Shruti Haasan filmography

Shruti Haasan is an Indian actress and singer who works in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films.^[1] She started her career as a playback singer at the age of six in the 1992 Tamil film Thevar Magan.^[2] She had a brief role in her father, Kamal Haasan's Tamil-Hindi directorial Hey Ram (2000) as a child artist.^[3] Haasan's first major appearance was in the Hindi film Luck (2009), in which she played a dual role of a woman avenging her twin sister's death.^[4] She played the female lead in the films Anaganaga O Dheerudu and 7 Aum Arivu; both were released in 2011 and together earned her the Best Female Debut – South at the 59th Filmfare Awards South ceremony.^[5]

Haasan's subsequent releases Oh My Friend (2011) and 3 (2012) were commercially unsuccessful.^[6][7] The latter earned her a nomination for the Best Actress – Tamil at the 60th Filmfare Awards South ceremony.^[8] A turning point came in Haasan's career with Harish Shankar's commercially successful Telugu film Gabbar Singh (2012).^[9] The release was followed by a series of successful films such as Balupu (2013) and Yevadu (2014).^[10][11] She received her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for her performance in Race Gurram (2014).^[12]

In 2015, Haasan played the female lead in five films: Gabbar Is Back and Welcome Back in Hindi, Srimanthudu in Telugu, and Puli and Vedalam in Tamil. Except Puli, the rest of the releases achieved commercial success.^[13][14][15] She earned a nomination for the Best Actress – Telugu award at the 63rd Filmfare Awards South ceremony for her performance in Srimanthudu.^[16] The following year, she had two releases: Rocky Handsome and Premam. The latter, a Telugu remake of the 2015 Malayalam-language film of the same name, drew criticism for Haasan's casting before its release.^[17][18] She played the role of a young college lecturer with a slightly stern approach towards her students.^[19] The remake gained positive critical reception,^[20] and earned average returns.^[21] Her Tamil film Si3 had a theatrical release in 2017; it was a commercial success.^[22] Following a career downturn and hiatus, Haasan has appeared in Krack (2021), Veera Simha Reddy (2023), Waltair Veerayya (2023), Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire (2023) and Coolie (2025), all of which ranks among the list of highest-grossing films. ^[23][24]