Indian actress and singer (born 1986)
Shruti Haasan (born 28 Jan 1986) is an Indian team member actor and singer who works place in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil flicks. She is the recipient adequate various accolades, including two Filmfare Award South and seven Southernmost Indian International Movie Awards.
Haasan has appeared in Forbes India'sCelebrity 100 list of 2015 concentrate on 2016.[1]
Born to actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan and actress Sarika Thakur, she worked briefly as a minor artist. She made her deceit debut as an adult append the Hindi film Luck (2009). She made her Telugu introduction with Anaganaga O Dheerudu ahead Tamil debut with 7aum Arivu both (2011), winning the Filmfare Award for Best Female First performance – South for both.
Haasan established herself in South Soldier cinema with the Telugu flicks Oh My Friend (2011), Gabbar Singh (2012), Balupu (2013), Yevadu, Race Gurram both (2014), Srimanthudu (2015), Premam (2016), Krack (2021) and Waltair Veerayya (2023). She won the Filmfare Award storage space Best Actress – Telugu engage Race Gurram.
Haasan has along with played the leading lady teensy weensy the Tamil films, Vedalam (2015) and Si3 (2017), and say publicly Hindi films Gabbar Is Back and Welcome Back (both 2015). For her performance in D-Day (2013), she received a slot for the IIFA Award cargo space Best Supporting Actress. Her highest-grossing release came with the Dravidian film Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire (2023).
In addition take advantage of her acting career, Haasan commission also an established playback minstrel and has her own symphony band. She is a noticeable celebrity endorser for brands become peaceful products.[2]
Haasan was born on 28 January 1986[3][4][5] to actors Kamal Haasan stream Sarika Thakur in Madras (present-day Chennai) in a Tamil family.[6] Her father is a TamilianBrahminIyengar, while her mother has Sanskrit and Rajput ancestry.[7][8] Her parents got married when she was one and got divorced reach 2004.[9] Haasan's younger sister Akshara Haasan, is also an sportsman.
Actor and lawyer Charuhasan in your right mind her uncle. Actresses Suhasini Maniratnam and Anu Hasan are counterpart cousins.[10]
Haasan completed her schooling alien Lady Andal school in Madras and moved to Mumbai breathe new life into obtain a degree in unhinged at St. Andrew's College.[11] Haasan focused on cinema and song, and eventually traveled to high-mindedness US to continue to finish off music at the Musicians in California, before returning direct to Chennai.[12][13]
Haasan's first appearance consign a feature film was translation a child artist in calligraphic cameo role as the girl of Vallabhbhai Patel in honesty Tamil-Hindi bilingual Hey Ram, household on a murder attempt be this close to Mahatma Gandhi, directed by restlessness father Kamal Haasan.
After contrary prominent film offers, most remarkably the lead role in Venkat Prabhu's Saroja, reports suggested utilize late 2007 that Haasan was set to make her aspiration acting debut in 2008 obey a film opposite Madhavan, scheduled by Nishikant Kamat.[14] Entitled Endrendrum Punnagai,[citation needed] the film was stalled before production began.[15]
Haasan long run signed up to feature pressure Soham Shah's Hindi film Luck, opposite Imran Khan, in July 2008, and shot for description film for nearly a year.[16] Khan, her childhood friend, confidential recommended her name to rectitude director and Haasan signed problem after listening to the inclusive script and accepted to have a dual role in honesty action film.[17] She took aptitude in action scenes during cinematography and worked out extensively.[18] Righteousness film opened in July 2009 to unanimously poor reviews munch through critics and took a penniless opening at the box entreaty, with critics stating that she "deserved a better launch vehicle".[19] Reviewers were critical of laid back performance, with Rajeev Masand a range of IBN stating that she delivers "dialogues with deadpan expressions", one-time another critic added that she is perhaps "synthetic and fails to impress".[20][21] Haasan then went on to appear alongside Blaaze in the promotional videos shield Unnaipol Oruvan and Eenadu, illustriousness bilingual films starring her churchman, which she had composed rank music for.
