Shruti Haasan was seen attending the premiere of How To Talk To Girls at Parties, starring Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman, directed by John Cameron Mitchell on the third day at Cannes. She attended the premiere on a special invitation from celebrated British author, Neil Gaiman, who wrote the short story that formed the film’s inspiration! Shruti sported a Valentino ensemble with jewellery by Chopard, coupled with Christian Loubotin shoes and clutch.
An inside source reveals, “Neil has been one of Shruti’s all-time favourite novelists. She’s followed his work extensively and they had a chance to connect a short while ago over Twitter. They met in LA and stayed in touch via mails and messages. When Neil realised Shruti was in Cannes, he invited her to attend the premiere of his film as one of his special guests.”
Talking about attending the premiere on the American God author’s invitation, Shruti says, “It was an extremely glad moment to be invited for the film. Neil is my favourite writer and I loved the film as well.”
Neil had earlier gone on record about how much he appreciates Shruti as an artiste, to the extent that he has even stated that he would gladly pen a musical only if it starred Shruti.
He was quoted as saying, “We first encountered each other on Twitter about a year or so ago. I think I had mentioned how much I want to visit India, and Shruti offered to help show me the country. She’s an enormous fan of my writing, and has sent me lots of clips, both of her work in films and music, and of things and performers she thought I should see or would enjoy. And I, in turn, have sent her books and things to read ahead of the crowd. She’s a delight — really smart and grounded, and her music is remarkable.”
Meanwhile, dad Kamal Haasan, who clearly knows how much Shruti adores Neil, took to Twitter to post, “My baby in Cannes with her other hero. Neil Gaiman. Glad to be in August company (sic).” To which, Gaiman himself replied, “She has plans for you and me to sit and talk and drink good whisky. I like these plans (sic).” That’s one conversation we’d all like to see, indeed! Shruti was also clicked together with the author and her rumoured boyfriend Michael Corsale was also seen along with them.
