Shruti Haasan was born on 28 January 1986 and is an Indian actress and playback singer who primarily works in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil films.
58 Facts About Shruti Haasan
Shruti Haasan is a recipient of several accolades including two Filmfare Award South and three South Indian International Movie Awards.
Shruti Haasan has appeared in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list of 2015 and 2016.
Shruti Haasan went onto established herself in South Indian cinema with successful Telugu films Gabbar Singh, Balupu, Yevadu, Race Gurram both, Srimanthudu, Premam and Krack.
Shruti Haasan achieved further recognition with the Telugu films Oh My Friend and Veera Simha Reddy and the Tamil films, Vedalam and Si3.
Shruti Haasan is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products.
Shruti Haasan was born on 28 January 1986 to actors Kamal Shruti Haasan and Sarika Thakur in Madras in a Tamil family.
Shruti Haasan's father is a Tamilian Brahmin Iyengar, while her mother was born to a Maharashtrian father and Rajput mother.
Shruti Haasan's parents got married when she was one and got divorced in 2004.
Shruti Haasan completed her schooling from Lady Andal school in Chennai and moved to Mumbai to obtain a degree in psychology at St Andrew's College.
Shruti 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.
Shruti Haasan's first appearance in a feature film was a child artist in a cameo role as the daughter of Vallabhbhai Patel in the Tamil-Hindi bilingual Hey Ram, based on a murder attempt on Mahatma Gandhi, directed by her father Kamal Shruti Haasan.
Shruti Haasan eventually signed up to feature in Soham Shah's Hindi film Luck, opposite Imran Khan, in July 2008, and shot for the film for nearly a year.
Imran Khan, her childhood friend, had recommended her name to the director and Shruti Haasan signed on after listening to the entire script and accepted to play a dual role in the action film.
Shruti Haasan took part in action scenes during filming and worked out extensively.
Shruti Haasan then went on to appear alongside Blaaze in the promotional videos for Unnaipol Oruvan and Eenadu, the bilingual films starring her father, which she had composed the music for.
Shruti Haasan made her Telugu debut in January 2011, acting opposite Siddharth in the fantasy adventure film Anaganaga O Dheerudu, directed by Prakash Kovelamudi, son of director K Raghavendra Rao.
The film opened to positive reviews, with her performance being praised with a critic noting: "Shruti Haasan looks quite attractive and makes a wonderful screen presence", while a reviewer from Rediff.
Shruti Haasan's performance gained poor responses from critics with a reviewer citing that her character has been "reduced to post-interval surfacing, last-ditch glamour", whilst another labelled hers as "so fake that she offers only disappointment"; however, the film went on to become a commercial success at the box office.
In mid-2010, Shruti Haasan was signed by AR Murugadoss to star opposite Suriya in his next film 7aum Arivu, and the film's shooting began in June later that year.
Shruti Haasan played Subha Srinivasan, a young scientist in the film, who hopes to re-activate the genes of 5th century Buddhist monk Bodhidharma, and her performance in the film won appreciation from critics.
The film told the story of childhood friends, and that of their platonic friendship that went on in their adulthood as well, and for the role Shruti Haasan went on to learn the dance of Kuchipudi.
The film opened in March 2012 to positive reviews, with a critic noting: "Shruti Haasan Hassan has come a long way", though the film only garnered average returns at the box office.
Shruti Haasan played the role of Bhagyalakshmi, a village girl, which had been played by Sonakshi Sinha in the original version.
Shruti Haasan received positive reviews for her performance, with critics noting that she "provides the fun in the film with glamor and verve".
Shruti Haasan had a Tamil release; Poojai, opposite Vishal, and performed her first item number in her career in the Telugu action comedy film Aagadu, starring Mahesh Babu and Tamannaah.
In 2015, Shruti Haasan performed her second item number in the Hindi film Tevar, featuring Arjun Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha.
Shruti Haasan was signed to the fantasy film Sangamithra, directed by Sundar.
Shruti Haasan made her American television debut in 2019 with the action drama series Treadstone in which she had a recurring role.
Shruti Haasan worked opposite Jammwal in the Mahesh Manjrekar film The Power.
Shruti Haasan made her television debut in 2018 as a Host in the Tamil show Hello Sago.
Shruti Haasan then made her American television debut with Treadstone, portraying Nira Patel.
Shruti Haasan made her Hindi web debut with Best Seller in 2022.
Shruti Haasan began her career as a music director with her father's production Unnaipol Oruvan and has since formed her own music band.
Shruti Haasan won the Best Music Director award for Unnaipol Oruvan at Edison Awards.
Shruti Haasan earlier dated London-based actor Michael Corsale, of Italian descent.
Shruti Haasan is in a relationship with Multidisciplinary visual artist, Santanu Hazarika, since 2020.
Shruti Haasan has been associated with the RPG Foundation, an NGO committed to women's empowerment.
Shruti Haasan was a part of Julio Ribeiro campaign for Jammu and Kashmir floods of 2014, where she donated a large sum for the cause.
Shruti Haasan made her Cannes Film Festival appearance in 2017, where she graced the red carpet for British author Neil Gaiman.
Shruti Haasan has ramp walked at the Lakme Fashion Week and has been cover model for various magazines.
Shruti Haasan has performed at various film awards and other events.
Shruti Haasan was signed as the brand ambassador for WWF India.
Shruti Haasan conducted an online session on social topics such as mental health, women in films and media, and sustainability in fashion.
Shruti Haasan is considered among the most popular actor of Telugu cinema.
Shruti Haasan is one of the highest paid actresses in South Indian cinema, according to various media reports.
Shruti Haasan debuted at 61st position with an estimated annual income of 80.0 million.
Shruti Haasan went onto achieve praises for her portrayals in mainstream Telugu and Tamil films, in particular for Oh My Friend, Race Gurram, Srimanthudu, Premam and Si3.
Shruti Haasan has often been cast opposite the same actors more than once, featuring in two or more films with Pawan Kalyan, Suriya, Ravi Teja and Siddharth.
Shruti Haasan even proved to be the "lucky charm", for some of them.
Shruti Haasan has been placed in Rediffs "Top Tamil Actresses" of 2012 List.
Shruti Haasan is listed among the "Hottest South Indian" actresses.
Shruti Haasan stood at the 24th place on Forbes India's most influential stars on Instagram in South cinema for the year 2021.
Shruti Haasan has frequently featured on Hyderabad Times' Most Desirable Woman and Chennai Times' Most Desirable Woman list.
Shruti Haasan became Hyderabad's Most Desirable Woman in 2013 and 2020 and became Chennai's Most Desirable Woman in 2013.
Shruti Haasan is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products.
Shruti Haasan was signed as a brand ambassador for Lloyd.
Shruti Haasan is a brand ambassador for Fossil watches in India.