Shruti Haasan getting too expensive for producers

Shruti Haasan getting too expensive for producers

September 2, 2011

Reports say that upcoming starlet and actor Kamal Haasan’s daughter Shruti Haasan is turning out to be quite expensive for her producers. The talented Shruti had already debuted as actress in Bollywood and Tollywood with not much success and is now trying out her luck in Tamil by debuting as Suriya’s heroine in director A.R. Murugadoss’ upcoming film ‘7aam Arivu’.

It is said that the producer is made to cough up Rs.60,000 for a day’s expenses for Shruti Haasan as she comes along with her entourage. Her costumer, touch-up artiste, make-up women and car driver are all to be paid off hefty sums by the producers for each day till the schedule is completed.

Most of the leading actresses get their fee including the allowances to be paid to their personal attendants like make-up artistes. Shruti, however, dares to be different and makes the director bear the burden of taking care of her assistants. A rough estimate puts these expenses alone at Rs.60 lakhs! (KT)

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Kamal to re-launch Shruti Haasan

Kamal to re-launch Shruti Haasan

August 20, 2010

First it was mom Sarika whose good friends were used to launch daughter Shruti Haasan's career in Hindi cinema. Now, apparently dad Kamal Hassan has taken over the responsibility to put his daughter's career on the right track in Bollywood.

Her first attempt at stardom in "Luck" was a big fiasco. So now "Ghajini" director A.R. Murugadoss has been asked to create an impressive re-launch film for the pretty actress.

Murugadoss admits that his multilingual film "Ezham Arivu" ("The Seventh Sense") is planned as a re-launch for Shruti in Bollywood.

"It is a medical thriller with some of the most costly special effects ever done in southern cinema. We want to take the sci-fi to a new level in the South. Shruti has a very powerful role and yes, we're hoping it would launch her career in Hindi cinema," said Murugadoss.

The story goes that Murugadoss had gone to Kamal Haasan to collaborate on a project. Instead Kamal suggested that he work with Shruti whose experience in Mumbai was far from satisfying.

That's how Murugadoss ended up signing Shruti opposite Suriya in the Tamil "Ezham Arivu" ("The Seventh Sense"). Originally the film was meant to be in Tamil and Telugu. But now a Hindi version is also being made. It will be made in Tamil Nadu. (GUL)

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"Universal Hero" Kamal Haasan to direct again

"Universal Hero" Kamal Haasan to direct again

July 6, 2010

Film icon Kamal Haasan will wear the director’s hat for a third time in his 50-year-long career even as younger daughter Akshara steps into the film industry as assistant to Rahul Dholakia.

Akshara does not want to follow elder sister Shruthi’s example and don the grease paint, said Haasan who was here for the inauguration of an retrospective of his films.

In his career spanning five decades, Haasan has only helmed two films, Hey Ram (2000) and Veeru Mandi (2004), and he is raring to call the shots again, having already zeroed in on prospective scripts.

"I will direct more films. Many young actors want me to direct and guide them. There are so many actors, people and talents, who haven’t got their moment of glory and if possible I’d like to help all of them. There are some scripts I am looking at," said Haasan.

The 55-year-old, who won his first National Award in 1960 at the age of five for his debut in Kalathur Kannamma, said that both his daughters are fiercely independant and make their own decisions.

"I don’t interfere in their career decisions, I give advise when it’s asked for. Akshara has started as an assistant on a film, though it’s not a part of my production house," said Haasan of his 19-year-old daughter.

Akshara and Shruthi are Haasan’s daughters with actress Sarika, who separated from the actor in 2002.

Haasan had flown in to attend the inauguration from Italy where he is shooting with Madhavan and Trisha for the film Manmadhan Ambu. (CHIT)

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It's Gauthami, not Mrs Kamal Hassan

It's Gauthami, not Mrs Kamal Hassan

July 5, 2010

Film icon Kamal Hassan was left blushing during the gala inauguration of a retrospective of his films, when his partner Gauthami was referred to as Mrs Kamal Hassan on stage, in front of a packed audience.

The 55-year-old veteran was accompanied by the South Indian actress and her daughter Subbalakshmi at the function which was attended by Minister of Information and broadcasting Ambika Soni among others.

S M Khan, the Director of Directorate of Film Festivals which organised the event, thanked "Mr Kamal Hassan and Mrs Kamal Hassan" for attending the event.

"They are not married and have always been very open about the nature of their relationship. The mistake rarely happens because every body knows that they are not married," said a source close to the actor.

