Kani was born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, to social activist and rationalist parents Jayasree AK and Maitreya Mait reyan. At 15, she invented her last name to fill in a requirement in her class 10th exam application. She identifies herself as an atheist and a rationalist.
About Kani Kusruti in brief
Kani won the Best Actress at Kerala State Film Awards in 2020 & the BRICS Best Actress Award at the Moscow International Film Festival for her performance of Khadeeja in the film Biriyaani. Kani was born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, to social activist and rationalist parents Jayasree AK and Maitreya Mait reyan. Her parents had dropped their last names to erase the social hierarchy marker that comes with last names in India.
At 15, she invented her last name to fill in a requirement in her class 10th exam application. She identifies herself as an atheist and a rationalist. The actress has now made serious claims against the Malayalam film industry due to sexual demands from filmmakers. In 2019, Kani along with other artists in the country had written an open letter to Narendra Modi to open the country to artists.
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