Shruti Haasan Is Rohini in Dulquer Salmaan’s Aakasamlo Oka Tara
Dulquer Salmaan and Shruti Haasan used Diwali to answer one of the remaining questions about Aakasamlo Oka Tara: who exactly does Shruti play? On Sunday, the two stars shared a poster revealing her character’s name — Rohini — in the upcoming drama directed by Pavan Sadineni.
The makers introduced her with a line that sets the tone for the character: “A spark that ignites the dream in Aakasamlo Oka Tara, brought to life by the incredible firecracker performer Shruti Haasan.” According to a press note, Rohini is a bold science teacher who plays an important part in the lives of the film’s protagonists — and the poster, which shows Shruti in front of a chalkboard, makes that role literal.
The film follows Kalpana, a brilliant student played by debutant Satvika Veeravalli, whose ambition to become an astronaut collides with her family’s expectations and deeply rooted social barriers. Dulquer plays Krishna, who recognises her potential and becomes her strongest supporter. Rohini, it appears, is the other adult who refuses to let Kalpana’s dream die — the teacher who keeps the spark alive inside the classroom while Krishna fights for it outside the home.
The reveal is the latest step in a careful character-by-character campaign. The makers have already introduced Ruhani Sharma as Bijili, and the official teaser, unveiled on October 17, established the film’s feel-good, female-led tone. Shruti’s casting is itself a talking point: this is her first feature-film collaboration with Dulquer, and she has said she accepted the film on the strength of its first narration alone.
That a science teacher should be the film’s quiet centre of gravity says something about what Aakasamlo Oka Tara is trying to do. Most films about small-town girls with big dreams make the family the obstacle and the hero the rescue; here the makers are giving equal weight to the teacher — the figure who, in real life, is often the first person to tell a gifted girl that her ambitions are legitimate. If Rohini lands, she could be the performance audiences remember longest.
Aakasamlo Oka Tara is produced by Sandeep Gunnam and Ramya Gunnam under Geetha Arts, in association with Swapna Cinema and Lightbox Media, with music by GV Prakash Kumar, who reunites with Dulquer after Lucky Baskhar. It releases in theatres on November 20, 2026, in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam.
Read our teaser report here: https://filmverse.in/aakasamlo-oka-tara-teaser-dulquer-salmaan/
Watch the official teaser below:
Source: Cinema Express and the makers’ official poster.
