In a recent interview with PTI, Actress-musician Shruti Haasan opened up about her life as an actor and musician. She shared how she developed her love for music and managed to surprise her father, Kamal Haasan, with the song Vinveli Nayaga from his upcoming film Thug Life.
Shruti Haasan’s Love for Music
In the interview, Shruti shared that she developed her love for music since childhood. She credited this to her father Kamal Haasan, who is also a revered figure in Indian cinema. She said that Haasan used to sing all around the house when she was little. She shared that her father would create unique games that deepened her relationship with music. This, paired with her mother, Sarika, who also used to play music in the house, made Shruti fall in love with music.
“I think my interest in music was born from my dad singing around the house. My mom is a great connoisseur of music. She always played music around the house. My dad was always singing and all his games were super creative. He would be like ‘Come, let’s talk for half an hour in a language that doesn’t exist and then turn it into a song’,” Shruti told PTI.
She also shared her admiration for her father, calling him a rockstar while also crediting him for her love of music.
“I’ve always said that my dad has a hidden rockstar in him… My dad is an incredible singer. I feel very happy when he sings because I love his voice and I think I do get my singing from him, not in the way of the voice, but the love for singing,” Shruti said.
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How Shruti Haasan Surprised Kamal Haasan
While talking about her music journey and her love for music, the actress-musician revealed that her father was unaware that she had sung Vinveli Nayaga for his film Thug Life. She said that it came to him as a surprise that was revealed just before its release.
“I don’t even tell him the script of the movies I’m doing but I will always be like ‘Hey pa, I wrote this song.’ or ‘Hey pa, me and the guys are jamming to this music, what do you think?’ So that has always been our bond but the funny thing is even he didn’t even know I was singing ‘Vinveli Nayaga’. It was a fun surprise,” Shruti told PTI.
The actress-singer has been a playback singer since the age of six. She first sang in her father’s film Thevar Magan. Since then, she has grown as a musician, carving a career as a musician alongside successful actress. Her latest film appearance was in the Rajinikanth starrer Coolie as Preethi Rajasekar, a role she says to have landed thanks to her music career.
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