Anu Hasan

Anu Haasan (born Anuradha Chandrahaasan on 16 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.

Anu Haasan
Born
Anuradha Chandrahaasan

(1970-07-15) 15 July 1970
Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
EducationMSc degree in Physics and Management from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan.
OccupationActress, Entrepreneur, Presenter, Writer, Motivational Speaker, Podcaster
Spouse(s)Shri Vikas
(m.1995; div.1999)
Graham Jay
(m. 2010-present)
RelativesSee Haasan family

Early life

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

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

Anu Hasan was married to Shri Vikas in 1995 and the couple divorced in 1999. After living alone for around 11 years, she got married to her long-time British friend Graham Jay in 2010 in a private wedding ceremony. Anu and Graham got in touch on a music website, and their friendship eventually ended up in love, and then marriage.

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/AbhayVijay and Nandu's motherTamil/HindiGuest appearance, Bilingual film
2002RunSiva's sisterTamilTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
2003Nala DamayanthiAmmuluTamil
AnjaneyaParamaguru's sisterTamil
2008AkkuAnuTamil
Santhosh SubramaniamTamilGuest appearance
Dhaam DhoomSarasuTamil
2009SarvamGeetha EashwarTamilGuest appearance
AadhavanAnuTamil
Evaraina EpudainaVenkat's sister-in-lawTelugu
2010Maanja VeluMrs. BoseTamil
Irandu MugamSarveswaran's wifeTamil
ThottupaarTamil
2011KoHerselfTamilCameo appearance
Red Building Where The Sun SetsEnglish
2012Endukante... Premanta!RevathiTelugu
Dead PointAnwar's motherArabic
UllamTamil
2013KunthapuraGowri IyerMalayalam
20141: NenokkadineKalyaniTelugu
2017Valla DesamAnuTamil
Is This NowMs. MurrayEnglish
2018Kinar/KeniSuganthiMalayalam/Tamil
Chi La SowArjun's motherTelugu
2019VaakkuMalayalam
2020Putham Pudhu KaalaiSarasTamilAmazon Prime film;
Segment Coffee, Anyone?

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
Ackley BridgeSoap operaEnglish
EastEndersSoap operaEnglishFatima Inzamam
EmmerdaleSoap operaEnglish
Vaanga PesalamTalk showTamilHost
Bigg Boss 4Reality showTamilSpecial guest

Dubbing artist

References
  1. "Sandpaper – The BITSAA Magazine". Sandpaper.bitsaa.org. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. "Metro Plus Madurai / Profiles : Spreading fragrance everywhere". The Hindu. 16 December 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  3. "Interview with Anu Hasan : Goergo". Goergo.in. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  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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