Anu Hasan

Anu Haasan
Anu Hasan in 2012
Born
Anuradha Chandrahasan

(1970-07-15) 15 July 1970 (age 56)
Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
EducationBITS Pilani
Occupations
  • Actress
  • entrepreneur
  • presenter
  • writer
  • motivational speaker
Spouse
Graham Jay
​
(m. 2011)​
FatherChandrahasan
RelativesSee Haasan family

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. 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 BITS Pilani (1988–1993).

In 2011, she married British investment banker Graham Jay.

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

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
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
BubblegumRamya
2025 Anaganaga Rani Amma
Patang Shekar’s wife

Television

TitleGenreRoleLanguage
Anbulla SnegithiyaeTV seriesTamil
Boom Boom ShakalakaTV seriesTamil
Ammaavukku Rendula RaaguTV seriesTamil
VivahitaTV seriesMalayalam
Koffee with AnuTalk showHostTamil
Rekha IPSTV seriesRekhaTamil
Tharkappu Kalai TheerathaTV seriesAppaTamil
Anu Alavum Bayam IllaiReality showHostTamil
En Samayal AraiyilReality showHostTamil
KannadiReality showHostTamil
Golmaal GourammaTV seriesKannada
HollyoaksSoap operaKameelaEnglish
CucumberDramaShoona MerchandaniEnglish
My Jihad – Episodes 3 and 4DramaNoorEnglish
Ackley BridgeSoap operaEnglish
EastEndersSoap operaFatima InzamamEnglish
EmmerdaleSoap operaEnglish
Vaanga PesalamTalk showHostTamil
Bigg Boss 4Reality showSpecial guestTamil

Dubbing artist

Notes

  1. ↑ Simultaneously shot in Tamil titled Yen Endral Kadhal Enben, but the Tamil version never saw a theatrical release.

References

  1. ↑ "Unforgettable roles of yesteryear actress Anu Haasan". The Times of India. 15 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Anu HASAN". gov.uk. find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "The Juggler". The Hindu. 12 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Being Anu Hasan". The Hindu. 16 March 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Sandpaper – The BITSAA Magazine". Sandpaper.bitsaa.org. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  6. 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.
  7. ↑ "Anu Haasan marries a Brit". Behind Woods. 31 January 2011.
  8. ↑ "Interview with Anu Hasan : Goergo". Goergo.in. Retrieved 7 September 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. ↑ Video Series for Ask How India
  10. ↑ Archived 7 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ "SouthWord".