“As a kid, I could not figure out why everyone was running after my father. But when I see him on screen, I see him as an actor and not as my father.”

Indian actress, contemporary film performer

Akshara Haasan is an Indian actress who works in Tamil and Hindi cinema. The daughter of actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur, and the younger sister of Shruti Haasan, she began her film career with the comedy drama Shamitabh in 2015. She later appeared in Kadaram Kondan in 2019. Her screen work places her within a well known film family, and her known credits are in contemporary Indian cinema.