Preity Mukhundhan Wins IMDb Breakout Star Award
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- Preity Mukhundhan received IMDb's 'Breakout Star' STARmeter Award, recognizing her surge in online popularity after debuting in the Indian film and TV industry in 2024
- IMDb honored Mukhundhan on the strength of her Tamil films Blast and Idhayam Murali, which released within two months of each other and pushed her to second-most popular Indian celebrity one week and sixth the following week
- The STARmeter Award recognizes figures on IMDb's Popular Indian Celebrities list, which is drawn from a platform that attracts more than 250 million monthly visitors worldwide
- Mukhundhan has already worked across Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam cinema and has five more projects scheduled, including the Telugu film Emo Emo Idi and an untitled Tamil film with Ashok Selvan
- Previous recipients of the award include Ahaan Panday, Aneet Padda, Adarsh Gourav, Kani Kusruti, Sharvari, Regé-Jean Page, Maya Hawke and Ayo Edebiri, among others
Why it matters: The award puts Mukhundhan — who only entered the industry in 2024 — on a global breakout list that has previously featured names now recognized internationally (Regé-Jean Page, Maya Hawke), giving her cross-language visibility in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam markets simultaneously rather than within a single regional film industry.
