Shruti Haasan reveals Akshay Kumar’s give her a best advice that changed her life
- Actress Shruti Haasan shares her life-changing advice from Akshay Kumar during their collaboration in “Gabbar Is Back.”
- She emphasizes focusing on rewards rather than awards, a change she recalled as life-changing.
- She emphasizes the importance of working at one’s own pace and enjoying the journey.
- She expresses her love for Hindi films and her desire to work on exciting projects.
In an exclusive interview, Shruti Haasan revealed that Akshay Kumar gave her the best advice during their collaboration in the 2015 film “Gabbar Is Back”. He advised her to focus on rewards rather than awards, a piece of guidance she recalled as life-changing.
In a recent podcast with Pinkvilla, Shruti Haasan shared the best advice an actor had given her. She said, “Mr. Akshay Kumar told me, ‘Focus on rewards, not awards.’”
When asked if this advice changed her life, Shruti said, “Yeah, because mere ghar mein (in my home) papa has like a shelf full of awards, my mother has a National Award, and my father has National Awards. So I was like, ‘Main toh bilkul (I am totally) like full zero waste, like full anda (zero) I am.”
She continued, “Then I was like, ‘Nahi, nahi, main bas kaam kar rahi hun (No, no, I am just working) and I’ll grow at my own pace; I’ll grow. When I started going on the reward system, not financial reward, the reward system, I started enjoying it more.”
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During the conversation, Shruti Haasan also discussed her work in the comedy movie “Welcome Back”. She said, “I think there was very little comedy in “Welcome Back” compared to what I have done in Telugu and other projects, but I love comedy.”
Regarding being away from Bollywood in recent times, Shruti shared, “It’s not like I have avoided it, but I just shifted to where I got more work and more work that appreciates me or gives me a better platform. I think pre-pandemic what happened was that I had already taken a break of 1-2 years, and when I came back, everything was different, even in Mumbai, in Bollywood, and OTT. Now again it has become different, and people are figuring out a lot of things.”
The Luck actress added, “Mujhe Hindi filmein bahut acchi lagti hain, mujhe karna hai (I like Hindi films very much; I want to do them) but things that excite me.” She mentioned that she had received some offers, but they weren’t so exciting.”
