Akshara Haasan is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil and Hindi-language films. The daughter of actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur, and the younger sister of Shruti Haasan, she made her film debut with the comedy drama Shamitabh (2015), and later appeared in Kadaram Kondan (2017). Early life and family Akshara Haasan was born at 1991 in Madras (present-day Chennai), Tamil Nadu to actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur. Shruti Haasan is her elder sister. Akshara did her schooling from Abacus Montessori School, Montessori; Lady Andal in Chennai; Beacon High in Mumbai and completed her schooling in Indus International School, Bangalore. Personal life Akshara Haasan lives in Mumbai with her mother. She has converted to Buddhism. In one of her interview, Akshara turns out, an atheist by belief, she has now converted to Buddhism because she was drawn to it. Career 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. Filmography Web series References External links Kamal Haasan Living people Indian film actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses from Chennai Actresses from Mumbai Marathi people Indian Buddhists Converts to Buddhism Converts to Buddhism from atheism or agnosticism 1991 births