Kamal Haasan & Sarika's daughter Shruti Haasan says she was 'humbled by life' after her parents separated: 'From Mercedes to local train…'

Shruti Haasan, actress-singer and daughter of legendary actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika, recently witnessed her parents’ separation at a young age, making her ‘humble’ as she was never ’entitled’ of coming from a film family.

While talking to Filmfare, when Shruti was asked whether she ever felt ‘privileged and entitled’ as someone growing up, she replied, “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.”

“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,” she added.

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Kamal and Sarika tied the knot in 1988 and got separated and divorced in 2004. They have two daughters, Shruti and Akshara Haasan.

Shruti will be next seen in Lokesh Kanagaraj’s Coolie, which features Rajinikanth, Aamir Khan, Nagarjuna, Upendra, Sathyaraj, Soubin Shahir, Sundeep Kishan, and Reba Monica John in prominent roles. The action-thriller is bankrolled by Kalanithi Maran’s Sun Pictures.