The sound of a film generator reminds her of homework on the sets and when she was young, she had the biggest crush on Mogambo. Shruti Haasan on stepping before the camera after growing up in a film family

WE meet Shruti Haasan a day after Father's Day. Kamal Haasan and Sarika's daughter says she did actually wish her illustrious dad, 24 hours before the big day because she knew she'd get caught up in work after she's in Mumbai to promote her first film as actor, Soham Shah's Luck, in which she stars opposite heartthrob Imran Khan.

"I miss my dad on Father's Day, but he's not too big on days. I get so excited about birthdays, but he's like whatever. Not a big deal," she says, laughing. Twenty-three year old Shruti is pretty obviously a doting daddy's girl and sportingly does a string of first experiences she's shared with dad Kamal, one of the India's best actors.
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When did you realise your father was such a huge movie star?
When I went for a premiere when I was a kid I don't remember which film. I had never heard so many people scream like that at the same time. I was petrified, petrified. He was like, 'Relax.' I thought, 'Okay, you're kind of a big deal.'u00a0

What was the first film set of your father's you visited?
Appu Raja. There were these four Pomeranian dogs doing the coolest tricks. I still don't know how my dad did the dwarf thing it's like some family secret that I'm not in on. That was a great set for a child to visit. There were tigers and clowns doing tricks. That stuck in my head.