The Padmashri winning actor and director, however, later took the mic to wish Gauthami a very happy birthday and thanked her for accompanying him to the event.

Soni also congratulated the actress on her birthday, thanking her for taking out time to be at the event.

Hassan and Gauthami have been together for the past three years after the actor split from his wife Sarika in 2002.

The actor's two daughters with Sarika, Shruthi and Akshara often make public appearances with Gauthami. (GUL)

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Shocking Lip Kiss Of Big Hero's Daughter

Shocking Lip Kiss Of Big Hero's Daughter

June 30, 2010

She is known as the seductive beauty by the youngsters and a chip of the old block by the cine circuit. She is none other than Shruti Haasan, daughter of Kamal Haasan and right now, this pretty girl is making headlines for some spicy and hot reasons.

Apparently, Shruti made a bold debut in Hindi when she sported a bikini in the pool and revealed her curves. Now, the buzz is that she is taking another step further and is likely to get into a steamy lip lock sequence. There is an interesting part to it.

Shruti is likely to do this with the actor Emraan Hashmi who is popular as Bollywood’s serial kisser. While no confirmation has been given on this, it is heard that this would surely come as a shocking surprise to see Shruti getting into the steamy act.

The coming days will give us an idea. (GA)

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Simbhu gets Shruthi Hassan in his next

Simbhu gets Shruthi Hassan in his next

June 12, 2010

Tamil young hero silambarasan is all set to entertain his fans in a bilingual project, which is going to be directed by director linguswamy. The movie will feature Simbhu in the lead role and actor Madhavan will play the role of his brother. There is news that director Linguswamy is intending to sign Shruthi Hassan for this project. The movie will go onto floors in July and will be directed by Dayanidhi Alagiri.

It is a fact this movie will also be made in Telugu as well with Telugu actor Mahesh Babu in the lead. The Telugu version will be produced by Tirupathi Prasad of Mega Super good films.

There is news that Linguswamy is in a hunt for the female lead in the film.

Note- Shruthi Hassan has not yet signed the project, but is interested in doing this project. (HC)

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Shruthi Hassan in Sigappu Rojakkal remake

Shruthi Hassan in Sigappu Rojakkal remake

March 26, 2010

Kamal Hassan’s elder daughter Shruthi Hassan will be acting in the remake of Tamil super hit “ Sigappu Rojakkal”, which featured Kamal Hassan and Sridevi in lead. The movie was directed by Bharathi Raja. The movie was also made in Telugu with the title “Yerra Gulabi” and was a bumper hit for adult viewers.

Now director Bharathi Raja’s son Manoj will be directing the remake of the yesteryear’s movie with Shruthi and actor Shakti in lead. The yesteryear’s movie was a remake of Japanese film “Red Roses” and the new script will have some changes.

Acting in the remake of her father’s film is said to be an excitement filled experience to Shruthi Hassan and the movie will go onto floors from this summer.

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Shruti Haasan sings for Kannada film

Shruti Haasan sings for Kannada film

March 17, 2010

Actor-singer Shruti Haasan, who sang in Hindi film “Luck”, recently recorded a song for the much-awaited Kannada film “Pruthwi” that stars Puneet Raj Kumar and Parvathi Menon in lead roles.

“Yes, we have recorded a song crooned by Shruti in a Mumbai studio. It is written by K. Kalyan. The lines start with ‘Nenapidu, Nenapidu’,” said the film’s producer Soorappa Babu.

The song was recorded last week under the supervision of composer Manikanth Kadri. The film is directed by Jacob Varghese, who delivered hit film “Savaari” last year. It is being produced by Soorappa Babu and N.S. Raj Kumar. This particular song has already been shot abroad with Puneet and Parvathi.

“We were in talks with Shruti from the past one month and she agreed to sing March 7. She was quite busy working as an actor in a Telugu film and she was also helping her father Kamal in shifting his house from Eldams Road to Sholinganallur. Finally, she was able to allot a convenient date and we recorded the song,” said Soorappa.

He also said Shruti was happy with the lyrics. The audio of the film will be released on March 17 that marks film’s leading star Puneet’s birthday.

Shruti sang her first song when she was just six in her father’s film “Thevar Magan” and also scored music for her dad’s Tamil film “Unnai Pol Oruvan”. [WaY]

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Shruti Replaces Asin in trilingual film

Shruti Replaces Asin in trilingual film

March 4, 2010

Legendary actor Kamal Haasan’s daughter Shruti Haasan has replaced Asin to make her Kollywood debut opposite Suriya under the direction of A.R. Murugadoss movie .The untitled film is being simultaneously made in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil, and the production could start next week.

