Anu Haasan
Born
Anuradha Chandrahaasan

Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
EducationMSc degree in Physics and Management
Occupation(s)Actress, entrepreneur, presenter, writer, motivational speaker
Parent
RelativesSee Haasan family

Anu Haasan (born Anuradha Chandrahaasan) is an Indian 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 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]

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
2018KeniSuganthiTamil
Chi La SowArjun's motherTelugu
2019VaakkuMalayalam
2020Putham Pudhu KaalaiSarasTamilAmazon Prime film;
Segment Coffee, Anyone?
2023UstaadGayathriTelugu

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 operaEnglishKameela
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. 1 2 "Sandpaper – The BITSAA Magazine". Sandpaper.bitsaa.org. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Metro Plus Madurai / Profiles : Spreading fragrance everywhere". The Hindu. 16 December 2006. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. 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. ↑ "SouthWord".
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