Charuhasan

Charuhasan Srinivasan (born 5 January 1931) is an Indian actor, director and retired lawyer who has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor and the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor for the Kannada film Tabarana Kathe. Charuhasan is the elder brother of veteran actor Kamal Haasan and father of Indian actress Suhasini.

Early life

Charuhasan was born on 5 January 1931 to lawyer and Indian independence activist D. Srinivasan and his wife Rajalakshmi. He was the eldest son of the couple and more than twenty-three years older than his youngest brother Kamal Haasan.

Charuhasan had a different schooling to other children his age; due to an accident he was unable to attend school for the first few years of his life and had a private tutor give him a basic education. He was directly admitted to fifth grade at the age of nine. In 1949, Charuhasan joined the Raja Lakhamgouda Law College in Belgaum and qualified as a lawyer in 1951.

Charuhasan practised law from 1951 to 1981. 1986 – Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor for Tabarana Kathe 1992 – Filmfare Award for Best Kannada Actor for Kubi Matthu Iyala

Selected filmography Tamil

Uthiripookkal (1979) Nenjathai Killathe (1980) Nizhalgal (1980) Raja Paarvai (1981) Moondru Mugam (1982) Rani Theni (1982) Agni Sakshi (1982) Oorukku Upadesam (1984) Vikram (1986) Raja Mariyadhai (1987) Meendum Oru Kaathal Kathai (1985) Vedham Pudhithu (1987) Paasa Paravaigal (1988) Andru Peytha Mazhaiyil (1989) Pudhiya Kaatru (1990) Thalapathi (1991) Anbu Sangili (1991) Nattukku Oru Nallavan (1991) Puthiya Thendral (1993) Veera (1994) Thendral Varum Theru (1994) Jai Hind (1994) Rajavin Parvaiyile (1995) Kaadhale Nimmadhi (1998) Velai (1998) Dhill (2001) Thamizhan (2002) Pon Megalai (2005) Karka Kasadara (2005) Yuga (2006) Uthamaputhiran (2010) Sillunu Oru Sandhippu (2013) Saithan (2016) Odu Raja Odu (2018) Dha Dha 87 (2019) Haraa (2024)

Telugu

Subhodhayam (1980) Amavasya Chandrudu (1981) Jamadagni (1988) Inspector Rudra (1990) Ankitham (1990) Neti Siddhartha (1990) Surya IPS (1991) Shanti Kranti (1991) Nirnayam (1991) Nani (1992) Ankuram (1993) Matru Devo Bhava (1993) Mounam (1995) Sivanna (2000) Naa Peru Surya (2018) Venky Mama (2019) Dear Comrade (2019) Gamanam (2020) Popcorn (2023)

Malayalam

Karimpoocha (1981) Vazhiyorakazchakal (1987) Unni Vanna Divasam (1984) Adharvam (1989) Vachanam (1990) Randam Varavu (1990) Aayushkalam (1992) Gandhari (1993) Kanchanam (1996) Guru (1997) War and Love (2003) Hai (2005) Raghuvinte Swantham Raziya (2011)

Kannada Tabarana Kathe (1987) Suprabhatha (1988; as presenter) Kubi Matthu Iyala (1992) Durga Shakti (1999) Neelambari (2001)

Director Pudhiya Sangamam (1982) IPC 215 (2003)

Books His book, Thinking on my Feet : Charuhasan Autobiography published by LiFi Publications, New Delhi under the imprint Biog has been released during the New Delhi World Book Fair, 2015.