Anu Haasan
Born	Anuradha Chandrahaasan July 15, 1970 (1970-07-15) (age 39) Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Actress, model, TV anchor, entrepreneur
Years active	1995-present

Anu Haasan (Tamil: அனு ஹாசன் ; born Anuradha Chandrahaasan on 15 July 1970) is a Tamil actress and TV anchor. She made her film debut in the critically acclaimed film Indira (1995) and has since appeared in a few Tamil-language films, playing minor supporting roles. She currently hosts the celebrity talk show Koffee with Anu on the Tamil channel Vijay. A versatile personality, she is also an entrepreneur, model, musician and martial arts expert.^[1]

Contents 1 Early life 2 Personal life 2.1 Family 3 Filmography 3.1 Films 3.2 Television 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Early life

Anu is the daughter of the lawyer-cum-producer Chandrahaasan. Chandrahaasan is the son of an orthodox Srinivasa Iyengar, affluent landowner of Ramanathapuram (Ramnad) district, Madras. He worked for the British as a lawyer who practiced in the Madras High Court in the early 1890).

Anu did her schooling in St. Joseph's Anglo-Indian Girls' Higher Secondary School, Trichy and has earned a MSc degree in Physics and Management from BITS (Birla Institute of Technology and Science), Pilani, Rajasthan.^[2][3]

She is a martial arts student (kaLari art; has trained in Chiramam, Silambam, Kurunthadi and Kaipoor) and also a proficient basketball player who has represented the Trichy district.^[4] Her love for music was shown as a jazz singer when she performed at the US consulate in Kolkata and it is told that in BITSians who were on campus between 1988 and 1993 remember Anu Haasan in some of the EDC productions of the day including Fiddler on the Roof and Spartacus.

[edit] Personal life

[edit] Family

Anu was born on 15 July 1970 as the daughter of Chandra Haasan, who is the brother of famous National Film Award-winning actors Kamal Haasan and Chaaru Haasan. She has acted under her cousin (Chaaru Haasan's daughter), Suhasini's direction, who is a National Award winning actress herself and married to noted film director Mani Ratnam, in the Tamil film Indira (1995), which is Anu's debut film.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Films

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1995	Indira	Indira	Tamil
2001	Aalavandhan	Vijay's mother	Tamil	Guest appearance
2002	Run	Siva's sister	Tamil	Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
2003	Nala Damayanthi	Badri's wife	Tamil
	Anjaneya	Paramaguru's sister	Tamil
2008	Akku	Anu	Tamil
	Santhosh Subramaniam		Tamil	Guest appearance
	Dhaam Dhoom	Sarasu	Tamil
2009	Sarvam	Gheetha Eashwar	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Aadhavan	Thara's mother	Tamil
	Evaraina Epudaina	Venkat's sister-in-law	Telugu
2010	Maanja Velu		Tamil	Filming

[edit] Television

Title	Genre / Language	Role
Anbulla Snegithiyae	TV series; Tamil
Boom Boom Shakal	TV series; Tamil
Avan Aval Avargal	TV series; Tamil
Ammaavukku Rendula Raagu	TV series; Tamil
Vivahita	TV series; Malayalam
Koffee with Anu	Talk show; Tamil	Host
Rekha IPS	TV series; Tamil	Rekha
Anu Alavum Bayam Illai	Reality show; Tamil	Host

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Anu Haasan at the Internet Movie Database
• About Anu Haasan