Shruti Haasan is an Indian actress and singer who works in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil films. [1] She started her career as a playback singer at the age of six in the 1992 Tamil film Thevar Magan . [2] She had a brief role in her father, Kamal Haasan's Tamil-Hindi directorial Hey Ram (2000) as a child artist. [3] Haasan's first major appearance was in the Hindi film Luck (2009), in which she played a dual role of a woman avenging her twin sister's death. [4] She played the female lead in the films Anaganaga O Dheerudu and 7aum Arivu ; both were released in 2011 and together earned her the Best Female Debut – South at the 59th Filmfare Awards South ceremony. [5]
Haasan's subsequent releases Oh My Friend (2011) and 3 (2012) were commercially unsuccessful. [6] [7] The latter earned her a nomination for the Best Actress – Tamil at the 60th Filmfare Awards South ceremony. [8] A turning point came in Haasan's career with Harish Shankar 's commercially successful Telugu film Gabbar Singh (2012). [9] The release was followed by a series of successful films such as Balupu (2013) and Yevadu (2014). [10] [11] She received her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for her performance in Race Gurram (2014). [12]
In 2015, Haasan played the female lead in five films: Gabbar Is Back and Welcome Back in Hindi, Srimanthudu in Telugu, and Puli and Vedalam in Tamil. Except Puli, the rest of the releases achieved commercial success. [13] [14] [15] She earned a nomination for the Best Actress – Telugu award at the 63rd Filmfare Awards South ceremony for her performance in Srimanthudu. [16] The following year, she had two releases: Rocky Handsome and Premam . The latter, a Telugu remake of the 2015 Malayalam-language film of the same name, drew criticism for Haasan's casting before its release. [17] [18] She played the role of a young college lecturer with a slightly stern approach towards her students. [19] The remake gained positive critical reception, [20] and earned average returns. [21] Her Tamil film Si3 had a delayed theatrical release in 2017; it was a commercial success. [22]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2000 | Hey Ram | Vallabhbhai Patel's daughter | Tamil | Child artist | [3] |
Hindi | |||||
2009 | Luck | Ayesha, Natasha [a] | Hindi | [4] | |
2011 | Anaganaga O Dheerudu | Priya | Telugu | [5] [23] | |
Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji | Nikki Narang | Hindi | [24] | ||
7aum Arivu | Subha Srinivasan | Tamil | [5] [25] | ||
Oh My Friend | Siri Chandana | Telugu | [26] | ||
2012 | 3 | Janani Ramachandran | Tamil | [8] [27] | |
Gabbar Singh | Bhagyalakshmi | Telugu | [28] | ||
2013 | Balupu | Shruti | [29] | ||
Ramaiya Vastavaiya | Sona Singh | Hindi | [30] | ||
D-Day | Suraiya | [31] | |||
Ramayya Vasthavayya | Ammulu | Telugu | [32] [33] | ||
2014 | Yevadu | Manju | [34] | ||
Race Gurram | Spandana "Sweety" | [12] [35] | |||
Aagadu | Dancer | Special appearance in song "Junction Lo" | [36] | ||
Poojai | Divya | Tamil | [37] | ||
2015 | Tevar | Dancer | Hindi | Special appearance in the song "Madamiyan" | [38] |
Gabbar Is Back | Advocate Shruti | [39] | |||
Srimanthudu | Charuseela | Telugu | [16] [40] | ||
Welcome Back | Ranjana Shetty | Hindi | [41] | ||
Puli | Pavazhamalli | Tamil | [42] | ||
Vedalam | Swetha | [43] | |||
2016 | Rocky Handsome | Rukshida Ahlawat | Hindi | [44] | |
Premam | Sithara Venkatesan | Telugu | [45] | ||
2017 | Singam 3 | Vidhya / Agni [b] | Tamil | [46] | |
Katamarayudu | Avanthika | Telugu | [47] | ||
Behen Hogi Teri | Binny Arora | Hindi | [48] | ||
2020 | Yaara | Sukanya | [49] | ||
Putham Pudhu Kaalai | Ramya | Tamil | Segment "Coffee anyone?" | [50] | |
Devi | Maya | Hindi | Short film | [51] | |
2021 | Krack | Kalyani | Telugu | [52] | |
The Power | Pari | Hindi | [53] | ||
Pitta Kathalu | Divya | Telugu | Segment: xLife | [54] | |
Vakeel Saab | Amritha Konidela | Telugu | Special appearance | [55] | |
Laabam | Clara | Tamil | [56] | ||
2023 | Veera Simha Reddy | Isha | Telugu | [57] | |
Waltair Veerayya | RAW Agent Athidhi | [58] | |||
The Eye | Diana | English | [59] | ||
Hi Nanna | Model | Telugu | Special appearance | [60] | |
Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire | Aadhya Krishnakanth | [61] | |||
2025 | Coolie † | Preethi | Tamil | Filming | [62] |
TBA | Salaar: Part 2 – Shouryaanga Parvam† | Aadhya Krishnakanth | Telugu | Filming | [63] [64] |
Dacoit: A Love Story † | Juliet | Telugu Hindi | Filming | [65] | |
Chennai Story † | TBA | English Tamil | Filming | [66] |
† | Denotes TV series that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2018 | Hello Sago | Host | Tamil | Talk show | [67] |
2019 | Treadstone | Nira Patel | English | Recurring role; episode 6 | [68] |
2022 | Bestseller | Meethu Mathur / Adya Jaisingh [b] | Hindi | [69] |
Year | Title | Artist | Director | Ref. |
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2010 | “Semmozhi Anthem” | Music by AR Rahman, Lyrics by Kalaignar M Karunanidhi sung by various artists | Bharat Bala | |
2024 | "Inimel" | Lokesh Kanagaraj | Dwarkesh Prabakar | [70] |
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