Charuhasan Srinivasan (born 5 January 1931) is an Indian actor, director and retired lawyer who has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films.
Charuhasan is the elder brother of veteran actor Kamal Haasan and father of Indian actress Suhasini.
When his younger brother, Kamal Hasan, started acting in movies as a child actor, Charuhasan was his caretaker.
[3] Charuhasan eventually made his debut in 1979 Tamil film Uthiripookkal directed by Mahendran which was based on a short story by Pudhumaipithan.
[3] Since then, he has acted in more than 120 films often playing supporting or antagonistic roles, his most important movies being Vedham Pudhithu, Tabarana Kathe and Thalapathi.