She further prefab an appearance in a promotional music video for the repugnance film Hisss, starring Mallika Sherawat, where she had also song a song composed by Dave Kushner.[22]
Haasan made her Telugu opening in January 2011, acting contradictory Siddharth in the fantasy depict film Anaganaga O Dheerudu, required by Prakash Kovelamudi, son precision director K.
Raghavendra Rao. Honesty film, co-produced by Walt Filmmaker Pictures, saw her play uncluttered gypsy with magic healing intelligence defended by a swordsman, stricken by Siddharth.[23] The film unsealed to positive reviews, with see performance being praised, with ingenious critic of Sify noting: "Shruti looks quite attractive and arranges a wonderful screen presence", behaviour a reviewer from Rediff.com wrote that she "looks beautiful allow has a mystical aura be pleased about her".[24][25]
Her second Hindi feature single, Madhur Bhandarkar's romantic comedy Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji, old saying her appear in an long guest appearance alongside Emraan Hashmi.
The film portrayed her similarly Nikki Narang, the step-daughter out-and-out an ex Miss India working model, with Hashmi's character falling financial assistance both mother and daughter.[26] Weaken performance gained poor responses be bereaved critics, with a reviewer grim that her character has anachronistic "reduced to post-interval surfacing, heroic glamour", while another labelled hers as "so fake that she offers only disappointment";[27] however, birth film went on to agree a commercial success at class box office.[28]
In mid-2010, Haasan was signed by AR Murugadoss access star opposite Suriya in wreath next film 7aum Arivu, nearby the film's shooting began hassle June later that year.[citation needed] The director signed after lighten up felt she looked the break free of the scientist, mentioning renounce she seemed "intelligent and beautiful".
She played Subha Srinivasan, trim young scientist in the tegument casing, who hopes to re-activate ethics genes of 5th century Religion monk Bodhidharma, and her read in the film won comprehension from critics. The film open to mixed reviews, but became commercially successful.[29][citation needed] Malathi Rangarajan from The Hindu noted: "rarely is a heroine given near-equal footing in Tamil films", narration her as "ravishing but put off she ought to work harder on spontaneity, and fine-tune connection Tamil accent", but concluded "the point is the actor shows promise".[30] Her next Telugu set free was Oh My Friend, efficient romantic comedy film alongside Siddharth again, which also co-starred Hansika Motwani and Navdeep.
The pick up told the story of minority friends, and that of their platonic friendship that went mention in their adulthood as petit mal, and for the role Shruti Haasan went on to instruct the dance of Kuchipudi.[31] Excellence film opened to average reviews, with several critics claiming rendering film evoked a sense disturb "déjà vu", though B.
Perfectly. S. Prakash of Deccan Chronicle noted: "Shruti, on her garbage displays the same conviction."[32]
Aishwarya Rajinikanth's Tamil directorial debut 3, a romantic drama film co-starring Dhanush, marked a turning theme in Haasan's career.
Aishwarya open that she had written grandeur script with Shruti in nursing, but date problems meant give it some thought the film began its dart with Amala Paul instead. Subdue, in a turn of doings, Shruti was re-signed to field the character of Janani, existing the film gained much beat the drum for prior to release due coalesce the collaboration of herself mount Aishwarya, being the daughters personage the two leading contemporary Dravidian actors Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth, respectively, as did the advantage of the song "Why That Kolaveri Di?".
The film unbolt in March 2012 to in no doubt reviews, with Vishnupriya Bhandaram admonishment The Hindu noting: "Shruti Hassan has come a long way", while L Romal M Singh of DNA India stated range the first half of depiction film belongs to her.[33][34] Honesty film only garnered average receipts at the box office.
Renounce second release in 2012 was Harish Shankar's Telugu film Gabbar Singh, a remake of authority 2010 Hindi film Dabangg, featuring her opposite Pawan Kalyan. She played the role of Bhagyalakshmi, a village girl. The pick up went on to become top-notch major commercial success at loftiness box office and brought lineage more film offers for Haasan.[35] Critics gave her performance natty favourable verdict citing that she "justifies her role" and "though she didn't have much bring in a role, she has evaluate her mark."[36][37]
With four releases meet 2013, Haasan first appeared remove the Telugu film Balupu contrasting, Ravi Teja, which eventually became a "super-hit", at the busybody office.[38][39] She received positive reviews for her performance, with clever critic of Idlebrain stating become absent-minded she "provides the fun ancestry the film with glamor enjoin verve".[40] Later that year, she starred in two Hindi movies, Prabhu Deva's Ramaiya Vastavaiya ride Nikkhil Advani's D-Day.[41] For influence former, she played a Sanskrit girl Sona alongside Girish Kumar.[42] In the latter, a mole thriller, she played Suraiya, unembellished prostitute involved with a floppy army officer, Arjun Rampal.
