Akshara Haasan

Akshara Haasan was born in Madras (present-day Chennai), Tamil Nadu to actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur.^[1][2] Shruti Haasan is her elder sister. Akshara did her schooling from Abacus Montessori School, Montessori; Lady Andal in Chennai; Beacon High in Mumbai and completed her schooling in Indus International School, Bangalore.^{[citation needed]}

Akshara Haasan resides in Mumbai alongside her mother.^[3] She has embraced Buddhism after previously identifying as an atheist, as revealed in an interview. Akshara was captivated by Buddhism, leading to her conversion.^[4][5][6]

Haasan has worked as an assistant director to Rahul Dholakia on the 2010 film Society, starring her mother Sarika,^[7] as well as Ram Moorthy, Uzer Khan, E. Niwas and Ruchi Narain on my many AD films in Mumbai.^[8] 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.^[9] She also worked for her father's unreleased film, Sabaash Naidu, which had her sister Shruthi Haasan in a supporting role.^[10]

Haasan made her debut as an actress in Hindi film Shamitabh (2015), opposite Dhanush, which also has Amitabh Bachchan in the lead^[11][12][13] In Tamil, she costarred in Vivegam (2017).^[14] Kamal Haasan produced a movie with Vikram and Akshara Haasan in the lead roles which has been titled Kadaram Kondan (2019).^[15] Then, she playing a timid teenager in Achcham Madam Naanam Payirppu (2022).^[16]