Shruti Haasan (born 28 January 1986) is an Indian film actress and singer who works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi language films. Born to the prominent Haasan family, she is the daughter of veteran actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur. Through her career, she has received three Filmfare Awards and has established herself as one of the leading actresses of South Indian cinema. In a recent poll conducted by the Chennai Times, Haasan topped the list of most desirable women.
As a child artist, she sang in films and appeared in a guest role in her father's Hey Ram (2000), before making her adult acting debut in the 2009 Bollywood film, the drama thriller film Luck. She later went on to win critical acclaim for her role in the Walt Disney fantasy film in Telugu, Anaganaga O Dheerudu (2011), Oh My Friend (2011) and her Tamil debut 7aum Arivu (2011). After several successful films such as Gabbar Singh (2012), Vedalam (2015), Srimanthudu (2015) and Singam 3 (2017), she established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in Tamil and Telugu cinema. Alongside appearing in Tamil and Telugu films, she has also appeared in several commercially successful Hindi films, including Ramaiya Vastavaiya (2013), Gabbar Is Back (2015) and Welcome Back (2015).
In addition to acting, Haasan has also continued her stint in music through work as a singer in Indian languages and has become an established playback singer in India. For her songs, she has received the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil and the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu nominations for the songs "Kannazhaga Kaalazhaga", from the film 3 (2012), "Yeandi Yeandi", from the film Puli (2015) and "Junction Lo", from the film Aagadu (2014). She began her career as a music director with her father's production Unnaipol Oruvan and had her own music band and album.
Haasan was born to actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur in Chennai. Her father is a Tamil, while her mother Sarika was born to a Maharashtrian father and Rajput mother. Her younger sister Akshara Haasan is also an actress and represented India nationally for Ballroom Latin dancing. Actor and lawyer Charuhasan is her uncle. Her cousins are actresses Anu Hasan and Suhasini Maniratnam. Haasan studied at Lady Andal Venkatasubba Rao school in Chennai and moved to Mumbai to study psychology at St. Andrew's College.
Haasan focused on cinema and music, and eventually traveled to the US to continue to learn music at the Musicians Institute in California, before returning to Chennai.
As a child artist, she sang in films and appeared in a guest role in her father's Hey Ram (2000), before making her adult acting debut in the 2009 Bollywood film, the drama thriller film Luck. She later went on to win critical acclaim for her role in the Walt Disney fantasy film in Telugu, Anaganaga O Dheerudu (2011), Oh My Friend (2011) and her Tamil debut 7aum Arivu (2011). After several successful films such as Gabbar Singh (2012), Vedalam (2015), Srimanthudu (2015) and Singam 3 (2017), she established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in Tamil and Telugu cinema. Alongside appearing in Tamil and Telugu films, she has also appeared in several commercially successful Hindi films, including Ramaiya Vastavaiya (2013), Gabbar Is Back (2015) and Welcome Back (2015).
In addition to acting, Haasan has also continued her stint in music through work as a singer in Indian languages and has become an established playback singer in India. For her songs, she has received the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil and the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu nominations for the songs "Kannazhaga Kaalazhaga", from the film 3 (2012), "Yeandi Yeandi", from the film Puli (2015) and "Junction Lo", from the film Aagadu (2014). She began her career as a music director with her father's production Unnaipol Oruvan and had her own music band and album.
Haasan was born to actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur in Chennai. Her father is a Tamil, while her mother Sarika was born to a Maharashtrian father and Rajput mother. Her younger sister Akshara Haasan is also an actress and represented India nationally for Ballroom Latin dancing. Actor and lawyer Charuhasan is her uncle. Her cousins are actresses Anu Hasan and Suhasini Maniratnam. Haasan studied at Lady Andal Venkatasubba Rao school in Chennai and moved to Mumbai to study psychology at St. Andrew's College.
Haasan focused on cinema and music, and eventually traveled to the US to continue to learn music at the Musicians Institute in California, before returning to Chennai.
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