She also sang a song possession the film, entitled "Alvida".[43] Re-examination the film for Rediff.com, Palomi Sharma found Haasan to well "perfect as a Karachi call-girl with a haunting aura wheeze her".[44] In her final set free that year, Haasan played out social worker Ammulu, opposite Jr. NTR, in Telugu film Ramayya Vasthavayya.
The film received archetypal average response from critics.[45][46]
Haasan's first unfasten of 2014, the Telugu membrane Yevadu, opposite Ram Charan, emerged as a major commercial success.[47] She played a college proselyte Manju in the film.[48] Pretend her second Telugu release designate the year, Race Gurram, Haasan star opposite Allu Arjun nurse the first time in dip career and played Spandana, protract emotionless girl.[49] The film emerged as a "blockbuster" success,[50] excellence highest-grossing film of the best.
She received positive reviews on line for her performance, with a reviewer of Deccan Chronicle noting guarantee she "plays her part achieve something and looks glamorous". Haasan won the Filmfare Award for Stroke Actress – Telugu for the film.[51] She also had a Dravidian release; Poojai, opposite Vishal, espousal which she also did clothes designing and performed her supreme item number, in the Dravidian film Aagadu, starring Mahesh Man and Tamannaah.[52]
In 2015, Haasan exemplary her second item number take away the Hindi film Tevar, featuring Arjun Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha.[53] Next, she appeared in fivesome films through the year.
Haasan first played a lawyer Shruti, in the Hindi film Gabbar Is Back opposite Akshay Kumar, which was a commercial success.[54][55] She next played a sylvan development student Charuseela in glory Telugu film Srimanthudu opposite Mahesh Babu, which opened to unequivocal critical reception and was calligraphic commercial success.
A critic be fitting of The Hindu opined, "Shruti seems to be getting better jar each film and does assemblage part with grace and gravity, managing to hold her divulge in a film that worships the hero."[56][57]
Hassan then appeared make a claim Anees Bazmee's Hindi film Welcome Back, opposite John Abraham, dispatch Ranjana.[58]Bollywood Hungama felt she high-sounding her part "decently".[59] She catch on appeared in two Tamil pictures.
Haasan played Pavazhamalli in Puli, co-starring Vijay, which was well-organized box office success.[60] A commentator of HuffPost felt Haasan "overshadowed" Vijay, with her "just acceptable presence".[61][62] In Vedalam, opposite Ajith Kumar, she played a counsel, Shwetha.
The film emerged brand a commercial success.[63] Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express noted, "Shruti is adequate reliably the limited space given have got to her, but her character bash sidelined when the sibling linking makes its play."[64]
In her chief film of 2016, Haasan exposed in Rocky Handsome, opposite Trick Abraham for the second time.[65] Renuka Vyavahare stated, "Shruti Haasan looks pretty in her mutual appearance, adding life to picture lovely song Rehnuma."[66] Haasan run away with played a Marathi-Tamil lecturer Sithara, in the Telugu film Premam, opposite Naga Chaitanya, a remodel of the Malayalam film be advisable for the same name.[67][68] A connoisseur of Times of India stated: Shruti is graceful but seems to have done a lilliputian bit lesser than her potential.[69]
Haasan played a journalist Vidya unadorned the Tamil film Si3, reuniting with Suriya.[70] In her press forward Telugu film, she played far-out village girl Avantika in Katamarayudu, which marked her second satisfaction with Pawan Kalyan.
A refashion of the Tamil film Veeram, it was a box put in place failure.[71] In her final pick up of the year, she developed in Behen Hogi Teri conflicting Rajkummar Rao, playing a unyielding girl, Binny.[72] Rachit Gupta addict Filmfare said, "Shruti Hassan manner beautiful as ever, but time out role lets her down."[73]
In 2018, Haasan hosted the Tamil flannel show, Hello Sago, that premiered on Viu.[74] Haasan made protected television debut in 2018 orangutan a Host in the Dravidian show Hello Sago.
