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Vandi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Alfio Vandi is an Italian former professional racing cyclist of the 1970s and 1980s. The highlight of his career was winning the Young rider Classification in the 1976 Giro d'Italia. He placed seventh overall in that Giro. His highest placing in the Giro was fourth in the 1977 Giro d'Italia.

Despina Vandi Greek singer

Despina Vandi, born as Despina Malea on 22 July 1969, is a Greek singer. Born in Tübingen near Stuttgart, Germany, Vandi's family returned to Kavala, Greece when she was six years old.

Isa Vandi filmmaker

Isa Vandi is an Iranian-Swedish film producer, director, editor and screenwriter. He emigrated from Iran in 1989, now living and working in Sweden.

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"Opa Opa" is a song by Greek singer Notis Sfakianakis, released as a single from his second album Ise Ena Pistoli in 1992. It is a laïko dance song and was written and produced by singer Giorgos Alkaios years earlier, and is one of Sfakianakis' most notable of his early works and the most notable version of the song domestically. The song has been covered by a number of artists, taking it to further success abroad. In 1999, Swedish-Greek duo Antique covered it as their debut single with Eurodance elements, reaching the top ten across Scandinavia. Despina Vandi's English-language cover, however, achieved the most success abroad, reaching the top 20 of several markets in Europe and North America.

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Giati Fovase is a Greek-language song performed by Greek recording artist Despina Vandi from her live album Despina Vandi Live. It was released as a promotional cd-single from the album in 2004. The song was recorded from her sold-out live concert in Lycabettus theatre in Athens in 2003.

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<i>Allaxa</i> 2012 studio album by Despina Vandi

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Cinemavandi

Cinema Vandi is an alternative film distribution mechanism founded by Kazhcha Chalachithra Vedi, a film society in Kerala, India. It is a van laden with projectors, lights and other hi-fi screening equipment, traveling the length and breadth of Kerala, screening independent artistic movies. It was founded in 2015 January 24 for the parallel distribution of independent cinema in India, particulary cinema in Kerala, .. The first Cinema Vandi travel was inaugurated by veteran film maker Adoor Gopalakrishnan in Thiruvananthapuram and the first film screened was Oraalppokkam directed by Sanal Kumar Sasidharan and produced by Kazhcha Chalachithra Vedi. The movement was inspired by the similar kind of parallel screening by Odessa Collective for the distribution of Amma Ariyan by late director John Abraham. The cinema vandi movement helped to create a favorable atmosphere to art films for theatrical release in Kerala. Following the successful run of Cinema Vandi, Oraalppokkam was released in movie theaters across Kerala

<i>Vandi</i> (film) 2018 Tamil-language film

Vandi is a 2018 Tamil-language action film directed by Rajeesh Bala. The film features Vidharth, Chandini Tamilarasan and John Vijay in main roles. Produced by Rooby Films, its music is composed by Sooraj Kurup. It was released worldwide on 23 November 2018. The film revolves around three friends who get into trouble over a missing motorcycle and a stolen motorcycle.