Background
Anu Hasan was born on 15 July 1968 to Chandra Hasan, elder brother of the National Film Award-winning actor, Kamal Haasan.
Anu Hasan was born on 15 July 1968 to Chandra Hasan, elder brother of the National Film Award-winning actor, Kamal Haasan.
She was educated at Saint Joseph"s Anglo Indian Girls Higher Secondary School, Trichy and earned a Master of Science degree in Physics and Management from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (Birla Institute of Technology and Science), Pilani, Rajasthan.
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. 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 television 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 three 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. Anu Hassan is a Director Strategic Accounts (United Kingdom and Europe) and is based out of London for the company IVY Mobility.