Anu Haasan

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Anu Haasan 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.

Film Career

She stepped into acting, when she enacted the titular role in the 1995 Tamil film Indira, directed by her cousin Suhasini Mani Ratnam. Afterwards, she appeared only in a few films, playing minor supporting roles such as the mother, sister or wife character of the lead actor. Among her films, her notable ones are Run (2002), in which she starred as the protagonist's sister, which earned her Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and Nala Damayanthi (2003).

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.For her performance in the series, she received accolades and several awards. 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 Vijay TV. The show, which she hosts now for over three years, soon became very popular and made her ultimately a household name in Tamil Nadu.

In addition, Anu has worked as a dubbing artiste as well, lending her voice for many non-Tamil-speaking actresses, including Raveena Tandon, Preity Zinta and Geetu Mohandas.