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{{short description|Indian actress}}
{{short description|Indian actress}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name              = Muktha
| name              = Muktha
| image              =  
| image              = Muktha.jpg
| caption            =  
| caption            = Muktha during a college function
| birth_name          = Elsa George<ref>{{cite web|title=ഓലക്കുടചൂടി വരന്‍, ചട്ടയും മുണ്ടുമണിഞ്ഞ് വധു;താരവിവാഹം വ്യത്യസ്തമായി|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/malayalam/572473/|publisher=mathrubhumi.com|access-date=1 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831200520/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/malayalam/572473/|archive-date=31 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| birth_date        =  
| birth_date        = {{birth-date and age|19 November 1991}}<ref name="english.manoramaonline.com">{{Cite web|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/actress-muktha-to-tie-the-knot.html|title=Actress Muktha to tie the knot  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813040915/http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/actress-muktha-to-tie-the-knot.html |website=Onmanorama |date=11 August 2015 |archivedate=13 August 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| birth_place        = [[Kolenchery]], Kerala, India
| birth_place        = [[Kolenchery]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| othername          = Bhanu
| death_date        =
| occupation        = Actress
| death_place  =
| othername          = Bhanu<br/>Muktha
| occupation        = Actress<br/>Model<br/>Classical dancer<br/>Makeup artist<br/>Stylist
| yearsactive        = 2005–present
| yearsactive        = 2005–present
| spouse            = Rinku Tomy (2015–present)
| children          = 1
| parents            = George<br/>Saly
| spouse            = {{marriage|Rinku Tomy|2015}}
| relatives          = [[Rimi Tomy]] (Sister-in-law)
| relatives          = [[Rimi Tomy]] (sister-in-law)
| children = 1
}}
}}


'''Elsa George''' (born 19 November 1991), better known by her [[stage name]]s '''Muktha''' and '''Bhanu''' is an Indian actress who works in [[Malayalam film|Malayalam]] and [[Tamil film|Tamil]] film industries and television actress. She is also a classical dancer and an entrepreneur.<ref name="newindianexpress1">{{cite web|author=A Sharadhaa |url=http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Bhanu-all-for-darling/2013/10/09/article1823994.ece |title=Bhanu all for darling |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=2013-10-09 |access-date=2013-10-17}}</ref>
'''Muktha George''' also known by '''Bhanu''' is an Indian actress who works in [[Malayalam film|Malayalam]] and [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] films. She is well known for her role as Bhanumathy in the Tamil film ''[[Thaamirabharani]]''.<ref name="newindianexpress1">{{cite web |author=A Sharadhaa |url=http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Bhanu-all-for-darling/2013/10/09/article1823994.ece |title=Bhanu all for darling |work=The New Indian Express |date=9 October 2013 |access-date=17 October 2013 |archive-date=23 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023141400/http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Bhanu-all-for-darling/2013/10/09/article1823994.ece |url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
==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]].<ref name="thehindu1">{{cite news |author=Nita Sathyendran |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/act-of-expression/article2702565.ece |title=Act of expression |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |url-access=subscription |date=10 December 2011 |access-date=17 October 2013 |archive-date=30 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430020531/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/act-of-expression/article2702565.ece |url-status=live}}</ref>


==Career==
==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) <ref name="thehindu1"/> and then switched to the film industry.<ref>{{cite web|author= A Sharadhaa |url=http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/article1458349.ece |title=Muktha replaces Vedhika in Brindavana |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=2013-02-11 |access-date=2013-10-17}}</ref>.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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/muktha-exploited-by-her-father-news-malayalam-kkfsKQfggec.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216024352/http://www.sify.com/movies/muktha-exploited-by-her-father-news-malayalam-kkfsKQfggec.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-12-16 |title=Muktha - Exploited by her father! |publisher=Sify.com |date=2008-10-16 |access-date=2013-10-17}}</ref> 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".<ref name="thehindu1"/>
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)<ref name="thehindu1"/> and then switched to the film industry.<ref>{{cite web |author=A Sharadhaa |url=http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/article1458349.ece |title=Muktha replaces Vedhika in Brindavana |work=The New Indian Express |date=11 February 2013 |access-date=17 October 2013 |archive-date=23 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023133915/http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/article1458349.ece |url-status=dead}}</ref> She started her career 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/muktha-exploited-by-her-father-news-malayalam-kkfsKQfggec.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216024352/http://www.sify.com/movies/muktha-exploited-by-her-father-news-malayalam-kkfsKQfggec.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 December 2013 |title=Muktha – Exploited by her father! |website=[[Sify]] |date=16 October 2008 |access-date=17 October 2013}}</ref> 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".<ref name="thehindu1"/>
 
