Finally, the cat is out of the bag. There were speculations on why Sruthi Hassan backed out of the Tamil film opposite Madhavan to be directed by Nishikanth Kamat. The pretty young daughter of Kamal Hassan is all set to make her debut opposite Aamir Khan’s nephew Imran Khan in Soham Shah directed Hindi film Luck. The film also stars Sanjay Dutt and Mithun Chakraborthy. Soham Shah has told the Mumbai tabloids that he signed Sruthi as she fit the bill for the character he had in mind. He said: “We wanted to cast a new girl opposite Imran and Sruthi seemed perfect for the role. We required a girl who would look innocent as well as convincing while doing the action sequences.” Soham had met Sruthi in Chennai and she loved the script. But she told Soham that she would like to take her father’s opinion before saying yes. And once she got the nod from him, she has signed on the dotted line. Shruti will start shooting for Luck from July 8 in South Africa where the film will be completed in one single schedule. Shruti’s role includes a lot of action and she will take lessons from action director Allan Amin to get into the skin of the character that she is playing. ... read more »