Sumukhi Suresh, 30
Stand up and creator of web series Pushpavalli

"I WAS just telling someone the other day that my life is now divided into the pre-Pushpavalli and post-Pushpavalli phase," says comedienne Sumukhi Suresh, who last year became the first Indian woman show creator on Amazon Prime, with the web series. No one thought this could ever happen, she says, especially because everyone thought she was "destined to become the friend of the lead. Instead, I wrote and played the character. It made me legit!"