She later acted in a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film titled ''[[Photo (film)|Photo]]'' opposite [[Nandu (actor)|Anand]] and [[Anjali (actress born 1986)|Anjali]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tikkview.com/artist/3300-muktha |title=Muktha - Find what you like |publisher=tikkview |date=2013-01-30 |access-date=2013-10-17}}</ref> She made her successful entry into the [[Tamil cinema|Tamil film industry]] with the film ''[[Thaamirabharani]]'' opposite [[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]]. She later starred in some Malayalam films like ''[[Nasrani (film)|Nasrani]]'' and ''[[Goal (2007 Malayalam film)|Goal]]''.
 
She played an established actress in the Tamil film ''[[Pudhumugangal Thevai]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=V Lakshmi, TNN |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-11/news-interviews/32619476_1_sivaji-ganesan-film-industry-rajesh |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131017211650/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-11/news-interviews/32619476_1_sivaji-ganesan-film-industry-rajesh |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-10-17 |title=Bhanu is back with Sivaji now! |date=2012-07-11 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2013-10-17}}</ref>
 
In ''[[Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal]]'' she played the role of a "feisty young woman" called Mallika who belongs to a fishing community.<ref name="thehindu1"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|author=TNN  |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-23/news-interviews/35969670_1_actress-bhanu-thamirabharani-vasanth |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131017211650/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-23/news-interviews/35969670_1_actress-bhanu-thamirabharani-vasanth |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-10-17 |title=Bhanu is back! |date=2012-12-23 |work=[[The Times of India]]  |access-date=2013-10-17}}</ref>


In 2013, she signed her first Kannada film, ''Darling'', directed by Santhu where she starred opposite Yogi.<ref name="newindianexpress1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/kannada/news-interviews/Yogisizzles-with-Darling-co-star-Bhanu/articleshow/24297283.cms |title=Yogi sizzles with Darling co-star Bhanu - The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=1970-01-01 |access-date=2013-10-17}}</ref>
She later acted in a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film titled ''[[Photo (2006 film)|Photo]]'' opposite [[Nandu (actor)|Anand]] and [[Anjali (actress born 1986)|Anjali]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tikkview.com/artist/3300-muktha |title=Muktha – Find what you like |publisher=tikkview |date=30 January 2013 |access-date=17 October 2013 |archive-date=24 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024035851/http://www.tikkview.com/artist/3300-muktha |url-status=live}}</ref> She made her successful entry into the [[Tamil cinema|Tamil film industry]] with the film ''[[Thaamirabharani]]'' opposite [[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]]. She later starred in some Malayalam films like ''[[Nasrani (film)|Nasrani]]'' and ''[[Goal (2007 Malayalam film)|Goal]]''.


Muktha is a trained classical dancer and has done many stage shows.<ref name="thehindu1"/> She is also managing a beauty salon.<ref name="newindianexpress1"/>
She played an established actress in the Tamil film ''[[Pudhumugangal Thevai]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author=V Lakshmi, TNN |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-11/news-interviews/32619476_1_sivaji-ganesan-film-industry-rajesh |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131017211650/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-11/news-interviews/32619476_1_sivaji-ganesan-film-industry-rajesh |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 October 2013 |title=Bhanu is back with Sivaji now! |date=11 July 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=17 October 2013}}</ref> In ''[[Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal]]'' she played the role of a "feisty young woman" called Mallika who belongs to a fishing community.<ref name="thehindu1"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web |author=TNN |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-23/news-interviews/35969670_1_actress-bhanu-thamirabharani-vasanth |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131017211650/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-23/news-interviews/35969670_1_actress-bhanu-thamirabharani-vasanth |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 October 2013 |title=Bhanu is back! |date=23 December 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=17 October 2013}}</ref> In 2013, she signed her first Kannada film, ''Darling'', directed by Santhu where she starred opposite Yogi.<ref name="newindianexpress1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/kannada/news-interviews/Yogisizzles-with-Darling-co-star-Bhanu/articleshow/24297283.cms |title=Yogi sizzles with Darling co-star Bhanu |work=The Times of India |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=17 October 2013 |archive-date=25 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325031614/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/kannada/news-interviews/Yogisizzles-with-Darling-co-star-Bhanu/articleshow/24297283.cms |url-status=live}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
 
