India, Nov. 15 -- There was a time when it was rare for the Southern film industries to see daughters following in the footsteps of fathers who were actors or filmmakers. This has changed in recent years, with someone like Shruti Haasan following in her father Kamal Haasan's footsteps to become an actor. Talking to her paternal cousin, actor Suhasini Maniratnam, who also broke this barrier, Shruti recalled that Kamal had a befitting reply to someone who questioned it.

Shruti and Suhasini sat down for a chat posted by Galatta. In it, Suhasini asked her cousin to give savage replies to some questions. When asked when she was going to get married, Shruti sassily asked Suhasini when she was divorcing Mani Ratnam.

When asked why she would en...