Mumbai: Akshara Haasan has received praise from the highest quarters, and papa Kamal Haasan says he is jealous! Apparently, Amitabh Bachchan saw rushes of Balki’s much-anticipated Shamitabh in which Akshara makes her debut alongside him, and sent her a message of appreciation.
Says proud papa Kamal Haasan, “Amitji texted Akshara. I told her she’s one-up on me because I never received any text from him praising my performance.”
On a more serious note, Kamal Haasan is excited about his younger daughter’s acting debut. “Like my elder one Shruti, Akshara has done what she has to. She started by assisting Rahul Dholakia. Then, before I knew it, she had signed her first film as an actor.”
Incidentally, Akshara’s co-star in Shamitabh is Dhanush who has done a Tamil film with her sister and is said to be “extremely protective” of Akshara.
Says a source from the Shamitabh team, “Dhanush helps Akshara with her lines, bails her out when she gets stuck in a scene. He is very much the protective friend for Akshara on the sets.”
