India, Sept. 23 -- Actor and singer Shruti Haasan gave a candid response when asked about staying single at 40. The actor was a guest on Soha Ali Khan's podcast where she opened up on a range of issues, from acting to women's health and more. Shruti shared that she came close to getting married once but that did not help change her perception on the institution of marriage.

Shruti said she doesn't oppose the concept of marriage, and added, "I really like companionship. But, I have lived my whole life in a way of not fitting in a box. Weirdly, I am very traditional in some things and quite conservation in my approach to certain other things, but that's only because no one forced me to come to that conclusion. I just feel that the paperwor...