Akshara Haasan is an Indian film actress and assistant director. Daughter of actor Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur, she made her film debut with Shamitabh (2015). Akshara Haasan was born on 12 October 1991 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu to actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur. Her father is Tamil while her mother is a half Marathi and half Rajput. Shruti Haasan is her elder sister.Akshara did her schooli...Akshara Haasan is an Indian film actress and assistant director. Daughter of actor Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur, she made her film debut with Shamitabh (2015). Akshara Haasan was born on 12 October 1991 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu to actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur. Her father is Tamil while her mother is a half Marathi and half Rajput. Shruti Haasan is her elder sister.Akshara did her schooling years in Abacus Montessori school, Lady Andal (in chennai, Beacon High in Mumbai and completed her schooling in Indus International School (Bangalore). 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, 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. Haasan made her debut as an actress in Shamitabh opposite Dhanush, which also has Amitabh Bachchan in the lead. In August 2016, she was signed in Ajith Kumar starrer Thala 57.