It's not fair to single out cinema as male-dominated one as it's a reflection of society: Shruti Haasan

There has often been a debate on the film industry being a hero-centric one, with actors and male characters often getting more prominence compared to actresses and female characters. Actress-musician Shruti Haasan has opened up on the charges of the film industry being a male-dominated one. The actress was part of a recent discussion in which she was asked about the industry being overly male dominated and Shruti, in her inimitable style, opined that cinema alone can't bear the brunt of the tag, especially since our society, in general, is male dominated.The actress further stated that cinema and art of every kind is just a reflection of the society and the times we live in. She said, "I think we live in a male dominated society. I don't think it's fair to single out cinema as cinema is a reflection of telling a stories of what we see. Sometimes, it becomes a chicken-and-egg situation, but mostly I would say a art imitates life."Meanwhile, Shruti, whose last release in Tamil was the Vijay Sethupathi-starrer Laabam, is now focusing on her career in Tollywood. The actress has completed over a decade in the Telugu film industry and has delivered some of the biggest hits the industry has seen in the past few years. The upcoming films in her kitty include big-budget ones like Salaar opposite Prabhas, Chiru 154 opposite Tollywood superstar Chiranjeevi and #NBK107 with Balakrishna.The actress is also likely to do a Tamil film with director Deekay, whose Kaatteri released last week.