Sakhi Thomas

Sakhi Elsa
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Mar Ivanios College National Institute of Fashion Technology
Occupation	Costume designer
Years active	2009 – present
Awards	Kerala State Film Awards(2018)

Sakhi Elsa, also known as Sakhi Thomas, is an Indian costume designer and fashion designer working predominantly for the Malayalam film industry.

Early life

Sakhi completed her schooling in Sarvodaya Vidyalaya and Pre-University in Mar Ivanios College. Further she took her bachelor's degree in Commerce.

Pursuing her passion, in 2004 she completed her two-year post graduation course from National Institute of Fashion Technology in Knitwear Design & Technology.

Her collection titled ‘The Fragrance of a Dream’ (Mehak-E-Khwab) was spotlighted as the mid-way-opening collection of the 2004 Knitwear Design Show.

Career

She has designed costumes for leading film actors including Mohanlal, Prakash Raj, Manisha Koirala, Nayanthara, Trisha, Dileep, Sreenivasan, Nivin Pauly, Dulquer Salmaan, Fahadh Faasil, Kunchacko Boban, Asif Ali, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Manoj K. Jayan, Biju Menon, Unni Mukundan, Prathap K. Pothan, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Siddique, Saiju Kurup, Suhasini Maniratnam, Aju Varghese, Sameera Reddy, Samvrutha Sunil, Nithya Menon, Mamta Mohandas, Shwetha Menon, and Ann Augustine. ^[1]

Filmography

As costume designer

Year	Film	Language	Director
2009	Kerala Cafe - Off Season	Malayalam	Shyamaprasad [2]
2010	Oru Naal Varum	Malayalam	T. K. Rajeev Kumar [3]
2010	Elektra	Malayalam	Shyamaprasad
2011	Violin	Malayalam	Sibi Malayil
2012	Second Show	Malayalam	Srinath Rajendran
2012	Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty	Malayalam	T. K. Rajeev Kumar
2012	Arike	Malayalam	Shyamaprasad
2013	3 Dots	Malayalam	Sugeeth
2013	Crocodile Love Story	Malayalam	Anoop Ramesh
2013	Artist	Malayalam	Shyamaprasad
2013	Maad Dad	Malayalam	Revathy S Varmha
2014	John Paul Vaathil Thurakkunnu	Malayalam	Chandrahasan
2014	Vellimoonga	Malayalam	Jibu Jacob
2015	KL 10 Patthu	Malayalam	Muhsin parari
2015	Kaliyachan	Malayalam	Farook Abdul Rahiman
2015	Salt Mango Tree	Malayalam	Rajesh Nair
2016	Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan	Malayalam	Nadirshah
2017	Hey Jude	Malayalam	Shyamaprasad
2018	Vallikudilile Vellakaaran	Malayalam	Duglus Alfred
2020	Kesu Ee Veedinte Nadhan	Malayalam	Nadirshah
2020	Thattasherikoottam	Malayalam	Anoop

As lyricist

Year	Film	Language	Director
2020	Thattasherikoottam	Malayalam	Anoop

Awards

Kerala State Film Award

• 2017 Kerala State Film Award for Best Costume Designer - Hey Jude ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Nita Sathyendran (24 February 2012). "Haute DESIGNS". The Hindu.
2. "From Sakhi's fashion house". newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 23 February 2018.^{[ dead link ]}
3. Sathyendran, Nita (30 June 2010). "Dressing the stars". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 February 2018– via www.thehindu.com.
4. "Kerala State Film Awards-2017-Declaration -Reg" (PDF) (Press release).
5. "Parvathy, Indrans and Lijo Jose win big at Kerala State Film Awards 2017". 8 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

External links

• Sakhi Thomas at IMDb
• Kerala State Film Awards 2017 - Indian Express