Shruti Haasan

Shruti Haasan (born 28 January 1986) is an Indian actress and playback singer who works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi language films. Born in the Haasan family, she is the daughter of actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur.

As a child artist, Haasan sang in films and appeared in a guest role in her father’s directorial Hey Ram (2000), before making her adult acting debut in the 2009 Bollywood film Luck. She achieved recognition with leading roles in the Telugu romantic comedy Oh My Friend (2011), the Telugu fantasy film Anaganaga O Dheerudu (2011), the Tamil science fiction action film 7aum Arivu (2011). Her roles in the latter two earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. Haasan went on to establish herself in South Indian cinema with several commercially successful films, her break through and stardom in Telugu films including Gabbar Singh (2012), Balupu (2013), Yevadu (2014), Race Gurram (2014), Srimanthudu (2015), Krack (2021) and Tamil films Vedalam and Si3 (2017). She won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for the action comedy Race Gurram (2014). Haasan’s Hindi film roles include the critically acclaimed action thriller film D-Day (2013), Ramaiya Vastavaiya (2013), the action film Gabbar Is Back (2015) and the action comedy Welcome Back (2015).

In addition to acting, Haasan is also an established playback singer. She has received nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil for singing “Kannazhaga Kaalazhaga” in 3 (2012) and “Yendi Yendi” in Puli (2015); and the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu for “Junction Lo” in Aagadu (2014). Haasan began her career as a music director with her father’s production Unnaipol Oruvan (2009) and has since formed her own music band. She got Best Music Director award for Unnaipol Oruvan at Edison Awards.

Early life and family

The Haasans: Akshara, Kamal and Shruti

Shruti Haasan was born to actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur in Madras (present-day Chennai) in a Tamil family. Her father is a Tamilian, while her mother Sarika was born to a Maharashtrian father and Rajput mother.  Her younger sister Akshara Haasan is also an actress. Actor and lawyer Charuhasan is her uncle. Her cousins are actresses Anu Hasan and Suhasini Maniratnam. Haasan studied at Lady Andal 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.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2000	Hey Ram	Vallabhbhai Patel’s daughter	Tamil	Child artist
			Hindi
2009	Luck	Ayesha, Natasha[b]	Hindi
2011	Anaganaga O Dheerudu	Priya	Telugu	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South
	Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji	Nikki Narang	Hindi
	7aum Arivu	Subha Srinivasan	Tamil	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South
	Oh My Friend	Siri	Telugu
2012	3	Janani	Tamil	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
	Gabbar Singh	Bhagyalakshmi	Telugu
2013	Balupu	Shruti	Telugu
	Ramaiya Vastavaiya	Sona	Hindi
	D-Day	Suraiya	Hindi
	Ramayya Vasthavayya	Ammulu	Telugu
2014	Yevadu	Manju	Telugu
	Race Gurram	Spandana	Telugu	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
	Aagadu	Un­known	Telugu	Special appearance in the song “Junction Lo”
	Poojai	Divya	Tamil
2015	Tevar	Un­known	Hindi	Special appearance in the song “Madamiyan”
	Gabbar Is Back	Shruti	Hindi
	Srimanthudu	Charuseela	Telugu	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
	Welcome Back	Ranjana	Hindi
	Puli	Pavazhamalli	Tamil
	Vedalam	Swetha	Tamil
2016	Rocky Handsome	Rukshida	Hindi
	Premam	Sithara	Telugu
2017	Singam 3	Vidhya (Agni)	Tamil
	Katamarayudu	Avanthika	Telugu
	Behen Hogi Teri	Binny	Hindi
2020	Yaara	Sukanya	Hindi
	Putham Pudhu Kaalai	Ramya	Tamil	Anthology film; segment: Coffee, Anyone?
2021	Krack	Kalyani	Telugu
	The Power	Pari	Hindi
	Pitta Kathalu	Divya	Telugu	Anthology film; segment: xLife
	Vakeel Saab	Satyadev’s wife	Telugu	Cameo appearance
	Laabam	Clara	Tamil
2022	NBK107	TBA	Telugu	Filming
	Waltair Veerayya	TBA	Telugu	Filming
2023	Salaar	Aadya	Telugu	Filming

Television

Short films

Voice artist