Muktha was engaged on 23 August 2015 to Rinku Tomy, brother of the playback singer [[Rimi Tomy]] and then married on 30 August 2015 in [[Edappally]].<ref name="english.manoramaonline.com">{{Cite web |url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/actress-muktha-to-tie-the-knot.html |title=Actress Muktha to tie the knot |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813040915/http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/actress-muktha-to-tie-the-knot.html |website=Onmanorama |date=11 August 2015 |archivedate=13 August 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Muktha is a trained classical dancer and has done many stage shows.<ref name="thehindu1"/> She is also managing a beauty salon.<ref name="newindianexpress1"/>
Originally from [[Angamaly]], 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]].<ref name="thehindu1">{{cite news|author=Nita Sathyendran |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/act-of-expression/article2702565.ece |title=Act of expression |work=The Hindu |date=2011-12-10 |access-date=2013-10-17}}</ref>
 
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.<ref name="english.manoramaonline.com"/>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-  style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
|+ List of Muktha film credits
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Language !! Notes
|-
|-
|2005 || ''[[Otta Nanayam]]'' || Chinnu || [[Malayalam]] || Film debut
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Language
! class="unsortable" scope="col" | Notes
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |2006 || ''[[Achanurangatha Veedu]]'' || Lisamma || Malayalam || Debut film in main role
| 2005 || ''[[Otta Nanayam]]'' || Chinnu || rowspan="2" | [[Malayalam]] || Film debut
|-
|-
| ''[[Photo (film)|Photo]]'' || Bhanu || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] ||
| rowspan="2" | 2006 || ''[[Achanurangatha Veedu]]'' || Lisamma || Debut film in main role
|-
|-
| rowspan="4"|2007 || ''[[Thaamirabharani]]'' || Bhanumathy Saravanaperumal || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || Nominated, [[Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress]]
| ''[[Photo (2006 film)|Photo]]'' || Bhanu || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2007 || ''[[Thaamirabharani]]'' || Bhanumathy Saravanaperumal || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || Tamil debut<br>Nominated, [[Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Goal (2007 Malayalam film)|Goal]]'' || Maria || Malayalam ||
| ''[[Goal (2007 Malayalam film)|Goal]]'' || Maria || Malayalam ||
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| ''[[Rasigar Mandram]]'' || Kavitha || Tamil ||
| ''[[Rasigar Mandram]]'' || Kavitha || Tamil ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Nasrani (film)|Nasrani]]'' || Annie || Malayalam ||
| ''[[Nasrani (film)|Nasrani]]'' || Annie || rowspan="3" | Malayalam ||
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"|2009 || ''[[Hailesa]]'' || Shalini || Malayalam ||
| rowspan="3"|2009 || ''[[Hailesa]]'' || Shalini ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Kancheepurathe Kalyanam]]'' || Meenakshi || Malayalam ||
| ''[[Kancheepurathe Kalyanam]]'' || Meenakshi ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Azhagar Malai]]'' || Janani || Tamil ||
| ''[[Azhagar Malai]]'' || Janani || Tamil ||
|-
|-
| rowspan="4"|2010 || ''[[Avan (2010 film)|Avan]]'' || Mallika || Malayalam ||
| rowspan="4"|2010 || ''[[Avan (2010 film)|Avan]]'' || Mallika || rowspan="4" | Malayalam ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Holidays (2010 film)|Holidays]]'' || Janet || Malayalam ||
| ''[[Holidays (2010 film)|Holidays]]'' || Janet ||
|-
|-
| ''Chaverpada'' || Gopika || Malayalam ||  
