Suhasini

Born on India’s Independence Day i.e. 15th August, in the year 1961, Suhasini is the daughter of Charu Hasan, the elder brother of Kamal Hassan, who is also an actor by profession. She was born in Chennai city of Tamil Nadu. Suhasini graduated from the Madras Film Institute, being the first girl ever to do so. In the institute, she was trained as a costumer designer, hair stylist and cinematographer.
 An all-rounder, Suhasini made her acting debut with the Tamil movie ‘Nenjathai Killathe’ (1981). However, she did not restrict herself to one language only and went on to do movies in Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam as well. In 1983, she was introduced to Malayalam cinema, through Padmarajan's ‘Koodevide' (1983), which also featured Mammootty. Just five years old in the industry, Suhasini bagged the National Film Award for Best Actress in the year 1986, for her movie ‘Sindhu Bhairavi’, which was directed by K. Balachander.
 ‘Vaanaprastham’, which was nominated in the AFI Fest, also displayed Suhasini’s fine artistic talent. A multi-talented person, she wore the cap of a director, in 1996, for the movie ‘Indira’. She has also written screenplay for a number of movies, which include her directorial debut ‘Indira’ and also one of the most successful Bollywood flicks of 2008 - ‘Guru’. Along with G. Srinivasan and her husband Mani Ratnam, Suhasini also takes charge of their production company ‘Madras Talkies’.