Anu Hasan

Anu Hasan
Born Anuradha Chandrahasan
(1970-07-15) 15 July 1970
Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation Actress, Entrepreneur, Presenter, Writer, Motivational Speaker, Podcaster
Relatives See Haasan family

Anu Hasan (born Anuradha Chandrahasan on 15 July 1970) is an Indian Tamil actress and TV anchor. She made her film debut in the critically acclaimed Indira (1995) and has since appeared in many Tamil films, playing minor roles. She hosted the celebrity talk show Koffee with Anu on the Tamil channel Vijay for three seasons.

Early life

Anu Hasan was born on 15 July 1970 to Chandrahasan, the brother of actors Kamal Haasan and Charuhasan. Hasan is the first cousin of film actresses Shruti Haasan, Suhasini Maniratnam and Akshara Haasan.

Hasan did her schooling at St Joseph's Anglo Indian Girls Hr Secondary School, Trichy and earned a MSc degree in Physics and Management from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan.[1][2]

Career

By 2000, she ventured into television,[3] acting first in the series Anbulla Snehgidhiye, which was adapted from Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's award-winning novel Sister of My Heart.[1] She then starred in a number of TV series like Avan Aval Avargal, Ammaavukku Rendula Raagu and Vivahita (Malayalam), following which she turned anchor for the celebrity talk show Koffee with Anu (named after herself), aired on STAR Vijay. The show, which she hosted for over four years, soon became very popular and made her ultimately a household name in Tamil Nadu.[2]

In 2014 she joined the Ask How India social movement and made a series of videos pertaining to social issues.[4]

In addition, Anu has worked as a dubbing artiste, lending her voice for many non-Tamil-speaking actresses, including Raveena Tandon, Preity Zinta and Geetu Mohandas.[5]

She writes a monthly column for Just for Women (India) magazine.

Author

Books

  • Sunny Side Up (2015) - Self Help English Book.[6]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1995IndiraIndiraTamil
2001Aalavandhan Vijay and Nandu's motherTamilCameo appearance, was shot in Hindi as Abhay
2002RunSiva's sisterTamilTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
2003Nala DamayanthiAmlooTamil
AnjaneyaParamaguru's sisterTamil
2008AkkuAnuTamil
Santhosh SubramaniamTamilCameo appearance
Dhaam DhoomSarasuTamil
2009SarvamGeetha EashwarTamilCameo appearance
AadhavanAnuTamil
Evaraina EpudainaVenkat's sister-in-lawTelugu
2010Maanja VeluKarthik's wifeTamil
Irandu MugamSarveswaran's wifeTamil
ThottuppaarTamil
2011KoHerselfTamilCameo appearance
Red Building Where The Sun SetsEnglish
2012Endhukante... Premanta!
Yen Endraal Kaadhal Enben 		RevathiTelugu
Tamil		Tamil-Telugu Bilingual film
Dead PointAnwar's motherArabic
2013KunthapuraGowri IyerMalayalam
20141: NenokkadineKalyaniTelugu
2017Valla DesamAnuTamil
2017Is This NowMs. MurrayEnglish
2018Kinar
Keni		Malayalam
Tamil
2018Chi La SowTelugu

Television

TitleGenreLanguageRole
Anbulla SnegithiyaeTV seriesTamil
Boom Boom ShakalakaTV seriesTamil
Ammaavukku Rendula RaaguTV seriesTamil
VivahitaTV seriesMalayalam
Koffee with AnuTalk showTamilHost
Rekha IPSTV seriesTamilRekha
Tharkappu Kalai TheerathaTV seriesTamilAppa
Anu Alavum Bayam IllaiReality showTamilHost
En Samayal AraiyilReality showTamilHost
KannadiReality showTamilHost
Golmaal GourammaTV seriesKannada
HollyoaksSoap operaEnglish
CucumberDramaEnglishShoona Merchandani
My Jihad - Episodes 3 and 4DramaEnglishNoor
EastEndersSoap operaEnglishFatima Inzamam
EmmerdaleSoap operaEnglish
Vaanga PesalamTalk showTamilHost

Dubbing artist

References

  1. 1 2 "Sandpaper - The BITSAA Magazine". Sandpaper.bitsaa.org. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  2. 1 2 "Metro Plus Madurai / Profiles : Spreading fragrance everywhere". The Hindu. 2006-12-16. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  3. ↑ "Interview with Anu Hasan : Goergo". Goergo.in. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  4. ↑ Video Series for Ask How India
  5. ↑ Archived 7 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/southword
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