Shruti Haasan speaks up on her father
Shruti Haasan speaks up on her father
The actress speaks
Shruti Haasan last seen in Coolie as Preethi, the kind but resilient aide of Rajinikanth’s Deva, has carved a niche for herself in the industry as an actress and a musician.
While Haasan is acknowledged for her unique brand of sensibilities, stands in the shadow of her father, the Tamil screen icon Kamal Haasan, who has clocked over 60 illustrious years in cinema.
In an interview recently, Shruti ⁸ speaks about finding her voice amidst the “shadow from the sun shine” her father often casts.
Adding that the shadow is always there. But do I face it? Or do I keep walking in my direction, it’s there.
3Appa’s presence in life is like the sun shining that creates a shadow, rather than him
the shadow that covers my light,” Shruti tells.”He’s her papa first, but like for all of you, he’s a great inspiration, and is someone we can’t really be and so take lessons from, and that’s the approach. It’s not that it becomes sparkly up close or scarier up close. He doesn’t let anybody feel the weight of his achievements.”
Haasan recalls the beginning of her career, trying to find her feet in three different industries – Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. “The Telugu industry was lucrative, but it gave me the first taste of acceptance and freedom as an artist. There was always a stigma around it for being commercial. But he sees it as a great word because stardom gives you the power to move into places and make decisions.” It was never her intention to do the opposite of what was expected of her as a star child, but she was determined to make her journey original.
Further adding that
People have their perception of what this gentleman’s daughter should dress like, sound like, behave like. He didn’t categorically go opposite of it, but she wanted to do something that’s right by my stride.”
Shruti’s latest collaboration with her father was in the song ‘Vinveli Nayaga’ in Thug Life, which opened to mixed reviews. How does her dad make sense of box office numbers?
The numbers conversation was not happening ten years ago. Her dad comes from a mindset where he puts all his own money into the cinema. The numbers game doesn’t affect him in the way that people perceive. She thinks it’s a new nouveau riche problem.”
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