As per the sources the maker’s original choice in the female lead of the film was Asin, but they finally chose Shruti Haasan instead of Asin as reportedly Shruti Haasan has a face which is more suited for Bollywood. (CHIT)

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Is Kamal daughter in love with Siddarth?

Is Kamal daughter in love with Siddarth?

February 19, 2010

Kamal Haasan’s eldest daughter Shruthi Haasan debuted as an actress in the Hindi film Luck. After this she said that she will continue to act in Tamil films if she gets good offers. She composed music for her father’s film Unnai Pol Oruvan. She has also sung a song for this film.

She said all the praises goes to her father. She use to say,” My father never use to interfere in my affairs. My father believes that I will make the right decisions. I will not spoil his name.”At this point there was news that Shruthi will be acting in a Telugu film.

Siddarth is doing the lead role in this film. There was news that Shruthi’s role had much significance. Now there is some more news about Siddarth and Shruthi. There were rumors that both are in love and they will be getting married shortly.

To confirm this news, in recent days Siddarth is closing moving with Kamal family these days. Recently, Shruthi’s music programme took place in a famous night club in Chennai. Siddarth was there till the programme ended. He was encouraging and motivating by applauding.

Kamal and his younger daughter Akshara was also present in the party. When asked Shruthi about this, she said that they were good friend and till now she is single. (KT)

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Prabhu Deva makes Shruthi romance in New York

Prabhu Deva makes Shruthi romance in New York

January 22, 2010

Shruthi Rajyalakshmi Hassan, the 23 year old beauty is all set to romance with actor Jayam Ravi in New York. The actress is acting as a female lead in the movie titled as “ICH” which will be directed by choreographer turned director Prabhu Deva. This is the second movie of Prabhu and the movie is said to have an interesting script which will be shot in New York and Chennai.

According to sources, Shruthi Hassan who is also a model and Indian play back singer was adamant on a decision to remain in Chennai till March, 2010 end for personnel reason. She insisted to film the movie in Chennai till April and then she was ready to fly to New York. But somehow, Prabhu as made her accept the decision to fly to New York and participate in the first & second schedule of his “ICH”. Prabhu is keen in completing this movie project as soon as possible and is intending to release the movie in June this year. So, for this reason, Shruthi was asked to cancel her commitments and was compelled to join the shooting by Prabhu. The movie will feature Shruthi in a role of a youngster who lives in New York. Jayam Ravi happens to meet her and the two fall in love and the rest of the story will be shown in Chennai.

Harris Jayaraj is composing the music for this film and the tunes are ready for the film. Prabhu plans to shoot two songs in New York and rest in Chennai. (HC)

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Photo Feature: All Eyes Only On Her 'Blouse'

Photo Feature: All Eyes Only On Her 'Blouse'

November 11, 2009

Off late, the film related events have become the most sought after for the film folk and the media as well. The attention is usually on the actresses and heroines who come to such dos. True to their expectations, they are never let down as the beauties give a major visual feast.

This time, it was the turn of the seductive beauty Shruti Haasan, daughter of Kamal Haasan. She is all set to make her debut with her new movie in Telugu and a formal press meet was held recently for the same. Shruti became the center of attention and that too for a good reason.

She was seen in a rather flashy Sari but more than that it was her low neck and oozing cleavage that was distracting many. Thanks to the blouse of Shruti, many could not take their eyes away from this sculpted beauty. They said that it was surely a worthy evening being present there.

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Why Shruti refused the offer?

Why Shruti refused the offer?

November 10, 2009

The buzz in Kollywood is that Shruti Haasan has rejected a role offered by the ace director K Vishwanath. Sources say that Shruti has cited that she was busy with other commitments and hence could not take up the role.

K Vishwanath had already signed up Allari Naresh for this project and is now said to be scouting for another heroine.

It is worth a mention here that Shruti in a recent interview had mentioned that she is yet to make up her mind on the career choices available in the film industry.

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Shruthi Hassan rejected to work with Legend director

Shruthi Hassan rejected to work with Legend director

November 5, 2009

Legendary director K Vishwanath is directing a movie with Comedy hero Allari Naresh for this movie Music composes By Manishrma.K Vishwanath first approached Shruti Haasan, Kamal Haasan’s daughter, for female lead opposite Allari Naresh but she declined to do the movie.

