Shruti Haasan and a few friends attended Lokesh Kanagaraj's birthday in Chennai. (Photo credits: Instagram/prakatwork,shrutzhaasan)

Inside pics from Lokesh Kanagaraj's birthday bash with Shruti Haasan, friends

Director Lokesh Kanagaraj, who is celebrating his 38th birthday on March 14, hosted a party for his friends. Shruti Haasan and many of his friends attended the birthday bash.

by · India Today

In Short

  • Lokesh Kanagaraj celebrated his 38th birthday with friends
  • Shruti Haasan attended the birthday bash, but did not post pictures with him
  • Lokesh Kanagaraj's upcoming film is Coolie

Director Lokesh Kanagaraj, who is presently helming Rajinikanth's upcoming film, 'Coolie', celebrated his 38th birthday on March 14. He rang in his special day with an intimate bash at a popular restorbar in Chennai. Shruti Haasan, choreographer Sandy and several other friends attended the party and wished Lokesh a happy birthday. Photos and videos from the bash are now doing the rounds on social media.

A video from the birthday bash shows Lokesh cutting his birthday cake. He can be seen feeding cake to choreographer Sandy and others. We can also hear a female friend singing 'Happy Birthday' loudly.

Here's the video:

Shruti Haasan attended the birthday bash along with her friend and makeup artist Prakruthi Ananth and another friend. Though the actor did not share photos with Lokesh Kanagaraj, Prakruthi's photos suggest that the trio were at the birthday event.

Here are the photos:

Celebrity makeup artist Prakruthi Ananth with Lokesh Kanagaraj.
Shruti Haasan with her girl gang at the birthday bash
Shruti Haasan with Prakruthi Ananth
Shruti Haasan all decked in blash for the birthday party

Shruti Haasan and Lokesh Kanagaraj worked together on a music video, Inimel, which had lyrics penned by Kamal Haasan. Following Inimel, the two are working together in Rajinikanth's Coolie.

Here's the music video:

On the work front, Lokesh Kanagaraj is gearing up for the release of Coolie. The makers are planning to release the film in the second half of 2025. An official announcement will be made soon. Apart from Rajinikanth and Shruti Haasan, the film also features Nagarjuna, Upendra, Soubin Shahir, Sathyaraj, Reba Monica John.

Here's a glimpse of Coolie:

Recently, the makers confirmed that Pooja Hegde will perform a special number in Coolie. Meanwhile, we had reported that Aamir Khan will be seen in a cameo as well.