Singer-actress Shruti Haasan may be veteran actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika's daughter, but does that mean she has had it easy in the industry? Did she get an early push thanks to her surname? Possibly. But did that help her get one project after another? Well, not really!

In a candid interview with ETimes, Shruti Haasan opens up about nepotism and how she still feels like an outsider after 11 years in the industry. The actress says, "I feel like an outsider because even after 11 years, I have still not understood the right way to butter up the people and the right group to be a part of. I think I am a musician first and then an actor. Nepotism, yes, I don't deny it, as my surname is Haasan. If it was just Shruti or something else, I wouldn't have got the initial attention that I got."