Akshara Haasan

Akshara Haasan
Haasan at the 2016 Filmfare Glamour & Style Awards
Born Akshara Haasan
(1990-10-12) 12 October 1990
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Residence Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other names Akshu
Occupation Actress
Years active 2010–present
Parent(s) Kamal Haasan
Sarika Thakur
Relatives Shruthi Hassan (sister)
Suhasini Maniratnam (cousin)
Charu Hassan (uncle)
Chandra Hassan (uncle)
Anu Hassan (cousin)
Family See Haasan family

Akshara Haasan is an Indian film actress and assistant director. The daughter of actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur, and the younger sister of Shruti Haasan, she made her film debut with the comedy drama Shamitabh (2015), and she made a very small appearance in Kollywood movie Vivegam (2017).

Early and personal life

Akshara Haasan was born on 12 October 1990 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu to actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur.[1][2] Shruti Haasan is her elder sister. Akshara did her schooling years in Abacus Montessori School, Montessori; Lady Andal in Chennai; Beacon High in Mumbai and completed her schooling in Indus International School, Bangalore.

Akshara Haasan lives in Mumbai with her mother.[3] She is an atheist,[4] although she agrees with Buddhism and describes it as "a way of life and in an individuals way of life."[5] She dated Vivaan Shah but broke up with him before the latter started shooting Happy New Year.

Career

Haasan has worked as an assistant director to Rahul Dholakia on the 2010 film Society, starring her mother Sarika,[6] as well as Ram Moorthy, Uzer Khan, E. Niwas and Ruchi Narain on my many AD films in Mumbai.[7] During her stint as an assistant director, she rejected opportunities to feature as an actress, notably turning down an offer to work in Mani Ratnam's Kadal.[8]

Haasan made her debut as an actress in Shamitabh, opposite Dhanush, which also has Amitabh Bachchan in the lead[9][10][11][12] and co-actor of Ajith Kumar in Vivegam in Tamil.

Filmography

As Actress
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2015ShamitabhAkshara PandeyHindi
2017Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laaddoo DeewanaLaaliHindi
VivegamNatashaTamilSpecial role
As Assistant Director
YearTitleLanguageNotes
2018Sabaash NaiduTamil
Telugu
Hindi		Under-Production[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "Girl Interrupted". 13 July 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Gupta, Priya (17 May 2013). "I get devastated at the idea of marriage: Shruti Haasan". Times of India. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Shruti Haasan's sister Akshara lives in Mumbai with mom". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  4. ↑ http://m.indiatoday.in/story/kamal-haasan-daughter-akshara-religion-change/1/1013287.html
  5. ↑ http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/did-akshara-haasan-convert-to-buddhism-kamal-haasan-responds-4771695/
  6. ↑ "I am leaving behind a good legacy for my children: Sarika". The Times of India. 8 December 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam' will be released on October 12". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  8. ↑ Reluctant actor Akshara Haasan gets to work : Bollywood, News - India Today. Indiatoday.intoday.in (26 February 2014). Retrieved 2015-05-10.
  9. ↑ "I'm Working With Dhanush-Akshara Hassan: Amitabh Bachchan". tamilwire. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "Dhanush ecstatic to work with Amitabh Bachchan, Akshara Haasan in R. Balki's next". glamsham. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "Akshara Haasan to make Bollywood debut opposite Dhanush". CNN-IBN. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  12. ↑ "IT'S OFFICIAL! Dhanush, Akshara, Big B In R Balki's Next". businessofcinema. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  13. ↑ "Kamal Haasan to work with daughters Shruti, Akshara in Sabaash Naidu". Hindustan Times. 2016-04-30. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  14. ↑ quintdaily (23 August 2017). "Vivegam Tamil Movie Rating [0/5],Audience Review – QuintDaily".
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