Anu Hasan

{{Infobox person | name = Anu Hasan | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = (1970-07-15) July 15, 1970 | birth_place = Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India | occupation = Actress, model, TV anchor, entrepreneur | birth_name = Anuradha Chandrahasan | othername = | website =

Anu Hasan (born Anuradha Chandrahasan on 15 July 1970) is a 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 predominantly supporting 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 Chandra Hasan, elder brother of the National Film Award-winning actor, Kamal Haasan. She was educated at St. Joseph's Anglo Indian Girls Higher 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 Vijay TV. The show, which she hosted for over three 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]

Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

• Anu Haasan at the Internet Movie Database
• About Anu Haasan
• Anu's Official Website