Shruti Haasan Biography

Shruti Haasan

Shruti Haasan is an Tamil actress, singer and music composer who has worked in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. Her parents are noted actors, Kamal Haasan and Sarika.

Shruti Rajalakshmi Haasan was born in Chennai. Her younger sister Akshara represents India nationally for Ballroom Latin dancing. Haasan studied at Abacus in Chennai and moved to Mumbai to study psychology at St. Andrew’s College. She travelled to the USA to continue to learn music at the Musicians Institute in California
Shruti Haasan sang her first song aged just six in her father's Thevar Magan in the composition of Ilayaraja. She made her singing debut in the Hindi language film, Chachi 420, singing a duet with her father. Shruti sang the bilingual versions of the title theme, Rama Rama with her father, in Hindi and in Tamil for the movie Hey Ram. Shruti sang along with veteran singer K. J. Yesudas for the film En Mana Vaanil (2002) under Ilayaraja's music. She has sung for Gautham Vasudev Menon's Vaaranam Aayiram under the composition of Harris Jayaraj.

After pursuing a career in singing Shruti also entered into modelling. She appeared in the Frappe! magazine of September 2007 and in Verve. In 2000, Haasan made a cameo appearance as the daughter of Vallabhai Patel in the biopic of Mahatma Gandhi, in the Tamil-Hindi bilingual Hey Ram, directed by her father Kamal Haasan. She also rejecting prominent film offers, most notably the lead role in Venkat Prabhu's Saroja.

She signed up to the film against Madhavan, which was titled, Endrendrum Punnagai, but the film was stalled prior to production. Next She signed up to Soham Shah's 'Luck' opposite Imran Khan, a Bollywood film. But the film was a commercial flop. She made her Telugu debut in January 2011, in the fantasy adventure film Anaganaga O Dheerudu.

In mid 2010, Shruti was signed by A.R. Murugadoss to star opposite Surya in the film 7am Arivu. Shruti played Subha Srinivasan, a young scientist in the film and her performance in the film won appreciation from critics. The film also was a Blockbuster at the box office.

Films
2000 - Hey Ram (Tamil & Hindi) Cameo appearance
2009 - Luck (Hindi)
2011 - Anaganaga O Dheerudu (Telugu)
2011 - Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (Hindi)
2011 - 7am Arivu (Tamil)
2011 - Oh My Friend Siri Chandana (Telugu)
2012 - 3 (Tamil) Filming
2012 - Gabbar Singh (Telugu) Filming