Shruti Haasan

Infobox actor
name = Shruti Haasan

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caption = Shruti Haasan, at the shoots of her uncompleted, "Endrendrum Punnagai"
birthdate = birth date and age|1986| 01|28
location = Chennai, India
yearsactive = 1992 - present
partner =
parents = Kamal Haasan & Sarika
spouse =
occupation = Singer, Model, Actress
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homepage =

Shruti Haasan (born January 28, 1986) is an Indian singer turned actress. Her parents are the noted actors, Kamal Haasan and Sarika. [cite web|title=High Five with Shruti Haasan |url=http://www.hindu.com/rp/2007/10/28/stories/2007102850020100.htm|first=Sangeetha|last=Rajeesh|publisher=The Hindu|date=2003-10-28|accessdate=2007-12-20]

Career

Early career

Shruti Rajalakshmi Haasan was born to actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika on January 28, 1986 in Chennai, India. [cite web|title=Shruti K. Haasan|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1599046/|publisher=Internet Movie Database|date=2007-12-20|accessdate=2007-12-20] She also has a younger sister named Akshara, who represents India nationally for Ballroom Latin dancing. [cite web|title=Akshara Hassan eyes on Olympic 2012!! |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/kamal-daughter-akshara-hassan-041007.html|first=Settu|last=Shankar|publisher=OneIndia|date=2006-10-04|accessdate=2007-12-20] Haasan studied at the Abacus School in Chennai, until 10th grade, where she moved to Mumbai to read psychology at St Andrew’s College. [cite web|title=Artistic Lineage…|url=http://magnamags.com/magna_savvy/node/581|first=|last=|publisher=Magna Magazine|date=2007-07-25|accessdate=2007-12-20]

However, Haasan shifted her focus to cinema and music, and eventually travelled to the USA to continue to learn music at the Musicians Institute in California, before returning to Chennai. [cite web|title=Kamal Haasan's daughter to make film debut opposite Madhavan|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/redir.aspx?ID=aa5fb480-b146-473d-9be4-c55fb9b78efe |first=Chitra|last=Prakash|publisher=The Hindustan Times|date=2007-12-14|accessdate=2007-12-20]

inging

Shruti Haasan sung her first song aged just six in her father's "Thevar Magan" in the composition of Ilaiyaraaja. Later while pursuing her studies in school, Haasan made her singing debut in the Hindi language film, "Chachi 420", singing a duet performing for the voice of a child, with her father Kamal Haasan, who also directed the film. [cite web|title=Daughter to follow Kamal Haasan in his footsteps|url=http://www.apunkachoice.com/scoop/downsouth/tamil/20071127-0.html |first=P.|last=Sreenivasan|publisher=ApunkaChoice|date=2007-11-27|accessdate=2007-12-21] Shruti Haasan's second song came in "Hey Ram", where she sung the bilingual versions of the title theme, "Rama Rama" with her father, in Hindi and in Tamil. The album from Ilayaraaja, which was critically praised, won Haasan accolades for her efforts with reviewers, "Screen India" praising that she "has the makings of a good singer, and with some training she should go great guns". [cite web|title=A score which shows you what good music is all about.
url=http://raaja.com/archive1.html |first=|last=|publisher=ScreenIndia|date=2000-03-02|accessdate=2007-12-21]

Shruti Haasan, has most recently sung in a Tamil film,for Gautham Menon's "Vaaranam Aayiram" under the composition of Harris Jayaraj. As of July 2007, Haasan is also midway through her untitled debut album, which she has composed, written and sung, and is set for release in mid-2008. [cite web|title=Maestro's blessings for Shruti
url=http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14481691 |first=|last=Moviebuzz|publisher=Sify.com|date=2007-06-28|accessdate=2007-12-21]

Acting

After pursuing a career in singing, Shruti Haasan branched out a career into modelling. She started by starring appearing in the "Frappe!" magazine version of September 2007, since then she has gone on to appear in "Verve".

In 2000, Haasan made her cinematic debut in the Tamil and Hindi bilingual film, "Hey Ram", directed by her dad. She made a cameo appearance as the daughter of Vallabhai Patel in the biopic of Mahatma Gandhi.

After rejecting prominent film offers, most notably the lead role in Venkat Prabhu's "Saroja", reports suggested in late 2007 that Haasan was set to make her full debut as a heroine in 2008 with a movie opposite Madhavan directed by Nishikanth Kamath. [cite web|title=Kamal Haasan's daughter to debut opposite Madhavan
url=http://www.newkerala.com/oct.php?action=fullnews&id=21355 |first=Chitra|last=Prakash|publisher=NewKerala|date=2007-11-24|accessdate=2007-12-21] Despite Madhavan admitting that the news "was premature", [cite web|title=Kamal Haasan's daughter loves to sing
url=http://www.newkerala.com/oct.php?action=fullnews&id=22343|first=Subhash K. |last=Jha|publisher=NewKerala|date=2007-11-28|accessdate=2007-12-21] she signed up to the film, which was titled, "Endrendrum Punnagai", [cite web|title=Shruthi Haasan - to be shot
url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/jan-08-02/11-01-08-shruthi-haasan.html|first= |last=|publisher=Behindwoods|date=2008-01-11|accessdate=2008-01-11] only to be stalled prior to production. [cite web|title=Maddy –Sruthi film shelved!
url=http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14680475|first= |last=|publisher=Sify.com|date=2008-05-24|accessdate=2008-01-11] Eventually Haasan signed up to Soham Shah's "Luck" opposite Imran Khan, a Bollywood film. [cite web|title=Shruti's Debut
url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/jun-08-04/shruti-haasan-26-06-08.html
first= |last=|publisher=Behindwoods.com|date=2008-06-24|accessdate=2008-06-24]

Discography

Filmography

References

External links

*imdb name|id=1599046