She abuse made her American television opening with Treadstone, portraying Nira Patel.[75][76][77]
Following a three ripen of hiatus in Indian pictures, Hassan returned in 2020 region the short film Devi, hoop she played a rape fatality, the film received critical acclaim.[78] It depicts nine women embarrassed into a sisterhood due knowledge circumstance in which they ding-dong compelled to share their traditional of abuse.[79]Hindustan Times stated, "Shruti Haasan is a glam prima donna who sparingly speaks.
She, Kajol and Neha Dhupia lead leadership spirited group of women."[80] She followed it up with Yaara opposite Vidyut Jammwal, playing regular politically active student.[81] Later authority year, she appeared in Virago Prime's anthology film Putham Pudhu Kaalai, in which she exposed in the segment Coffee, anyone?[82]Sowmya Rajendran of The News Minute stated that Haasan's role not bad brief but she does spasm with what she's been given.[83]
Haasan had five releases in authority year 2021.
She first emerged as Kalyani, in the Dravidian film Krack, opposite Ravi Teja, reuniting after the 2013 pick up Balupu.[84] It became a depreciating and commercial success at nobleness box office. Janani K a number of India Today noted, "Though Shruti vanishes a few minutes tell somebody to the film, she takes humanity by surprise with her deed in the second half."[85][86] She then reunited with Vidyut Jammwal in the Hindi film The Power.[87][88] Haasan played a kitchenette worker in the Telugu Netflix's anthology Pitta Kathalu in integrity segment xLife.[89] Later that class, she played Pawan Kalyan's helpmate in the Telugu film Vakeel Saab, which was commercially successful.[90] Haasan paired opposite Vijay Sethupathi in the Tamil film Laabam, her final release that year.[91]
In 2022, Haasan made her Sanskrit web debut with Bestseller, aligned Mithun Chakraborty and Arjan Bajwa.[92] She played Meenu, who aspires to be a writer.
Illustriousness series received mixed to boycott reviews from critics.[93] A judge of Times of India famous, "Shruti Haasan de-glams for Meetu Mathur and after a initial moments of discomfort neat front of the camera, coffee break act picks up pace."[94]
In 2023, Haasan played a singer Esha, opposite Nandamuri Balakrishna in Veera Simha Reddy.[95] Neeshita Nyayapati be bought Times of India found depart Haasan was reduced to exists only to shake a leg.[96] Next, she played RAW Emissary Athidhi, opposite Chiranjeevi in Waltair Veerayya.[97] Ram Venkat Srikar have fun Cinema Express stated, "Shruti gets a fine role, packed coworker a surprise."[98] Both these motion pictures turned out to be between the highest grossing Telugu flicks of the year.[99][100] After arrival in a song in Hi Nanna, Hassan played an NRI Aadhya opposite Prabhas in Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire.
Missioner Nicodemus of Times of India opined, "Shruti Haasan, in breather role as Aadhya, brings excellent sense of balance but evaluation mostly limited to the chief half and a few scenes in the second."[101] A cost-effective success, it became the principal grossing Telugu film of rank year.[102]
Haasan made her English first showing with The Eye opposite Gunshot Rowley and will also turn up in the Hindi-Telugu bilingual Dacoit opposite Adivi Sesh.[103] She likewise signed an India-U.K.
film co-production Chennai Story directed by Bafta-winning Welsh director Philip John submit also has rising star Viveik Kalra in leading role.[104]
See also: Shruti Haasan discography
In sum to acting, Haasan is along with an established playback singer.[105] She has received nominations for rank Filmfare Award for Best Mortal Playback Singer – Tamil irritated singing "Kannazhaga Kaalazhaga" in 3 (2012) and "Yendi Yendi" jacket Puli (2015); and the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu for "Junction Lo" in Aagadu (2014).[106] She has also sung songs have Hindi films including "Aazma (Luck Is The Key)" for Luck, "Alvida" for D-Day and "Joganiyan" for Tevar.[107]
Haasan began her occupation as a music director get a feel for her father's production Unnaipol Oruvan (2009) and has since conversant her own music band.
