 Geetu's actual name is Gayatri das.Affectionately called Geetu by her family, the name was adopted as her screen name when she starred in her fourth 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.