Indian actor Kani Kusruti has nabbed IMDb‘s “Breakout Star” STARmeter Award, riding high on the heels of her criticassociate acclaimed turns in Cannes triumphner “All We Imagine as Light” and Sundance-triumphning “Girls Will Be Girls.”
The laurel, choosed from IMDb’s monthly traffic of over 250 million visitors worldexpansive, signals Kusruti’s meteoric ascfinish on the platestablish’s Popular Indian Celebrities chart – a metric that’s shown to be a depfinishable crystal ball for acunderstandledgeing talent on the verge of going supernova.
Kusruti’s profile has been white-boiling chaseing her star turn in Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light,” where she portrays Prabha, a Malayali nurse navigating life in Mumbai. The film made waves at Cannes 2024, scooping the Grand Prix and labeling a historic moment as India’s first main competition entry in three decades. The Gancigo inen Globes also took see, handing the film two nominatons, while IMDb users have finishd on a firm 7.2/10 rating.
The actor, whose resume integrates stints in “Kerala Cafe,” “Biriyaani,” and “OK Computer,” is also generating awards season buzz with an Inreliant Spirit Award nomination for her aiding toil in “Girls Will Be Girls.” The ceremony is set for February, where “All We Imagine as Light” will also vie for Best International Feature.
“I’m reassociate greeted and touched to get the IMDb ‘Breakout Star’ STARmeter Award,” Kusruti shelp. “I don’t always have such confidence, so once in a while, when you get this charitable of validation, you sense enjoy you’re doing someleang right.”
Kusruti joins a roster of previous STARmeter “Breakout Star” recipients, including Sharvari, Nitanshi Goel, Medha Shankr, Bhuvan Arora, Angira Dhar, Adarsh Gourav, Ashley Park, Ayo Edebiri, and Regé-Jean Page.
