/> Madhur Bhandarkar is all set to perform Operation Salvage on Shruti Haasan's career. In what is quite clearly a manoeuvre to give the mighty Kamal Haasan's daughter the commercial boost that Soham Shah's Luck could not Madhur Bhandarkar has signed her to play a key role in his first comedy Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji.

Self-admittedly a huge fan of Kamal Haasan, Madhur says, "Shruti has met me some months ago expressing the desire to work with me. I though she would suit part opposite Emran Hashmi perfectly."

Though not willing to admit that Kamal Haasan had any hand in Shruti's presence in the comedy, Bhandarkar does admit that he's agreat fan of the actor.

"Kamalji is a legend. And I can't say the thought of working with his daughter did not pass through my mind. However I must add that Shruti is a very bright pretty and talented girl. She's bound to go far."

Shruti's career had come to a standstill with a film ironically called Luck. Maybe it will change, not that the daughter's ball of destiny is now in papa Kamal Haasan's court.