{"id":17916,"date":"2026-05-22T08:28:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/05\/22\/kamal-haasan-shruti-haasan-reveals-hiding-her-identity-in-school-coolie-star-used-a-fake-name-to-escape-kamal-haasans-fame-tamil-movie-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:28:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:28:03","slug":"kamal-haasan-shruti-haasan-reveals-hiding-her-identity-in-school-coolie-star-used-a-fake-name-to-escape-kamal-haasans-fame-tamil-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=17916","title":{"rendered":"Kamal Haasan: Shruti Haasan reveals hiding her identity in school; &#8216;Coolie&#8217; star used a fake name to escape Kamal Haasan&#8217;s fame | Tamil Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131259601,imgsize-107770,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/shruti-haasan.jpg\" alt=\"Shruti Haasan reveals hiding her identity in school; 'Coolie' star used a fake name to escape Kamal Haasan's fame\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/shruti-haasan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Shruti Haasan<\/a> may be the daughter of legendary actor <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kamal-haasan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Kamal Haasan<\/a>, but during her childhood, she reportedly struggled with the constant attention that came with his fame. Everywhere she went, people identified her only as \u201cKamal Haasan\u2019s daughter.<!-- -->\u201d While many would enjoy such recognition, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/shruti\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Shruti<\/a> Haasan apparently found it overwhelming as a school student. She wanted people to know her for who she was instead of only connecting her to her superstar father.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Shruti Haasan\u2019s funny school secret<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>To avoid questions about her famous family, Shruti Haasan reportedly created a completely different identity for herself during her school days. During a chat with Sudhir Srinivasan, the actress revealed that whenever someone asked if she was Kamal Haasan\u2019s daughter, she would confidently reply, \u201cNo, my name is <!-- -->Pooja Ramachandran<!-- -->, and my father is Dr Ramachandran.\u201d The funniest part is that the name actually belonged to her dentist. <!-- -->Shruti used the dentist\u2019s name simply because she wanted to avoid celebrity attention and live like an ordinary child without people constantly talking about cinema and stardom around her.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Kamal Haasan\u2019s fame followed Shruti everywhere in Chennai<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Life in Chennai reportedly became difficult for Shruti Haasan because Kamal Haasan\u2019s popularity was impossible to escape. His posters and fans were everywhere in the city, making it hard for her to stay unnoticed. Later, after Kamal Haasan and Sarika separated, Shruti moved to Mumbai. The shift reportedly helped her find more personal space and gave her the confidence to slowly build her own identity in the entertainment industry through acting, music, and performance.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Shruti Haasan now proudly carries her father\u2019s legacy<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Shruti Haasan\u2019s thoughts about her father\u2019s fame changed completely. The actress, who once tried to hide her identity, now openly expresses her love and respect for Kamal Haasan. She has reportedly admitted that she cannot imagine herself without carrying his name today. Many fans admire the fact that Shruti made it on her own without losing touch with her roots. Starting from dressing up as \u201cPooja Ramachandran\u201d in school to becoming a renowned actress in various fields, she has been an inspiration for numerous young people.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/entertainment\/tamil\/movies\/news\/shruti-haasan-reveals-hiding-her-identity-in-school-coolie-star-used-a-fake-name-to-escape-kamal-haasans-fame\/articleshow\/131259587.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shruti Haasan may be the daughter of legendary actor Kamal Haasan, but during her childhood, she reportedly struggled with the constant attention that came with his fame. Everywhere she went, people identified her only as \u201cKamal Haasan\u2019s daughter.\u201d While many would enjoy such recognition, Shruti Haasan apparently found it overwhelming as a school student. She&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}