Actress Preity Mukhundhan has won IMDb's 'Breakout Star' STARmeter Award, recognising her rapid rise in Indian cinema since starting her career in 2024. The award follows standout performances in the Tamil films Blast and Idhayam Murali, which released within two months of each other and significantly boosted her profile among audiences tracking the platform's Popular Indian Celebrities list.

Mukhundhan's roles pushed her to second place on IMDb's weekly popularity rankings for Indian celebrities, before she placed sixth the following week. Having already worked across Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam cinema, she has five further projects lined up, including the Telugu film Emo Emo Idi and an untitled Tamil project co-starring Ashok Selvan. Previous recipients of the award include Ahaan Panday, Aneet Padda and Ayo Edebiri.