Muktha (actress)

Muktha also known by Bhanu is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam and Tamil films. She is well known for her role as Bhanumathy Saravanaperumal in the Tamil film Thaamirabharani.^[1]

Muktha
Born	Kolenchery, Kerala, India
Other names	Bhanu
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Rinku Tomy ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	1
Relatives	Rimi Tomy (sister-in-law)

Early life

Originally from Angamaly, Muktha was born the youngest of two children to George and Saly at Kolenchery. She has an elder sister. She went to St. Augustine's Girls Higher Secondary School, Kothamangalam, Kerala.^[2]

Career

Muktha started her career as a child artist when she was in class six. She acted in television serials such as Swaram (on Amrita TV)^[2] and then switched to the film industry.^[3] She started her carrier by playing supporting role in Otta Nanayam, released in 2005.But her first film in main role was Lal Jose's Achanurangatha Veedu, released in 2005, when Muktha was doing her 8th standard.^[4] 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".^[2]

She later acted in a Telugu film titled Photo opposite Anand and Anjali.^[5] 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.^[6] In Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal she played the role of a "feisty young woman" called Mallika who belongs to a fishing community.^[2] 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.^[7] In 2013, she signed her first Kannada film, Darling, directed by Santhu where she starred opposite Yogi.^[1][8]

Personal life

Muktha was engaged on 23 August 2015 to Rinku Tomy, brother of Rimi Tomy and then married on 30 August 2015 in Edappally.^[9] Muktha is a trained classical dancer and has done many stage shows.^[2] She is also managing a beauty salon.^[1]

Filmography

List of Muktha film credits

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2005	Otta Nanayam	Chinnu	Malayalam	Film debut
2006	Achanurangatha Veedu	Lisamma	Malayalam	Debut film in main role
	Photo	Bhanu	Telugu
2007	Thaamirabharani	Bhanumathy Saravanaperumal	Tamil	Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress
	Goal	Maria	Malayalam
	Rasigar Mandram	Kavitha	Tamil
	Nasrani	Annie	Malayalam
2009	Hailesa	Shalini	Malayalam
	Kancheepurathe Kalyanam	Meenakshi	Malayalam
	Azhagar Malai	Janani	Tamil
2010	Avan	Mallika	Malayalam
	Holidays	Janet	Malayalam
	Chaverpada	Gopika	Malayalam
	Khilafath		Malayalam
2011	Sattapadi Kutram	Poorani	Tamil
	Ponnar Shankar		Tamil	Special appearance
	Shivapuram		Malayalam
	The Filmstaar	Gowri	Malayalam
	Themmadi Pravu		Malayalam
2012	Ee Thirakkinidayil	Savithri	Malayalam
	Manthrikan	Rukku	Malayalam
	Pudhumugangal Thevai	Bindutara	Tamil
2013	Emmanuel	Jennifer	Malayalam
	Moondru Per Moondru Kaadhal	Mallika	Tamil
	Desingu Raja	as herself	Tamil	Special appearance for nilavatam nethiyela song
	Ginger	Roopa	Malayalam
2014	Darling	Poorni	Kannada
	Angry Babies in Love	Interviewer	Malayalam
	Ormayundo Ee Mukham	Hema	Malayalam
2015	You Too Brutus	Ancy	Malayalam
	Chirakodinja Kinavukal	Dancer	Malayalam	Special appearance
	Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga	Seema	Tamil
	Sukhamayirikkatte	Sreelakshmi	Malayalam
2016	Vaaimai	Jhanavi	Tamil
2017	Paambhu Sattai	Shivani	Tamil
	Sagunthalavin Kadhalan		Tamil

Television

List of Muktha television credits

Year	Title	Language	Channel	Role	Notes
2004	Ayilliyam Kavu	Malayalam	Surya TV	Actress	TV Serial
	Gunapadam		Telefilm	Actress
	Pavithrabandham		Asianet	Actress
2005	Swaram		Amrita TV	Actress
	De Maveli Kombath		Asianet	Actress
2010	Ente Priya Ganangal		Surya TV	Host	Music show
2012	Munch Dance Dance		Asianet	Judge	Reality show
2015	Star Challenge		Flowers Tv	Contestant	Reality show
2018–2019	Chandrakumari	Tamil Kannada	Sun TV Udaya TV	Anjali	TV Serial
2019	Atham Pathu Ruchi 2019	Malayalam	Mazhavil Manorama	Celebrity Host	Cookery show
2020	Koodathayi		Flowers TV	Dolly	TV Serial
2021	Velammal	Tamil	Star Vijay	Rani Umaiyaal
2021–2022	Star Magic	Malayalam	Flowers TV	Mentor	Game show
2022	Flowers Top Singer 2			Guest Mentor
	Flowers Oru Kodi			Contestant
2022–2023	Nammal		Asianet	Gayathri	TV Serial

References

1. A Sharadhaa (9 October 2013). "Bhanu all for darling". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
2. Nita Sathyendran (10 December 2011). "Act of expression". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
3. A Sharadhaa (11 February 2013). "Muktha replaces Vedhika in Brindavana". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
4. "Muktha – Exploited by her father!". Sify. 16 October 2008. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
5. "Muktha – Find what you like". tikkview. 30 January 2013. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
6. V Lakshmi, TNN (11 July 2012). "Bhanu is back with Sivaji now!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
7. TNN (23 December 2012). "Bhanu is back!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
8. "Yogi sizzles with Darling co-star Bhanu". The Times of India. 1 January 1970. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
9. "Actress Muktha to tie the knot". Onmanorama. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015.

External links

• Muktha at IMDb