Actress Shruti Haasan reflected on her past as she recently shared in an interview with Filmfare about how she felt after her parents’ separation. She stated that even after coming from a family of actors, she never felt entitled, because she was grounded by life’s reality at a very young age, when her parents, Kamal Haasan and Sarika, parted their ways in 2004. Her parents got married in the year 1988 and have two daughters together, Shruti and Akshara Haasan.

While being interviewed, when she was asked how growing up, she ever felt ‘privileged or entitled’, to that she said, “No, because a lot of people don’t know what happened to me prior to me joining the film industry. I was humbled by life with my parents’ separation. We were not living in the big mansion, and when my mom decided to leave, we moved from Chennai to Mumbai. It wasn’t comfortable. I am glad for those lessons because I learnt that you can go from Mercedes to local train… like really quick in life. Both are a journey that you can learn from.”

She further added, “When I joined the movies, by then I had reconnected with Appa, and I went to study music abroad. But I always had this sense of I want my own space and I want to earn my own money and I want my own independence. I was a bit attitude-y but when I look back it was not from a place of thinking that I am better. It was completely from a place of fear and thinking I am lesser, and projecting confidence.”

On the work front, Shruti Haasan will be seen in the upcoming film, Coolie. The film is directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj and Shruti will work alongside Rajinikanth, Nagarjuna, Upendra, Soubin Shahir and Sathyaraj. Coolie is set to be released in 14 August 2025.