Shruti also revealed ‘praying a thousand times’ for men to get periods, so it could be written into work contracts. Actor Shruti Haasan got candid about dealing with painful periods while shooting for films on Soha Ali Khan ’s podcast. She mentioned how when a co-star mentioned pain from knee surgery, the film’s crew worked around it.
Shruti last starred in Lokesh Kanagaraj’s Coolie in 2025. The film grossed ₹ 518 crore worldwide but received lukewarm reviews. “Yes, I will do it, but it would be so much more collaborative if you knew what I was going through. And then I noticed, one of my co-stars was like, you know, I’ve had that knee surgery. And they were like, oh okay, so let’s work around this. And I was like, I have my period. It’s literally how it started. The ensemble film led by Rajinikanth also saw Nagarjuna Akkineni, Soubin Shahir, Upendra, Sathyaraj, and Rachita Ram in key roles. Aamir Khan played a cameo while Pooja Hegde featured in a special number. This year, Shruti featured in Buchi Babu Sana’s Peddi for the song Hellallallo with Ram Charan and Janhvi Kapoor. Shruti has the Tamil film Train , directed by Mysskin, lined up. Vijay Sethupathi stars in it. She also has Pavan Sadineni’s Aakasamlo Oka Tara in Telugu. It stars Dulquer Salmaan and Satvika Veeravalli in lead roles.
The first time I told a director, he has a daughter, and he said she also has very bad cramps. It just changed the colour,” said the actor.
