Charuhasan is an Indian film and television actor, director and retired lawyer who has acted in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi films.Charuhasan is the elder brother of Indian film actor Kamal Hassan. His brother Chandrahassan died on 19 March 2017. charuhasan was interested in movies even in his childhood days. During the late 1940s, he used to watch two foreign films a day. When his younger brother Kamal Hasan started acting in movies as a child actor, Charu Hasan was his caretaker. Charuhasan eventually made his debut in the 1979 Tamil film Udiripookkal based on a short story by Pudhumaipithan. Since then, he has acted in more than 120 films often playing supporting or antagonistic roles, his most important movies being Vedham Pudhidhu, Tabarane Kathe and Thalapathi. He has also directed two films, IPC 215 and Sangammam.