New Delhi. Superstar Kamal Haasan’s daughter Shruti Haasan has talked about the challenges her parents faced in dealing with stardom during an interview. During this time he also made many interesting revelations. The actress has told that she had also changed her name because of her father.
Kamal Haasan was in a relationship with actress Srividya before marrying Vani Ganpati. He dated Sarika while being married and later married Sarika. The superstar’s romantic life also affected his daughter and actress Shruti Haasan, the impact of 2 marriages and 5 affairs was seen on Kamal’s daughter too.
Shruti used to get irritated after hearing her father’s name.
The actress, who played a powerful role in ‘Gabbar is Back’, told that she used to get upset when people kept asking her questions about her star father Kamal Haasan. To avoid this, she sometimes pretended to be unaware. The actress told that she is very proud to be the daughter of Sarika and Kamal Haasan, but in her childhood she often got irritated because, “People used to ask about him (Kamal Haasan) after seeing me.
Name was changed because of father
The actress further told that people used to point towards me, “Hey, this is Kamal’s daughter and whenever anyone asked me, I used to act ignorant and say no, my father is Dr. Ramachandran. This was the name of our dentist and I am Pooja Ramachandran (I created this name myself). Shruti also told that she always knew that her father was not an ordinary star but a big actor and it was quite challenging for her to escape from popularity while living in Chennai.
Shruti told that if there are posters of your famous appa (father) everywhere then it is difficult to separate yourself from his fame. Today I cannot even imagine Shruti Haasan (myself) without Kamal Haasan.
FIRST PUBLISHED: November 13, 2024, 17:32 IST
