Anu Hasan

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 Suhasini Maniratnam, Shruti Haasan and Akshara Haasan.

Hasan 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.

Career

By 2000, she ventured into television, acting first in the series Anbulla Snehgidhiye, which was adapted from Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's award-winning novel Sister of My Heart. 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.

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

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.

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

Author

Books

• Sunny Side Up (2015) – Self Help English Book.

Filmography

Films

Television

Dubbing artist

• Priti Zinta (Uyire)
• Raveena Tandon (Aalavandhan)
• Geethu Mohandas (Nala Damayanthi)