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Name |
Suhasini |
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Date of Birth |
15th August 1961 |
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Birth Place |
Paramakudi, Tamilnadu |
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Nationality |
Indian |
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Height |
5' 6" |
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Profession |
Actress,
Script-writer, Producer, Director |
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Mother Tongue |
Tamil |
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Family |
Father – Charu Haasan (Lawyer & Actor)
Husband - Manirathnam (Director)
Uncle - Kamalahaasan (Actor)
Sisters - Nandini and Subhashini
Son - Nandan |
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Education |
Graduated in Cinemtography from Madras Film Institute, Chennai
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Debut
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Actress - Nenjathai Killathe (1980)
Director: Indira (1996)
TV Serial - Penn |
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Languages known |
Tamil, English, Kannada, Telugu
and French |
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Her different roles |
Director :
* Indira (1996)
Co-directed:
* Ganesh-Vasanth (TV Serial)
Writer :
* Guru (2007)
* Iruvar (1997)
* Indira (1996)
* Thiruda Thiruda (1993)
Producer:
* Iruvar (1997)
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Host for TV Programs
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* ‘Enna Parkalam’ (Vijay TV)
* ‘Hasini Pesum Padam’ (Jaya TV)
* Member of the jury of the Ability Awards
* ‘Ladies Junction’ ( Raj TV)
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Interested in |
* Costumes
* Make-up & hair styling
* Sports
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Professionally trained in |
* Cinematography
* Dialogue writing
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Belief |
Does not believe in going to temples and begging to
God |
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Best Friend |
Indrani, a golf pro, married and working in
Hyderabad. |
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Turning point |
Sindhu
Bhairavi |
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Loves |
Computers |
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Ladies Junction |
For 'Ladies Junction'
she goes into the villages,
to meet people and talk to them. She describes
it as a great
feeling to do a programme which explores the
talent of people. |
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Her views |
Manirathnam: (Husband & Director)
“He is such a perfectionist that he waited till he was 31 to get married. He is a very easy to live with because he is not a demanding husband. Many young people today think that marriage is about holding hands and going for movies, but it is much more.”
Kamalahaasan : (Uncle, Actor)
"Kamal was very keen that I should study to be a cinematographer or director but at 17, I was too unsure and confused. I didn’t think I was ready for direction."
Woman:
"We aren't emancipated yet.
Indian women are economically and socially quite
independent. But when it comes to emotional
support, we're still dependent on our parents,
husband, brothers..." |
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Future projects |
Has planned to do
short films besides a full-length feature film
in the next couple of years. |
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Favourite songs |
* Shenbagame
shenbagame
* Panivizhum malar vanam
both songs
are by Ilaiyaraja.
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Facts |
* Her grandfather
wished her to become an actress.
* Had represented the State in athletics two times.
* The first girl student to graduate from Madras
Film institute.
* Had acted in more than 175 films in Tamil, Telugu,
Kannada and Malayalam.
* Dubbed for Manisha Koirala in the film ‘Uyire’.
* Had scripted the first 20 scenes in the movie
‘Guru’.
* Had done a stage show called Reading between
the Lines (based on Sujatha's short story ‘Iru
Kaditham’).
* She has helped her co-heroines Sridevi, Radhika,
Radha and Sumalatha to improve their make-up and
hair style.
* Her son wants to be a politician and an economist.
* Feels that Director K. Balachander will make
her a good actress than her husband.
* Her mother
wanted her to study English Literature |
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Award |
* She won the
coveted National Film Award for Best Actress in
1986 for her role in the 1985 Tamil film Sindhu
Bhairavi, directed by K. Balachander.
* Her role in the AFI Fest
nominated feature Vaanaprastham (1999) was
particularly well received. |
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Social Activities |
* On the board of the Health Trust started by Srinidhi Chidambaram.
* Is a spokesperson for an NGO called Mukti, which
distributes artificial limbs.
* For 'Exonora', she conducted a garage sale of old clothes only for maids of the colony.
* A well-wisher of the Ability Foundation.
* Has been part of Action Aid and has done a film for them on the empowerment of women.
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Residence |
Alwarpet, Chennai,
India |
