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

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2005Otta NanayamChinnuMalayalam
2005Achanurangatha VeeduLisammaMalayalam
2006PhotoBhanuTelugu
2007ThaamirabharaniBhanumathy SaravanaperumalTamilNominated, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress
2007GoalMariaMalayalam
2007Rasigar MandramKavithaTamil
2007NasraniAnnieMalayalam
2009HailesaShaliniMalayalam
2009Kancheepurathe KalyanamMeenakshiMalayalam
2009Azhagar MalaiJananiTamil
2010AvanMallikaMalayalam
2010HolidaysJanetMalayalam
2010ChaverpadaGopikaMalayalam
2010KhilafathMalayalam
2011Sattapadi KutramPooraniTamil
2011Ponnar ShankarTamilSpecial appearance
2011ShivapuramMalayalam
2011The FilmstaarGowriMalayalam
2011Themmadi PravuMalayalam
2012Ee ThirakkinidayilSavithriMalayalam
2012ManthrikanRukkuMalayalam
2012Pudhumughangal ThevaiBindutaraTamil
2013EmmanuelJenniferMalayalam
2013Moondru Per Moondru KaadhalMallikaTamil
2013Desingu Rajaas herselfTamilSpecial appearance for nilavatam nethiyela song
2013GingerRoopaMalayalam
2013Lisammayude VeeduYoung LisammaMalayalamArchive footage
Uncredited cameo
Shot from Achanurangatha Veedu
2014DarlingPoorniKannada
2014Angry Babies in LoveInterviewerMalayalam
2014Ormayundo Ee MukhamHemaMalayalam
2015You Too BrutusAncyMalayalam
2015Chirakodinja KinavukalDancerMalayalamSpecial appearance
2015Vasuvum Saravananum Onna PadichavangaSeemaTamil
2015SukhamayirikkatteSreelakshmiMalayalam
2016VaaimaiJhanaviTamil
2017Paambhu SattaiShivaniTamil
2017Sagunthalavin KadhalanTamil

Television