Muthumani

Theatre

Muthumani joined and actively participated in the Amateur Theatre Wing. She played the central character, Vasundhara in Oru Dalit Yuvathiyude Kadana Katha, based on M. Mukundan's novelette. She was closely associated with the theatre groups in Kochi from her school days. It was while doing her Plus Two education that she travelled to Greece for the Ancient Greek Theatre Festival to represent India under the banner ‘Lokadharmi’ which were the only team from the Asia- Pacific region. The play was based on the Greek character Medea in which she played a 35-year-old mother of two. She won the best actress for the play Mukkanji at the Theatre Olympiad held in Orissa. She donned the role of Chethu, a masculine woman in the play.^[5] That honour eventually got her the role in Sathyan Anthikkad's Malayalam film, Rasathanthram. She also did a play called Lanka Lakshmi in which she played the Mandodari.

She acted in a Malayalam adaptation of The God of Small Things, where she acted as Rahel and as Arundhati Roy. She also played the role of Kannagi in Madurai Kandam, the last segment of Silappatikaram.^[6]

Film

Muthumani made her film debut in Sathyan Anthikkad's, Rasathanthram opposite Mohanlal, in which she played the character who has a crush on the character played by Mohanlal. After that she has acted several notable Malayalam films.^[7] Some of her notable roles were in Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty, How Old Are You?, Oru Indian Pranayakadha, Njaan and Lukka Chuppi.^{[citation needed]}

Television career

• Njnannu Sthree (Amrita TV) as Anchor
• Kuttikalavara (Flowers TV) as anchor
• Chandralekha (Reporter TV) as anchor
• Ithalukal (Asianet News) as Anchor
• Chakkarapanthal (Mathrubhumi News) as Anchor