Kamal Haasan and Sarika’s daughter Shruti Haasan recently opened up about her parents’ divorce.
The couple, who married in 1988, separated in 2002 and eventually divorced in 2004.
In an interview with Pinkvilla, Shruti revealed how her parents’ separation affected her and how it taught her a very important lesson.
The actress said, “Look, I was born in a very beautiful family. Artistic, intelligent parents and a lot of luxuries by the grace of God. But I have also seen the other side of it. When my parents separated . everything changed.”
She further added, “Then I realized the value of financial independence, independence dependent on individuality. Especially being a daughter and seeing Momma walk out of marriage, it taught me an important lesson that for a woman Why it’s important to be independent.” ,
Furthermore, stressing on the importance of women being independent, the actress said, “We always see how much men’s independence is celebrated. I would also like to say that we do not need to declare, ‘I ‘I’m an independent feminist’…we don’t do that.” It doesn’t need to be done every day, it’s actually a very quiet, ‘unappreciated’ battle.”
“A lot of women relate to this one theme that there’s no one to appreciate us, we have to do it ourselves, we have to survive every day and pay our bills and it’s a normal part of life,” she said. ,
The actress shared that despite the separation, she cherishes the relationship that her parents shared in happier times.
She said, “For me, when they were together and happy, they were the most beautiful couple I had ever seen because they worked together, went to the set together, mom would make their costumes… the whole The family was into films… I was also in the costume department, my sister (Akshara) was in the AD (assistant director) department, she also worked in the art department, so we were all a family of people associated with the film industry.
Shruti Haasan said that although Kamal and Sarika took the difficult decision to separate, they were fully committed to their role as parents.
“Individually, they are two very talented people. I’m glad they’re still my parents. If they are happy separately then it is good for us too,” he concluded.
