Kani Kusruti

Actress

September 12, 1985 (40 years)

Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Biography

Kani Kusruti is an Indian actress and model. She first gained recognition in 2009 with the film Kerala Cafe, where her performance was critically acclaimed. Kani was born in Trivandrum, Kerala to social activist and rationalist parents Jayasree AK and Maitreya Maitreyan.

Filmography

6.4

Maharani

Kaveri Sreedharan

A political drama set in Bihar of 1990's, this story shows how an illiterate woman handles the state as Chief Minister. Rani Bharti's life takes an interesting turn when her husband Bheem Singh Bharti, announces her as the next chief minister of Bihar. With casteism and traditional satraps in the background, will Rani survive this turn of events?

6.5

Assi

Parima

When Parima, a school teacher in Delhi, is gang-raped on her way home late at night after an office party, Raavi, a prosecution lawyer, fights tooth and nail to help her get justice. But when eighty sexual assault cases are reported in India every single day, regardless of age group, ethnicity, time, or place, and only four go to trial, what does justice really mean?

6.0

Poacher

Dina

A group of Indian Forest Service officers, NGO workers, police constables and good samaritans risk their lives trying to track down the biggest elephant ivory poachers in the history of India and bring them to justice.

7.3

Thalaimai Seyalagam

Durga

When the Chief Minister faces the bars of prison, a power struggle brews among the members of the ruling party. Meanwhile, the CBI follows a trail of murders from Jharkhand that might have a connection with another murder case in Tamil Nadu. However, things take an unexpected turn when all the chaos seems linked to each other.

5.5

Nagendran’s Honeymoons

Thankam

A lazy man named Nagendran, who, with his friend Soman, hatches a plan to marry multiple women to earn money from dowry to escape his village and find a better life abroad.

6.7

Super Sharanya

Pedestrian (Cameo)

Sharanya, an ordinary small-town girl from Pallakad, who moves to Thrissur for higher studies, finds herself changing as she meets Deepu.

6.8

All We Imagine as Light

Prabha

In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.

7.0

Girls Will Be Girls

Anila

In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, 16-year-old Mira discovers desire and romance. But her sexual, rebellious awakening is disrupted by her mother who never got to come of age herself.

6.4

Killer Soup

Kirthima Kadathanathan

Swathi dreams of owning a restaurant. But when a murder derails her plan, she and her lover take an outrageous step — to replace him with her husband.

N/A

Tryst With Destiny

Ahalya

A billionaire learns there is something money can't buy, a lower-caste couple attempts to build a new life, and a corrupt city cop finds himself far outside of the law in Nair's slyly biting triptych on class in contemporary India.

6.4

Biriyaani

Khadeeja

The movie chronicles the life of Khadeeja, a married muslim woman confined within the four walls of the household, forced to conceal her desires in the name of religious and societal norms. When fate brings her to an abandoned life, she chooses a different way of financially and sexually liberating herself- to be a sex worker; soon to realize that her soul is still dissatisfied. Finding a new way of hope, she decides to give back to the forces that pushed her to live an orphaned life of humiliation and misery.

7.2

OK Computer

Monalisa Paul

The year is 2031. In a New India - of towering smart holograms and drone superhighways - hard-boiled Cyber Crime detective Saajan Kundu is called out of retirement when a self-driving taxi is hacked and ordered to kill an anonymous human victim. Saajan begrudgingly joins forces with estranged partner Laxmi Suri, a whip-smart AI scientist, to comb the modern backwaters of Goa for the killer.

7.0

Urumi

Bard in Chirakkal court

A young man who discovers his ancestral connection to a 16th century warrior who sought revenge against Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama. Blending history and legend, the story traces a rebellion fueled by betrayal, courage, and the fight against colonial conquest.

5.3

Spyder

Bhairavadu / Sudalai's Mother

A surveillance expert who wants to help people comes across a foe who is the very definition of evil. Can he stop the man before he destroys everything?

5.0

Kirkkan

Farsana Rasheed

The death of a village girl in central Kerala sparks suspicion when she is found hanging in a rubber plantation. Led by ASI Kuku, the investigation and interrogations uncover secrets, lies, and a truth far more disturbing than expected.

5.8

Shikkar

Naxalite

The story of Shikkar takes place at Chittazha, a mountainous terrain where bamboo reeds flourish. After much wandering from place to place, Balraman (Mohanlal) a lorry driver has finally settled down with his daughter (Ananya) at Chittazha. Peace evades the man as his past catches up with him, and Balaraman has to risk everything to safeguard his own life and that of his daughter's.

6.7

Kerala Cafe

Zeba

Ten interconnected short stories unfolding around a roadside railway café in Kerala, where travelers from diverse backgrounds pass through, their lives briefly intersecting amid themes of migration, relationships and modern struggles.

6.7

Oru Indian Pranayakadha

Police Commissioner

Oru Indian Pranayakatha is about the life of a young political leader and his association with a woman who comes unexpectedly into his life.

N/A

Priyapettavan Piyush

TV Mini series

6.7

Pisaasu

Angry husband's wife

A violinist experiences paranormal experience in his flat after a death of a girl who he tries to save due to accident. Later he realises that actually the spirit is helping him and he tries to find out who killed the girl by accident.