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Kani Kusruti is an Indian actress and model who became famous for her movie Kerala Cafe. She made her debut with the 2003 Malayalam film Anyar and later appeared in projects like Urumi, Cocktail, Shikkar, and Karmayogi. Kani mostly appeared in Malayalam and Tamil films along with a few Hollywood short films. Kani made the headlines after she spoke about women’s success in cinema and praised their boldness by coming out about their harassment in the Malayalam film industry. She also said that it’ll bring a better future to Mollywood.

Did You Know?

• Kani Kusruti was raised in Thiruvananthapuram, where she was introduced to the Abhinaya Theatre Research Centre. After that, she moved to Thrissur and got enrolled in the theatre arts program at the Thrissur Drama School, between 2005 and 2007.
• She appeared in various short films like Pisaasu, Burma, Kalam, and Maa.
• She is currently living in Mumbai along with her boyfriend Anand Gandhi, a filmmaker and science communicator. Moreover, she identifies herself as an atheist and a rationalist.
• Her appearance on the red carpet of the 77th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival became a sensation on the social media handles.
• Kani appeared in various theatre festivals including Bharat Rang Mahotsav and the International Theatre Festival of Kerala.
• In 2015, she made her television debut with Flowers TV, Ishawaran Sakshiyayi which was critically acclaimed.
• Kani Kusruti along with 48 other celebrities wrote the letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and expressed her concern over the growing cases of lynching.
• Her Instagram account has over 357K followers (as of September 2024).

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Language
2003	Anyar	Bus Passenger	Malayalam
2003	Manushyaputhri	Lakshmi	Malayalam
2007	A Flowering Tree	Amma	Malayalam
2009	Kerala Cafe	Zeba	Malayalam
2010	Shikkar	Naxalite	Malayalam
2010	Cocktail	Elsa	Malayalam
2011	Urumi	Singer	Malayalam
2011	Silent Dark Eyes	Woman	English
2012	Karmayogi	Penn Jyothiyamma	Malayalam
2013	Oru Indian Pranayakadha	Police Commissioner	Malayalam
2013	North 24 Kaatham	Lajjo	Malayalam
2013	Hotel California	Guest role	Malayalam
2013	Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla	Flat resident	Malayalam
2014	Masala Republic	AGS Officer	Malayalam
2014	Pisaasu	Angry husband's wife	Tamil
2014	Burma	Clara	Tamil
2015	Padakkam	Prostitute	Malayalam
2015	Sivapuranam		Tamil
2015	Ishwaran Sakshiyayi	Adv.Tresa	Malayalam
2015	The Dolphins	Varalakshmi	Malayalam
2016	Kalam	Housekeeper	Tamil
2016	Memories of a Machine	Lady	Malayalam
2017	Gi	Gi	Malayalam
2017	Thadayam	Jenny	Tamil
2017	Touch	Selvi	Tamil
2017	Spyder	Sudalai/Bhairavadu's Mother	Tamil Telugu
2018	Maa	Mother; Sathya	Tamil
2018	Theekuchiyum Panithulliyum	Thanuja	Malayalam
2018	The Notion	Padma Iyer	English
2018	Counterfeit Kunkoo	Smita Sunil Nikam	Hindi, Marathi
2019	Oolu	Manasi	Malayalam
2020	The Discreet Charm of the Savarnas		English
2020	Biriyaani	Khadeeja	Malayalam
2021	Tryst with Destiny	Ahalya	Hindi/English
2021	1956, Central Travancore	Kela's wife	Malayalam
2021	Vicks - Care Lives On	Priyanka Bhosale	Hindi
2022	Super Sharanya	Pedestrian	Malayalam
2022	Pada	Sheeja P.K.	Malayalam
2022	Vichithram	Martha	Malayalam
2022	Nishiddho	Chaavi	Malayalam
2022	Vazhakku	Sathi	Malayalam
2023	Kirkkan	Farsana Rasheed	Malayalam
2024	All We Imagine as Light	Nurse Prabha	Malayalam
2024	Girls Will Be Girls	Mother Anila	Hindi, Eng

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language
2021	OK Computer	Monalisa Paul	Hindi
2021	Maharani	Kaveri Sridharan	Hindi
2024	Killer Soup	Kirtima Kadathanathan	Hindi
2024	Poacher	DFO Dina	Malayalam
2024	Thalaimai Seyalagam		Tamil
2024	Nagendran's Honeymoons	Thankam	Malayalam

Awards and Nominations

Year	Award	Nominated Work	Category	Result
2019	Kerala State Film Awards	Biriyani	Best Actress	Won
2020	South Filmfare Awards	Biriyani	Best Actress (Critics-Malayalam)	Won

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