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Sakhi Thomas

Indian costume designer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ23760841
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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.

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