As per the sources K Vishwanth is trying to rope Sonam Kapoor who is a daughter of bollywood hero Anil Kapoor. Sonam kapoor entertained the audience with her beauty in “Saawariyaa” and “Delhi 6” in bollywood. Did Sonam will accept to do with Allari Naresh.

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Shruthi Hassan to sing in Telugu for Mickey

Shruthi Hassan to sing in Telugu for Mickey

October 29, 2009

Tollywood’s young stallion Siddharth of “Nuvvu vastanante nenu vadantana” fame is pairing with Kamal Hassan’s daughter Shruthi Hassan in his next project. The movie will be directed by director Raghavendra rao’s son K. Prakash who debuting in the direction field with this film.

The movie had its muhurut shot on October 25th, 2009 and actress Shruthi Hassan was seen in a designer saree flaunting her assets on the occasion. While getting onto the stage, Shruthi was out of balance and was about to fall. But senior director Raghavendra Rao lent his hand to the young beauty who latter on balanced herself. Speaking to the media, debutant director Prakash disclosed that Siddharth and Shruthi will be ‘official lovers’ in his film on reel and will give a message strongly to the present society.

The movie is said to be an innovative story with graphical background. Love theme will be a major part of the movie and is going to be a family entertainer. ‘Happy Days fame ‘Mickey J Meyer’ is composing the music for this film and Raghavendra Rao id producing this movie under ‘A belly full of dreams entertainment private limited’.

Shruthi Hassan is said to sing in Telugu for the music of Mickey J Meyer in this film

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Shruti Haasan’s dates with daddy

Shruti Haasan’s dates with daddy

May 14, 2009

"Universal Hero" Kamal Haasan’s daughter Shruti Haasan, who will soon be seen in Luck, is one busy girl even before her debut film releases. Her dad is the one who has booked her dates.

Shruti, 23, has been roped in to compose the music for Kamal Haasan’s upcoming Tamil film Unnaipol Oruvan, a Tamil remake of critically acclaimed Hindi film A Wednesday.

Shruti is busy composing the music in Chennai and as soon as that’s over, she’ll be back in Mumbai to promote Soham Shah’s Luck, which is being produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd and also stars Imran Khan.

From the looks of it, Shruti is not just multi-faceted, she knows how to multi-task too.

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The Multiple-Starrer Trend Begin Again In Tamil Movies

The Multiple-Starr er Trend Begin Again In Tamil Movies

May 13, 2009

When two established stars with distinct styles and niche audiences come together for a movie, it is indeed a treat for movie-lovers. But making a film with these two top stars is not an easy task for the film’s makers. However, if we look back, the two-star trend is not new to Tamil cinema; the fact is we haven’t seen many two-hero projects in the recent past. Only a few multi-hero films like Chandramukhi, Pammal.K. Sambandam, Pithamagan have been made.

In earlier times, making films with two big stars was a frequent exercise; most movies that had more than one hero or heroine also had a strong story line. Thus stars worked together for the cause of the strong story and good characterizations. That also effaced any sort of image clash between the lead actors. But as time went by, the scenario changed. The increase in fan clubs is one prime reason for the change. Fans’ expectations began to influence changes in story lines. So it became difficult for film makers to make multi-starrers with top stars. Except in Mani Ratnam’shigh-budget multilingual productions, seeing two established stars in one movie became a rarity.

But now, a significant change is being observed. Unnai Pol Oruvan brings Kamal Haasan and Mohanlal on the same screen. The movie also boasts of Oscar-winner Resul Pookutty as part of its crew. Kamal’s daughter, upcoming singer and actress Shruthi Haasan, is making her debut as music composer through the movie. A remake of the Hindi blockbuster A Wednesday, Unnai Pol Oruvan is also being remade in Telugu with Kamal Haasan and Venkatesh in lead roles. Another double-hero film is Pazhassi Raja to be released in Tamil and Malayalam, starring Mammootty and Sarathkumar in lead roles. The film marks the Malayalam debut of Sarath. It also stars Suman, well known actor in the Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries.

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Subway Restaurants - A Ducky food-spot for Kollywood celebrities

Subway Restaurants - A Ducky food-spot for Kollywood celebrities

May 5, 2009

Fine! you’ve got to believe this statement that ‘Healthy Foods aren’t always tasty…’ But SUBWAY disapproves of it…. Loaded with lots and lots of varieties, it has got nutritious Food of sandwiches wedged with your favorite toppings. Chennai has got many branches at Ascendas in Mahindra World City, Anna Nagar, Besant Nagar, Chennai City Center Mall, Nandanam, Nungambakkam, Olympia Tech Park, RMZ Millennia Park and Spencer’s Plaza, Phase-3, Serving Healthy and Tasty Vegetarian and Non Vegetarian Subs and Salads.

