Kani Kusruti

Acting · Production

Born September 12, 1985, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Kani Kusruti (born 12 September 1985) is an Indian actress and model known primarily for her work in Malayalam films. She first gained recognition in 2009 with the film Kerala Cafe and recently has starred in the independent films All We Imagine as Light and Girls Will Be Girls (both 2024). She completed her theatre education at the L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. She has often criticised sexism in the Malayalam film industry and is very involved with feminist movements in India.

Filmography

• 2026Assi — Parima
• Eyes — Tina Sebastian
• 2025Ouseppinte Osiyathu — Dhanya
• 2024All We Imagine as Light — Prabha
• 2024Girls Will Be Girls — Anila
• Killer Soup — Kirthima Kadathanathan
• 2024Mura — Asha
• Nagendran’s Honeymoons — Thankam
• Poacher — Dina
• Thalaimai Seyalagam — Durga
• 2023Kirkkan — Farsana Rasheed
• Priyapettavan Piyush
• 2022Forbidden — Chaavi
• 2022Pada — Sheeja PK
• 2022Super Sharanya — Pedestrian (Cameo)
• 2022The Quarrel — Sathi
• 2022Vichithram — Martha
• 2021Biriyaani — Khadeeja
• Maharani — Kaveri Sreedharan
• OK Computer — Monalisa Paul
• Tryst With Destiny — Ahalya
• 2020The Discreet Charm of the Savarnas
• 2020Tryst With Destiny
• 20191956, Central Travancore — Kela's wife
• 2019She — Vasu’s sister
• 2018Counterfeit Kunkoo — Smita
• 2018The Tetrahedron — Divya
• 2018Theekuchiyum Panithulliyum
• 2017Gi — Gi
• 2017Spyder — Bhairavadu / Sudalai's Mother
• 2017The Forsaken
• 2016Kalam — Housekeeper
• 2016Memories of a Machine
• 2015The Strange Case of Shiva
• 2014Burma — Clara
• 2014Masala Republic — AGS Officer Kani
• 2014Pisaasu — Angry husband's wife
• 2014The Dolphins — Varalakshmi
• 2013Hotel California — Special Appearance
• 2013Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla
• 2013North 24 Kaatham — Lajjo
• 2013Oru Indian Pranayakadha — Police Commissioner
• 2012Karmayogi
• 2011Urumi — Bard in Chirakkal court
• 2010Cocktail — Elsa
• 2010Shikkar — Naxalite
• 2009Kerala Cafe — Zeba
• 2007A Flowering Tree
• Ek Ruka Hua Faisla
• Padakkam
• The Last of Them Plagues — Producer
• Untitled Vidharth Film