Shruti Haasan has an interesting answer for those who question her decision to join the film industry, and it comes from a conversation her father, Kamal Haasan once had.

The veteran actor was asked how he could allow his daughter to appear in films given the uncertainties of the profession. Kamal Haasan’s answer? He compared it to allowing a daughter to marry into an unknown family through an arranged marriage, pointing out that the film industry was already his family’s world.

Shruti recently revisited the episode in a conversation with her cousin and actress Suhasini Maniratnam. In an interview with GalataThe two actors engaged in a fun-filled question-and-answer session, with Suhasini asking Shruti to give cheeky answers to some commonly asked questions.

One question was why Shruti chose acting instead of pursuing a different career. Explaining his decision, the actor said, “I wanted to do it; I did it. That’s it. As you know, you (Suhasini), me, Rekha ma’am; there are very few of us who are daughters of cinema. I remember someone asked Appa (father) how did you allow Shruti to enter the film industry? So he said, how come your daughter is married into our family? My daughter will be so happy here how Appa has taken the world of cinema to the next level.” pick up

The interesting thing is that when Suhasini raised the question of marriage, Shruti also gave a blunt answer. When asked when she planned to get married, she deflected the question and asked her cousin when she was divorcing filmmaker Mani Ratnam.

On the work front, Shruti was last seen in Lokesh Kanagaraj’s 2025. Coolies. She also appeared in the special number hello Buchi Babu in Sana pediIt stars Ram Charan and Janhvi Kapoor.

The actor has two projects, including the train In Tamil and Oksamlo Oka Tara In Telugu

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