Shruti Haasan venges on being tagged for her role in “Coolie”
Shruti Haasan venges on being tagged for her role in “Coolie”
Even as Shruti Haasan is basking in the success of her latest release Coolie a Lokesh Kanagaraj’s directorial featuring Rajinikanth in the lead she was in for a surprise when a fan asked her was it fair of her character Preethi shown as ‘damsel in distress’, in response
response, Shruti said in the caption, on her Instagram stories that it is someone else’s vision. Not about fair or unfair, character was in distress.
Coming to her role in Coolie, it narrates the story of a former union leader named Deva (Rajinikanth) who seeks answers after the sudden death of his friend Rajasekhar (Sathyaraj). Preethi plays the daughter of Rajasekhar who then takes the help of Deva to avenge her father’s death. In the film, her character is abducted several times.
Meanwhile, Shruti also answered other fans’ questions, revealing that her least favourite colour is Yellow and ensuring to do more Tamil films in the near future.
Ahead of the release, Shruti had opened up in an interview where she shared what made her say yes to the project. “When a project like this comes to you with an actor like that, a director like that, it’s already exciting. But she really liked the character of Preethi and what she brought to the story.
Coolie also features Nagarjuna, Soubin Shahir, Sathyaraj, Upendra and Aamir Khan. The film produced by Sun Pictures has music score by Anirudh Ravichander. It theatrically released on 14 August and clashed with Ayan Mukerji’s War 2. It grossed ₹150 crore worldwide on its opening day. In India, the film has so far crossed ₹230 crore.
News Edit KV Raman
