Shruti Haasan, the daughter of actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika is all set to make her debut in Bollywood with Imran Khan in Soham Shah’s movie, Luck.

One wonders whether she has it easy because of the name of her parents.
However, Kamal Haasan says his name is a “disadvantage” for his daughter Shruti Haasan but “she will have to live with it”.

“It is certainly a disadvantage for her, but she’ll have to work with it that she is my daughter. She can’t change it and she’ll have to live with it and carry that luggage. And I’ll always be there to support her,” Kamal told IANS in an interview.

The modest youngster also claims that she’s not privileged at all and is “struggling like any other newcomer. It’s an amazing learning experience.”

Sarika and Kamal Haasan’s daughter doesn’t seem keen on picking up acting tips from either her dad or mom and says she’d like to “make it” on her own steam. However, she does make it abundantly clear that she “respects” her father and admires her mother’s “diligence”. Her own work philosophy is — “If you have no feelings for what you do, then no one else will!”

“She’s an extraordinary girl and I am not talking as her father. I observed her myself at an audition and I was really impressed. I hope there are many more who think like that. She’s found her own niche and is going in the right direction,” her father added.

Shruti, 23, is the eldest of two daughters born to Kamal and actress Sarika and has a professional degree in music from the Musicians Institute, California. She has also learnt “North Indian classical music”, informs Kamal.

Not many know that she debuted as a playback singer at the age of six, in “Thevar Magan” (1992) and her first Bollywood playback came in “Chachi 420” (1998).
Her last released film song was in Gautham Menon’s “Vaaranam Aayiram”.

Apart from singing, Shruti has also been a model and featured in magazines like “Frappe!” and “Verve”.
Shruti, who also heads the rock band Extramentals, has teamed up with childhood friend and actor Imran Khan in Soham Shah’s “Luck”.

Apart from Bollywood, she is also making her debut as a music composer in “Thalaivan Irukkiraan”, her father’s home production Rajkamal Films International’s remake of “A Wednesday” in Tamil and Telugu respectively