Eminent Film Personalities like Kanimozhi (M.P.), Kamal Haasan, Ajith and Shalini, Vikram, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Parthiban, Satya Raj and his son Sibiraj, Surya, Jyothika, Namitha, Trisha, Gowthami, Ramya Krishnan, Shruthi Haasan, Sundar C, Kadhal Sandhya, Radhika, Meena, Anu Haasan and many more are so addicted to the delicious healthy food.

It’s notable that Namitha shed her weight of fat contents by consuming Subway Food Items.

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Kamal meets the press on Unnaipol Oruvan

Kamal meets the press on Unnaipol Oruvan

May 3, 2009

By: Settu Shankar

'Kalaignani' Kamal Hassan met the press yesterday at Green Park to give the first intro of his forthcoming film Unnaipol Oruvan, a remake of bollywood blockbuster 'A Wednesday'. Produced by Kamal Hassan’s Rajkamal Film International, in collaboration with UTV Motion Pictures, the entire team consisting of Kamal Hassan, Mohanlal, director Chakri, Sruthi Hassan and UTV’s Ram Mirchandani were attended the meet.

For the first time, legendary Kamal join hands with another legend of this region Mohan Lal in this film. The film is directed by Chakri Toleti, who is from the Florida Film School in USA and has acted with Kamal in Salangai Oli in a cameo as the boy photographer (who always takes picture out of focus!) and also recently in Dasavatharam as the scientist and Kamal’s friend (The man appears in Courier office scene). Of course, Shruti Hassan is the another debutant is being introduced as the music director.

After the formal intro, Kamal says, "We have already completed all my combination scenes with Mohan Lal, who has now only to dub for the film. I always Wanted to do a film with Mohanlal, it was long overdue and finally I’ am happy it is happening under Raajkamal banner. We will complete the film by May end."

Interestingly, the film's release time is falling on the 50th year of Kamal Hassan's career. He has been started his career at the age of 5 on Aug 12th 1959. Through out the press meet Kamal Hassan was seen in a very relaxed mood and replied humourously for even some irritating questions from the press side.

Answering a question, Kamal says, "Somebody understood wrongly that Tamilan is a qualification to enter or getting numero uno status in the film world. But i never think like that. Tamilan is
an identity... that's all. But it will never helps to any one to get the top position in any field. You must show your talents in a right way..."

After a long time Malayalam superstar Mohan Lal was attended a press meet in Chennai. He said: "I'm one of the great fans of Kamal sir. It’s a great honour for me to be a part of my hero's film. The kind of passion that Kamal sir has for film making is awesome. I really enjoyed working on the film and learned a lot from him..."

The film is being shot with RED cameras in 4K resolutions, and the camera is handled by Manoj Soni from Mumbai. Thotta Tharini the famous art director who debuted with Kamal Hassan’s Raajapaarvai is the art director of the film. From Tamil literature, Ee.Raa. Murugan and Manushyaputhran are being introduced as dialogue writer and lyricist respectively.

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Shruthi Haasan launches ‘Kavithai Gundar’ Musical Album

Shruthi Haasan launches ‘Kavithai Gundar’ Musical Album

April 27, 2009

Looks like World of non-filmy musical albums has haunted with its mania in Tamil field too.. Of course, there’ve been many musical albums released in the past that hadn’t gone far-famed across the globes. But now, scenarios have been completely shifted with new ideas. It all happened with Yogi B and his team gearing up for a path-breaking album of ‘Vallavan’. Now, one of his team members have geared up a same alike hip-hop rap album titled ‘Kavithai Gundar’….

The Musical Album comprises of 13 Tracks, featuring 12 artists amongst which the distinct award winning singers have crooned for it. Goes inclusive of Neha Bhasin, Yogi B and Benny Dayal with Malaysian rappers,

Mista G, MC Loga and Pysho Mantra spicing up the flavor. A mix of urban hip hop, R&B hip hop, reggae ton, old school flavor, sentimental, patriotic and community songs are the alluring energy in this album.

The musical album had a glitzy launch as Shruthi Haasan, an aspiring young fille in World of Music launched it. One of the artists of this album, Neha Basin made a live performance on the dais and made the occasion more colorful. It’s noteworthy that she was the one who rendered her voice for ‘Pesugiren’ of Sattham Podathey.

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