Commercials

| Title | Language | Director | Cinematographer |
| Society Tea | Hindi, English | Vittorio Badini Confalonieri | Karthik Vijay |
| Aashirvaad | Telugu | Hari Prasad Uday (Kadhai Films) | Balaji Subramanyam |
| Pankajakasthuri Herbals | 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 |
| Bipha Ayurveda | Malayalam | Gowri Nair | Gowri Nair |
| PVM Hair Oil | Malayalam | Sathya | |

### Movies

| Title | Director | Cinematographer | Language |
| Djinn | Sidharth Bharathan | Girish Gangadharan | Malayalam |
| Kho Kho | Rahul Riji Nair | Tobin Thomas | Malayalam |
| Anthakshari | Vipin Das | Bablu Aju | Malayalam |
| The Family Act | Shaalin Zoya | Sarath Kumar | Malayalam |
| Nila Varum Velai | Hariharan | Mukesh | Tamil |

### Web series

| Title | Director |
| Angane Angane Anu | Gayathri Govind |

### Short films

| Title | Director | Cinematographer |
| Shwethavani | Nidhin C | Nithin Sekhar,Neeraj |
| SILU | Gayathri Govind | Sidharth Jayapalan |
| Ninneyum Kaathu | Gayathri Govind | Yedukrishnan |
| Khadima | Govind K Saji | Akhil P S |
| Baby | Ananthan G T | |

### Documentary

| Title | Director | Cinematographer |
| Njanum | Arun Kishore | James Chris |

### Dubbing

| Title | Language | Director |
| Chithha | Malayalam | Arun Kumar |
| Domex | Tamil | Vijay Veermal |