Shruti Haasan makes SHOCKING revelation about acting career; reveals real reason why she signed her first movie [EXCLUSIVE]

Shruti Haasan has enjoyed a pretty solid career across Tamil, Telugu and Bollywood film industries, with her work being appreciated by critics and the audience from diverse demographics and languages. However, what if we were to tell you that Shruti Haasan had never intended on choosing acting as a proper job, leave alone a full-time career despite being the progeny of Kamal Haasan and Sarika, and, in fact, had merely take up her maiden acting assignment as a means to merely pay for another profession she was interested in pursuing at that time of her life. Also Read – Akshay Kumar’s Bachchhan Paandey, Jr NTR’s RRR, Prabhas’ Radhe Shyam; which film will lead at the box office? Experts Answer [Exclusive]

Making the shocking revelation to BollywoodLife in an exclusive interview, Shruti Haasan said, “It was never my plan to be an actress. I don’t think even my mother (Sarika) and father (Kamal Haasan) thought I might ever act. I’m not sure if they knew, but I definitely didn’t know. When I did my first film, I was very under-prepared, under-trained as my mindset was more attuned toward… like an independent musician – you know, like playing shows. Even I had assisted only once on set for Hey Ram (her father’s movie), otherwise, I seldom went on set after school or at other times. It was quite an alien world for me, of course, not so alien that I knew nothing about it, but I don’t think visiting your parents’ job site prepares you for the job at all.” Also Read – Jr NTR-Ram Charan’s RRR, Prabhas-Pooja Hegde’s Radhe Shyam, Akshay Kumar’s Bachchhan Paandey and more; which March release are you excited for? [Vote Now]

Elaborating on how the switch happened, “Truthfully, acting was not my decision, it was my fate. Initially, I never thought I’d be committed, I just did it because I wanted to make some extra money, move out and purchase band equipment. It was very practical – it was never like I’ll become a moviestar one day, that was never my mindset. I thought even if I did anything in movies, it would be probably be in music, or maybe writing or directing. Never, ever, honestly, I envisioned being an actress. Even when it happened, I thought, ‘All right, maybe I’ll do one film.’ I never really looked at it as a full-term plan, but while doing that one film, I felt that I actually like this, and I wanted to learn more, so it just became about that.” Also Read – Radhe Shyam star Prabhas says his female fans will fall in love with his character of Vikramaditya

Well, we’re sure her fans are pleased as punch that she made that switch in her career. On the work front, Shruti Haasan has the eagerly awaited pan-India film, Salaar, opposite Prabhas, which is being helmed by Prashanth Neel of KGF and KGF 2 fame.

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