Hema Malini who stepped in to the industry with 'Indhra Vizha' changed her name to Sruthi Prakash and has now completed works for ‘Guru Sisiyan’. The girl who was projected as next Namitha by the industry gurus is not in Tamil Nadu now.

The glam doll is busy shooting in Bangalore for the Kannada remake of ‘Thiruttu Payaley’ titled, 'Aadu Aatta Aadu’. This Mumbai girl is doing the role played by Soniya Agarwal in the original.

Know what? Sruthi did not enter the tinsel town accidentally. She has planned her career as an actress well in time and had done an acting course and is a classical dancer too. Moreover she has learnt martial arts from her mom who is an athlete cum Karate player.

When asked about her name change, the bubbly girl said, “Sruthi Prakash is my original name, I wanted to retain my own name hence forth. My friends and family call me Sruthi and you can call me the same."

Sruthi had it that she is holding talks with producers for new film and has decided to learn Tamil from a teacher after renting a house in Saligramam.