Ansiba Hassan

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ansiba Hassan

• Ansiba Hassan never wanted to become an actress. In an interview, she revealed that when she was young, her brother saw an advertisement for the reality show ‘Screen Test’ aired on Asianet Plus and told their mother about it. Her mother advised her to take part in the show. She was selected in the top ten and won the title of the most popular actress.

  

• She started receiving many small roles after that.

• She appeared various in Malayalam films including Annarakkannanum Thannalayathu (2010) as Pavithran’s prospective bride, Little Superman (2014) as Deny’s sister, Vishwasam… Athallae Ellaam (2015) as Salomi (Sali), Pareeth Pandari (2017) as Fazeela Pareeth, and CBI 5: The Brain as CBI Officer Anitha.

  

• She appeared in several Tamil films including Aaravadhu Vanam (2010) as Anu, Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA (2013) as Thaayi, Paranjothi (2015) as Ganga, and Paakanum Pola Irukku (2017) as Maheswari.

  

• She also worked in some Malayalam short films including Lovemates (2015) as a lover and The Other Side (2015) as a victim.

  

• In 2013, her role as Anju George in the Malayalam film Drishyam received a lot of appreciation.

  

• In 2014, she faced cyberbullying for wearing a bikini on screen. In an interview, she clarified that it was a photoshopped image and that she never wore a bikini.

• In an interview, she revealed that after appearing in the film Drishyam, she thought she would get lead roles but still received small roles. So, she left acting and continued her graduation which she had left midway for the shooting of the film Drishyam.

• In 2015, she posted a picture on Facebook where she was seen posing with Buddhist kids at a monastery for which she received a lot of criticism. Her fans did not like her visit to the monastery because she followed Islam. She removed the image from her Facebook account later.

  

• While she was in college, she started writing screenplays and stories.

• In 2018, she wrote and directed the Malayalam short film ‘A Live Story.’ In an interview, she said she was hosting the show ‘Comedy Super Nite’ on Flowers TV when she decided to direct the short film for her college project. The cast of the show advised her to shoot the film professionally and not on her mobile phone.

  

• In an interview, she shared her love for films and said,
  

  Since a young age, I used to watch movies irrespective of language. Regional language films interested me the most and I just enjoyed watching it especially the ‘mass-masala’ ones. After watching movies, I used to narrate the story to my friends, who later out of curiosity, went ahead and watched them.”

• In 2018, she took to social media to share that a man named Ajeesh asked her for her nude pictures offering to pay her in return. Sharing on social media, she said that the man commented ‘Send me your nude picture and I will pay you.’ on one of the videos posted by her earlier.

• In 2021, she made a comeback after four years with the film ‘Drishyam 2.’

  

• In 2021, she was featured on the cover of Grihalakshmi magazine.

  

• She has worked as a presenter in the 2016 TV show Onam Samam Payasam on Kadumudy TV.

• She appeared as a contestant on the show Star Challenge Contestant (2015) on Flowers TV, Sell Me the Answer Participant (2016) on Asianet, and Nadanam Venulayam (2018) on Mazhavil Manorama.

• She was the host of the shows Maruhaba (2016) on Flowers TV, Comedy Super Night 2 (2017) on Flowers T.V., Mammookka The Great Father (2017) on Flowers TV, Mylanchi Monchu (2019) on Flowers T.V., and Ona Ruchimelam (2022) on Asianet.

• Aniba was a mentor on the shows Red Carpet (2021) on Amrita TV and Comedy Stars (2021) on Asianet.

• In 2024, she appeared as a contestant on the reality television show ‘Bigg Boss Malayalam 6’ on Asianet.

  

• Before appearing in the reality television show Bigg Boss Malayalam 6, she worked as a Radio Jockey in Dubai.

• She is a fitness enthusiast and often posts pictures of herself while working out.