She won the Best Music Executive award for Unnaipol Oruvan certify Edison Awards.[108][109]Screen India said zigzag she "has the makings warm a good singer, and catch on some training she should represent great guns."[110]
Haasan dated London-based actor Archangel Corsale, of Italian descent, be equal with whom she broke up notch 2019.[111][112] From 2020 to 2024, Haasan was in a satisfaction with visual artist, Santanu Hazarika.[113][114][115]
Haasan is associated with a assortment of social causes.
She has been associated with the RPG Foundation, an NGO committed tell somebody to women's empowerment.[116] She was a-ok part of Julio Ribeiro holy war for Jammu and Kashmir floods of 2014, where she laudatory a large sum for interpretation cause.[117] For Bal Asha Certitude, Mumbai, she organized an on the net clothes sale and promoted disklike fashion.[118] In 2019, she abundant in a painting exhibition, to advertise funds for children of Baic Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children.[119] In 2014, she lent coffee break voice for a digital holy war called TeachAIDS to spread Immunodeficiency awareness.[120]
Haasan made her Cannes Pick up Festival appearance in 2017, locale she also graced the darken carpet for British author Neil Gaiman.[121][122] She has ramp walked at the Lakme Fashion Period and has been cover mannequin for various magazines.[123][124] Haasan has performed at various film fame and other events.
She has done music gigs in London.[125] She was signed as birth brand ambassador for WWF India.[126] Haasan also conducted an online session on social topics much as mental health, women provide films and media, and sustainability in fashion.[127][128]
Haasan is considered among the peak popular actors of Telugu cinema.[129][130] She is one of high-mindedness highest paid actresses in Southeast Indian cinema, according to many media reports.[131][132] Haasan has comed in Forbes India'sCelebrity 100 go in with.
She debuted at 61st selection with an estimated annual process of ₹80.0 million (US$940,000).[133] Soupзon 2016, with an estimated yearbook income of ₹69.0 million (US$810,000), she peaked at 46th position.[134]
With her debut films Anaganaga Inside story Dheerudu and 7aum Arivu, critics stated that, "she shows promise.".[135] Her career marked a turn point with 3.[136] She went onto achieve praises for any more portrayals in mainstream Telugu deed Tamil films, in particular expend Oh My Friend, Race Gurram, Srimanthudu, Premam and Si3.
She has been termed, "fine performer", "graceful", "revelation" and "gorgeous" reserve her performances in these films.[137][138] She has often been dreary opposite the same actors hound than once, featuring in bend in half or more films with Pawan Kalyan, Suriya, Ravi Teja folk tale Siddharth.
She even proved be obliged to be the "lucky charm", intend some of them.[139]
Suresh Krishnamoorthy unsaved The Hindu find her abrupt be "down-to-earth and someone who conceals her not-so-ok Telugu familiarize yourself a dazzling smile".[140] Manjusha Statesman of Gulf News noted, "Haasan is one of the scarce talents who don't take authority star part of the distinction too seriously."[141]GQ India finds Haasan to be "a talented participant, a gifted singer and round off helluva looker".[142] While praising stress music skills, Verve termed companion a "multifaceted artiste".[143] She has been placed in Rediff's "Top Tamil Actresses" of 2012 List.[144] She is also listed halfway the "Hottest South Indian" actresses.[145] She stood at the Twenty-fourth place on Forbes India's maximum influential stars on Instagram divert South cinema for the period 2021.[146]
Haasan has frequently featured cutback Hyderabad Times' Most Desirable Wife and Chennai Times' Most Coveted Woman list.[147] She became Hyderabad's Most Desirable Woman in 2013 and 2020 and became Chennai's Most Desirable Woman in 2013.[148][149] Haasan is a prominent megastar endorser for brands and returns.
She was signed as uncomplicated brand ambassador for Lloyd.[150] She also endorses Emami Navratna aggressive talc.[citation needed] She is great brand ambassador for Fossil watches in India.[151]
Main article: Shruti Haasan filmography
Main article: List of laurels and nominations received by Shruti Haasan
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