| ''[[Chaverpada]]'' || Gopika ||
|-
|-
| ''Khilafath'' ||  || Malayalam ||  
| ''Khilafath'' ||  ||
|-
|-
| rowspan="5"|2011 || ''[[Sattapadi Kutram]]'' || Poorani || Tamil ||
| rowspan="5"|2011 || ''[[Sattapadi Kutram]]'' || Poorani || Tamil ||
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| ''[[Ponnar Shankar (film)|Ponnar Shankar]]'' ||  || Tamil || Special appearance
| ''[[Ponnar Shankar (film)|Ponnar Shankar]]'' ||  || Tamil || Special appearance
|-
|-
| ''Shivapuram'' || || Malayalam ||  
| ''Shivapuram'' || || rowspan="5" | Malayalam ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[The Filmstaar]]'' || Gowri || Malayalam ||  
| ''[[The Filmstaar]]'' || Gowri ||
|-
|-
| ''Themmadi Pravu'' || || Malayalam ||
| ''Themmadi Pravu'' || ||
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"|2012 || ''[[Ee Thirakkinidayil]]'' || Savithri || Malayalam ||  
| rowspan="3"|2012 || ''[[Ee Thirakkinidayil]]'' || Savithri ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Manthrikan]]'' || Rukku || Malayalam ||
| ''[[Manthrikan]]'' || Rukku ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Pudhumugangal Thevai]]'' || Bindutara || Tamil ||
| ''[[Pudhumugangal Thevai]]'' || Bindutara || Tamil ||
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| ''[[Moondru Per Moondru Kaadhal]]'' || Mallika || Tamil ||
| ''[[Moondru Per Moondru Kaadhal]]'' || Mallika || Tamil ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Desingu Raja]]'' ||as herself || Tamil || Special appearance for nilavatam nethiyela song
| ''[[Desingu Raja]]'' || Herself || Tamil || Special appearance for nilavatam nethiyela song
|-
|-
| ''[[Ginger (2013 film)|Ginger]]'' || Roopa || Malayalam ||
| ''[[Ginger (2013 film)|Ginger]]'' || Roopa || Malayalam ||
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"|2014 || ''Darling'' || Poorni || [[Kannada]] ||
| rowspan="3"|2014 || ''[[Darling (2014 film)|Darling]]'' || Poorni || [[Kannada]] ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Angry Babies in Love]]'' || Interviewer || Malayalam ||
| ''[[Angry Babies in Love]]'' || Interviewer || rowspan="4" | Malayalam ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Ormayundo Ee Mukham]]'' || Hema || Malayalam ||
| ''[[Ormayundo Ee Mukham]]'' || Hema ||
|-
|-
| rowspan="4"|2015 || ''[[You Too Brutus (film)|You Too Brutus]]'' || Ancy || Malayalam ||
| rowspan="4"|2015 || ''[[You Too Brutus (film)|You Too Brutus]]'' || Ancy ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Chirakodinja Kinavukal]]'' || Dancer || Malayalam || Special appearance
| ''[[Chirakodinja Kinavukal]]'' || Dancer || Special appearance
|-
|-
| ''[[Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga]]'' || Seema || Tamil ||  
| ''[[Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga]]'' || Seema || Tamil ||  
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| ''Sukhamayirikkatte'' ||Sreelakshmi || Malayalam||
| ''Sukhamayirikkatte'' ||Sreelakshmi || Malayalam||
|-
|-
| 2016 ||''[[Vaaimai]]'' || Jhanavi || Tamil ||  
| 2016 ||''[[Vaaimai]]'' || Jhanavi || rowspan="3" | Tamil ||  
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"|2017 || ''[[Paambhu Sattai]]'' || Shivani || Tamil ||  
| rowspan="2"|2017 || ''[[Paambhu Sattai]]'' || Malar ||
|-
|-
| ''Sagunthalavin Kadhalan'' || || Tamil ||  
| ''Sagunthalavin Kadhalan'' || Sakunthala||
|-
|-
| 2024|| ''Kuruvipaappa'' ||Mubeena || Malayalam ||
<ref>{{Cite web | title=Vineeth to headline the upcoming drama film 'Kuruvi Pappa'; check out the poster here | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/vineeth-to-headline-the-upcoming-drama-film-kuruvi-pappa-check-out-the-poster-here/articleshow/101384916.cms | access-date=2025-10-05 | website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref>
|}
|}


