Muktha (actress)
Elsa George, better known by her stage name Muktha in the Malayalam film industry and by Bhanu in the Tamil film industry, is an Indian film and television actress. She is also a classical dancer and an entrepreneur.
Career
Muktha started her career as a child artist when she was in class six. She acted in television serials such as Swaram and then switched to the film industry. Her first film, Lal Jose's Achanurangatha Veedu, released in 2005, when Muktha was doing her 8th standard. She was seen as Lisamma in the film and The Hindu wrote "It's perhaps one of the most enduring female roles in modern Malayalam cinema".She later acted in a Telugu film titled Photo opposite Geetanjali and Anjali. She made her successful entry into the Tamil film industry with the film Thaamirabharani opposite Vishal. She later starred in some Malayalam films like Nasrani and Goal.
She played an established actress in the Tamil film Pudhumugangal Thevai.
In Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal she played the role of a "feisty young woman" called Mallika who belongs to a fishing community. For her role, she spent one month on the beach under the sun, getting herself a tan and also learnt to speak Tamil in the Nagercoil slang.
In 2013, she signed her first Kannada film, Darling, directed by Santhu where she starred opposite Yogi.
Muktha is a trained classical dancer and has done many stage shows. She is also managing a beauty salon.
Personal life
Muktha was born as Elsa George, the youngest of two children to George and Saly at Kolenchery. She has an elder sister, Doshy Marya George. She went to St. Augustine's Girls Higher Secondary School, Kothamangalam, Kerala.On 23 August 2015, she got engaged to Rinku Tomy, brother of Rimi Tomy. On 30 August 2015 she married him at St George Catholic Forane Church in Edappally, Kochi. She gave birth to a baby girl on 2016.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
2005 | Otta Nanayam | Chinnu | Malayalam | |
2005 | Achanurangatha Veedu | Lisamma | Malayalam | |
2006 | Photo | Bhanu | Telugu | |
2007 | Thaamirabharani | Bhanumathy Saravanaperumal | Tamil | Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress |
2007 | Goal | Maria | Malayalam | |
2007 | Rasigar Mandram | Kavitha | Tamil | |
2007 | Nasrani | Annie | Malayalam | |
2009 | Hailesa | Shalini | Malayalam | |
2009 | Kancheepurathe Kalyanam | Meenakshi | Malayalam | |
2009 | Azhagar Malai | Janani | Tamil | |
2010 | Avan | Mallika | Malayalam | |
2010 | Holidays | Janet | Malayalam | |
2010 | Chaverpada | Gopika | Malayalam | |
2010 | Khilafath | Malayalam | ||
2011 | Sattapadi Kutram | Poorani | Tamil | |
2011 | Ponnar Shankar | Tamil | Special appearance | |
2011 | Shivapuram | Malayalam | ||
2011 | The Filmstaar | Gowri | Malayalam | |
2011 | Themmadi Pravu | Malayalam | ||
2012 | Ee Thirakkinidayil | Savithri | Malayalam | |
2012 | Manthrikan | Rukku | Malayalam | |
2012 | Pudhumughangal Thevai | Bindutara | Tamil | |
2013 | Emmanuel | Jennifer | Malayalam | |
2013 | Moondru Per Moondru Kaadhal | Mallika | Tamil | |
2013 | Desingu Raja | as herself | Tamil | Special appearance for nilavatam nethiyela song |
2013 | Ginger | Roopa | Malayalam | |
2013 | Lisammayude Veedu | Young Lisamma | Malayalam | Archive footage Uncredited cameo Shot from Achanurangatha Veedu |
2014 | Darling | Poorni | Kannada | |
2014 | Angry Babies in Love | Interviewer | Malayalam | |
2014 | Ormayundo Ee Mukham | Hema | Malayalam | |
2015 | You Too Brutus | Ancy | Malayalam | |
2015 | Chirakodinja Kinavukal | Dancer | Malayalam | Special appearance |
2015 | Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga | Seema | Tamil | |
2015 | Sukhamayirikkatte | Sreelakshmi | Malayalam | |
2016 | Vaaimai | Jhanavi | Tamil | |
2017 | Paambhu Sattai | Shivani | Tamil | |
2017 | Sagunthalavin Kadhalan | Tamil |