Anu Hasan
Anu Hasan (born Anuradha Chandrahasan) is an Indian-born British actress and TV anchor. She works predominantly in Indian and British cinema and television industry. She made her film debut in the critically acclaimed Indira (1995) and has since appeared in many Tamil films, playing minor roles.
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Anu Hasan
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- Name
- Anu Haasan
- Birth Name
- Anuradha Chandrahasan
- Born
- 15 July 1970
- Birthplace
- Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
- Education
- BITS Pilani
- Occupation
- * Actress
- Nationality
- India
- Languages
- Tamil
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Anu Hasan (born Anuradha Chandrahasan) is an Indian-born British actress and TV anchor. She works predominantly in Indian and British cinema and television industry. She made her film debut in the critically acclaimed Indira (1995) and has since appeared in many Tamil films, playing minor roles.
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Anu Hasan (born 1970) is an Indian actress, entrepreneur and journalist, among other activities. The actress was born in Tiruchirappalli. Anu Hasan studied at Birla Institute of Technology and Science. Languages used include Tamil.
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She hosted the celebrity talk show Koffee with Anu on the Tamil channel Vijay for three seasons.
Anu Hasan (Tamil: அனு ஹாசன்) - (born Anuradha Chandrahasan on 15 July 1970), a Tamil actress and TV anchor.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Anu Haasan • Birth Name — Anuradha Chandrahasan • Born — 15 July 1970 • Birthplace — Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India • Citizenship — United Kingdom • Education — BITS Pilani • Occupation — * Actress • entrepreneur • presenter • writer • motivational speaker • Father — Chandrahasan • Relatives — See Haasan family
Early life
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 BITS Pilani (1988–1993). In 2011, she married British investment banker Graham Jay.
Career
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.
Television
Television
• Title — Genre — Role — Language • Anbulla Snegithiyae — TV series — Tamil • Boom Boom Shakalaka — TV series — Tamil • Ammaavukku Rendula Raagu — TV series — Tamil • Vivahita — TV series — Malayalam • Koffee with Anu — Talk show — Host — Tamil • Rekha IPS — TV series — Rekha — Tamil • Tharkappu Kalai Theeratha — TV series — Appa — Tamil • Anu Alavum Bayam Illai — Reality show — Host — Tamil • En Samayal Araiyil — Reality show — Host — Tamil • Kannadi — Reality show — Host — Tamil • Golmaal Gouramma — TV series — Kannada • Hollyoaks — Soap opera — Kameela — English • Cucumber — Drama — Shoona Merchandani — English • My Jihad – Episodes 3 and 4 — Drama — Noor — English • Ackley Bridge — Soap opera — English • EastEnders — Soap opera — Fatima Inzamam — English • Emmerdale — Soap opera — English • Vaanga Pesalam — Talk show — Host — Tamil • Bigg Boss 4 — Reality show — Special guest — Tamil
Dubbing artist
Dubbing artist
• Preity Zinta (Uyire..) • Raveena Tandon (Aalavandhan) • Geethu Mohandas (Nala Damayanthi)
Books
• Sunny Side Up (2015) – Self Help English Book.
Films
• Year — Title — Role — Language — Notes • 1995 — Indira — Indira — Tamil • 2001 — Aalavandhan/Abhay — Vijay and Nandu's mother — Tamil/Hindi — Guest appearance, Bilingual film • 2002 — Run — Siva's sister — Tamil — Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress • 2003 — Nala Damayanthi — Ammulu — Tamil • Anjaneya — Paramaguru's sister — Tamil • 2008 — Akku — Anu — Tamil • Santhosh Subramaniam — Tamil — Guest appearance • Dhaam Dhoom — Sarasu — Tamil • 2009 — Sarvam — Geetha Eashwar — Tamil — Guest appearance • Aadhavan — Anu — Tamil • Evaraina Epudaina — Venkat's sister-in-law — Telugu • 2010 — Maanja Velu — Mrs. Bose — Tamil • Irandu Mugam — Sarveswaran's wife — Tamil • Thottupaar — Tamil • 2011 — Ko — Herself — Tamil — Cameo appearance • Red Building Where The Sun Sets — English • 2012 — Endukante... Premanta! — Revathi — Telugu • Dead Point — Anwar's mother — Arabic • Ullam — Tamil • 2013 — Kunthapura — Gowri Iyer — Malayalam • 2014 — 1: Nenokkadine — Kalyani — Telugu • 2017 — Valla Desam — Anu — Tamil • Is This Now — Ms. Murray — English • 2018 — Keni — Suganthi — Tamil • Chi La Sow — Arjun's mother — Telugu • 2019 — Vaakku — Malayalam • 2020 — Putham Pudhu Kaalai — Saras — Tamil — Amazon Prime film; Segment Coffee, Anyone? • 2023 — Ustaad — Gayathri — Telugu • Bubblegum — Ramya • 2025 — Anaganaga — Rani Amma • Patang — Shekar’s wife
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- 1.Unforgettable roles of yesteryear actress Anu Haasan. The Times of India. 15 July 2023.
- 2.find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Anu HASAN. gov.uk.
- 3.The Juggler. The Hindu. 12 June 2015.
- 4.Being Anu Hasan. The Hindu. 16 March 2015.
- 5.Sandpaper.bitsaa.org. Sandpaper – The BITSAA Magazine.
- 6.Metro Plus Madurai / Profiles : Spreading fragrance everywhere. The Hindu. 16 December 2006.
- 7.Anu Haasan marries a Brit. Behind Woods. 31 January 2011.
- 8.Goergo.in. Interview with Anu Hasan : Goergo.
- 9.Video Series for Ask How India
- 10.http://vijay.indya.com/specials/kwa2/thats.html
- 11.SouthWord.
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