==Television==
==Television==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-  style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
|+ List of Muktha television credits
! Year !! Title !! Language!!Channel
!Role!!Notes
|-
|-
|2004||''Ayilliyam Kavu'' || [[Malayalam]]||[[Surya TV]]||||rowspan="5" |Serial
! scope="col" |Year
 
! scope="col" |Title
! scope="col" |Language
! scope="col" |Channel
! scope="col" |Role
! class="unsortable" scope="col" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2004 || ''Ayilliyam Kavu'' || rowspan="8" | Malayalam || [[Surya TV]] || Actress || rowspan="5" | TV Serial
|-
| ''Gunapadam'' || Telefilm || Actress
|-
|-
|2004||''Gunapadam'' ||Malayalam||
| ''Pavithrabandham'' || [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]] || Actress
|
|-
|-
|2004||''Pavithrabandham'' ||Malayalam||[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]||
| rowspan="2" | 2005 || ''Swaram'' || [[Amrita TV]] || Actress
 
|-
|-
|2005||''Swaram'' ||Malayalam||[[Amrita TV]]||
| ''De Maveli Kombath'' || [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]|| Actress
 
|-
|-
|2005||''De Maveli Kombath''||Malayalam||Asianet
| 2010 || ''Ente Priya Ganangal'' || [[Surya TV]]|| Host || Music show
 
|-
|-
|2010|| ''Ente Priya Ganangal''||Malayalam||Surya TV||Host||Music show
| 2012 || ''Munch Dance Dance'' || [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]|| Judge || Reality show
|-
|-
|2015||''Star Challenge''||Malayalam||[[Flowers (TV channel)]]||Contestant||Reality show
| 2015 || ''Star Challenge'' || [[Flowers TV]]|| Contestant || Reality show
 
|-
|-
|2018 {{endash}} 2019||''[[Chandrakumari]]'' || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] <br> [[Kannada]] ||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] <br> [[Udaya TV]] ||Anjali||rowspan="1" |Serial
| 2018–2019 || ''[[Chandrakumari]]'' || Tamil <br /> Kannada || [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] <br /> [[Udaya TV]] || Anjali || rowspan="1" |TV Serial
|-
|-
|2019|| ''Atham Pathu Ruchi 2019''  
| 2019 || ''Atham Pathu Ruchi 2019'' || rowspan="2" | Malayalam || [[Mazhavil Manorama]] || Celebrity Host || Cookery show
|Malayalam
|[[Mazhavil Manorama]]
|Celebrity Host
|Cookery show
|-
|-
|2020||''Koodathayi''
| 2020 || ''Koodathayi'' || [[Flowers TV]]|| Dolly || TV Serial; Based on [[Koodathayi cyanide killings]]
|Malayalam
|Flowers TV
|Dolly
|Rowspan=2|Serial
|-
|-
|2021||''Velammal''||Tamil||[[Star Vijay]]
| 2021 || ''Velammal'' || Tamil || [[Star Vijay]] || Rani Umaiyaal || TV Serial
|Rani Umaiyaal
|-
|-
|2021||Star Magic||Malayalam||Flowers TV||Mentor||Fun shoe
| 2021–2022 || ''Star Magic'' || rowspan="4" | Malayalam || rowspan="3" | [[Flowers TV]]|| Mentor || rowspan=3 | Game show
|-
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|2022||Flowers Top Singer 2||Malayalam||Flowers TV||Guest Mentor||Game show
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Muktha
Muktha during a college function
Born
Kolenchery, Kerala, India
Other namesBhanu
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present
Spouse(s)
Rinku Tomy
(
m. 2015)
Children1
RelativesRimi Tomy (sister-in-law)

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

Early life[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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 career 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[edit | edit source]

Muktha was engaged on 23 August 2015 to Rinku Tomy, brother of the playback singer 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[edit | edit source]

List of Muktha film credits
Year Title Role Language Notes
2005 Otta Nanayam Chinnu Malayalam Film debut
2006 Achanurangatha Veedu Lisamma Debut film in main role
Photo Bhanu Telugu
2007 Thaamirabharani Bhanumathy Saravanaperumal Tamil Tamil debut
Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress
Goal Maria Malayalam
Rasigar Mandram Kavitha Tamil
Nasrani Annie Malayalam
2009 Hailesa Shalini
Kancheepurathe Kalyanam Meenakshi
Azhagar Malai Janani Tamil
2010 Avan Mallika Malayalam
Holidays Janet
Chaverpada Gopika
Khilafath
2011 Sattapadi Kutram Poorani Tamil
Ponnar Shankar Tamil Special appearance
Shivapuram Malayalam
The Filmstaar Gowri
Themmadi Pravu
2012 Ee Thirakkinidayil Savithri
Manthrikan Rukku
Pudhumugangal Thevai Bindutara Tamil
2013 Emmanuel Jennifer Malayalam
Moondru Per Moondru Kaadhal Mallika Tamil
Desingu Raja 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
2015 You Too Brutus Ancy
Chirakodinja Kinavukal Dancer Special appearance
Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga Seema Tamil
Sukhamayirikkatte Sreelakshmi Malayalam
2016 Vaaimai Jhanavi Tamil
2017 Paambhu Sattai Malar
Sagunthalavin Kadhalan Sakunthala
2024 Kuruvipaappa Mubeena Malayalam

[10]

Television[edit | edit source]

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; Based on Koodathayi cyanide killings
2021 Velammal Tamil Star Vijay Rani Umaiyaal TV Serial
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[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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. Retrieved 17 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ TNN (23 December 2012). "Bhanu is back!". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  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.
  10. ↑ "Vineeth to headline the upcoming drama film 'Kuruvi Pappa'; check out the poster here". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 5 October 2025.

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