Akshara Haasan

Haasan has worked as an assistant director to Rahul Dholakia on the 2010 film Society, starring her mother Sarika,as well as Ram Moorthy, Uzer Khan, E. Niwas and Ruchi Narain on my many AD films in Mumbai.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.She also worked for her father's unreleased film, Sabaash Naidu, which had her sister Shruthi Haasan in a supporting role.Haasan made her debut as an actress in Shamitabh, opposite Dhanush, which also has Amitabh Bachchan in the lead and co-actor of Ajith Kumar in Vivegam in Tamil.