Kamal: ‘I don't think she has done her worth so far’

Veteran Actor Kamal Haasan opens up about his daughter Shruti Haasan in an interview with The Times of India. Kamal doesn’t really like his daughter’s films and talking about this, he said, “No, I don't think she has done her worth so far and I know that she won't take offence to my saying this, so I can say that she has not realised her worth yet. I would rather cheer her in the right direction than cheer her for what she has done”.  

When asked, if the actor wants to improve something in Shruti, he told, “She is coming to that and she will very soon get bored of pretending to be the doe-eyed, innocent person. She will have to shed it. I was like that too till I was 26, when I shed it. A few of my friends would say don't do that, it looks like it's overacting and arrogance. And I would say, 'Oh it's showing so much!' It happens when you are failing or you think that you are failing. You can actually fail and still feel successful. Now I have understood that there cannot be a forward movement without some kind of a tear. We will have to keep exercising. The answer to your constant joint pain is constant movement. So I have realised that it's not about lying down and saying it's either this or I will kill myself. I will fight it through and I knew when I was 31 that I had chosen this path”.

 “Yes of course. Every year it changes. I remember Shruti in the crook of my arms, her legs dangling, head to foot exactly in my elbow to palm. I would carry her like that and it would also serve as my exercise and she liked it very much. From there it has changed to today having philosophical discussions on life. Now we can even talk in codes because we quickly understand what we are saying and don't need to even get into long conversations, though we talk quite often”, said Kamal when asked about the relationship the duo share.