Mohan (मोहन) is a common male Hindu name mainly in South India derived from Sanskrit meaning "enchanting", "delightful", "charming", or "attractive". The name is of one of the five arrows of the God of Love, Kamadeva or Kama, which imparts enchantment to lovers. It is also a name for the God Krishna, given in the incident when he enchants and seduces gopis (milkmaids) and cowherdesses.

People[link]

• A. G. Mohan, Indian yoga teacher, yoga therapist and author
• Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu in Hindu history
• Madan Mohan, Indian music director
• Mohan (actor) (born 1956), Kollywood film actor
• C. Mohan, computer scientist and IBM Fellow
• Mohan Agashe, Indian actor
• Mohan Das, more commonly known as Lotan Baba (or "rolling saint"), an Indian holy man promoting peace by rolling his body along the ground when he travels
• Mohanlal (Malayalam, born 1960), South Indian film actor
• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869–1948), better known as Mahatma Gandhi
• Manmohan Singh (born 1932), Prime minister of India
• Mohan Rakesh (1925–1972), major figure of 20th century Hindi literature
• Ram Mohan Roy (1774–1833), founder of Brahmo Samaj, a 19th century spiritual and religious reformation
• Mohan al-Furayji, a general in the Iraqi Army who planned the 2008 Iraqi operation against militias in Basra
• Mohan Gokhale (died 1999), Indian film, television and theater actor who has worked in art films such as Sparsh, Bhavni Bhavai and Mirch Masala
• Mohan Lal Sukhadia (1916–1982), political and social leader who served as Chief Minister of Rajasthan for 17 years (1954–1971)
• Mohan Babu (born 1952), born as Manchu Bakthavatsalam Naidu, is an actor, producer, politician from Andhra Pradesh, India. He has achieved the prestigious national honor Padma Shri in 2007, by the President of India
• Mohan Munasinghe, Sri Lankan physicist
• Chinta Mohan (born 1954), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India representing the Tirupathi constituency of Andhra Pradesh, and a member of the Indian National Congress
• Earl Mohan (1889–1928), American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 50 films between 1915 and 1927
• Satish Mohan, former town supervisor of Amherst, New York
• Mohan Saliya Ellawala (1948–2009), governor of Sabaragamuwa Province in Sri Lanka from October 2, 2008 up until his death in 2009
• Rakesh Mohan (born 1948), Indian economist and former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India
• Mohan Singh (born 1945), Indian politician, currently the General Secretary of the Samajwadi Party
• Mac Mohan (1938–2010), popularly known as Mac Mohan, a well-known Indian character actor in Hindi language films
• Saira Mohan (born 1978), fashion model of Indian, Irish and French heritage
• Chander Mohan, former Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana State in India
• Mohan Singh Oberoi (1900–2002), widely regarded as the father of 20th century India's hotel business
• Mohan Singh Kohli (born 1931), internationally renowned Indian mountaineer
• Pyare Mohan, a Bollywood film released in 2006, a remake of Tamil film Aandipatti Arasampatti
• Mohan Sivanand (born 1951), Indian journalist and artist
• Mohan Chand Sharma (1965–2008), Indian Police Inspector who served in the Delhi Police, Special Cell
• Mohan Sinha Mehta, founder of Vidya Bhavan group of institutions and Sewa Mandir in Udaipur in Rajasthan
• Narendra Mohan (1934–2002), Indian industrialist, chairman and managing director of the Rs 874-crore Jagran Prakashan publisher for India's largest selling Hindi newspaper Dainik Jagran
• Mohan Krishna Indraganti, award-winning Telugu film director from India
• Mohan Sithara, a Malayalam film music composer in Kerala
• Mohan Bhagwat (born 1950), veterinary doctor and the current Sarsanghachalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
• Mohan Jena (born 1957), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India representing the Jajpur constituency of Orissa, and a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party
• Crazy Mohan (born 1949), popular Tamil comedy actor, script writer and playwright
• Mohan Meakin Brewery, a large group of companies started with Asia's first brewery, incorporated in 1855
• Mohan Kumaramangalam (1916–1973), Indian politician and communist theorist who was a member of the Indian National Congress, and later, the Communist Party of India
• Saranya Mohan (born 1989), Indian film actress who has acted in Malayalam and Tamil films such as Yaaradi Nee Mohini and Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu
• Dominic Mohan (born 1969), British journalist originally from Bristol, England
• Radha Mohan (born 1965), Tamil movie director
• Mohan Lal Grero, Sri Lankan educationist and politician, currently a member of the Provincial Councilor of the Western Province
• Nicky Mohan (born 1970), English former professional footballer who played in defence
• Shweta Mohan (born 1986), Indian playback singer who has sung in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages, daughter of Sujatha Mohan
• Mohan Kanda (born 1945), Indian civil servant and a member of the National Disaster Management Authority
• Chandra Mohan (disambiguation)
• Sujatha Mohan (born 1964), Indian playback singer who has sung in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi movies
• Keith Mohan (born 1935), English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in the County Championship in 1957 and 1958
• Raja Mohan, Indian academic, journalist and foreign policy analyst
• Mohan Maharishi, Indian theatre director, actor and a playwright
• Mohan Patel (born 1952), former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the Gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
• Tom Mohan, former footballer from Ireland
• Vinu Mohan, Indian actor in Malayalam cinema, son of actress Sobha Mohan
• Mohan Upreti (1925–1997), Indian theatre director, playwright and a music composer, considered one of the pioneers in Indian theatre music
• Murali Mohan (born 1940), South Indian film actor, producer and politician
• Ram Mohan, veteran in the Indian animation industry
• Mohan Bikram Singh, often referred to as MBS, party name Gharti, a Nepalese politician
• Mohan Singh Deb (1909–1989), Indian Military officer and member of the Indian Independence Movement
• Kim Mohan (born 1949), American author and editor
• Mohan Rawale (born 1948), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India representing the Mumbai South Central constituency of Maharashtra and a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party

Places[link]

• Mohan (town), a town in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
• Mohan Pass in the Siwalik Hills in Sikkim
• Mohan, Yunnan province, Mohan(Ooty)

Other[link]

• Mohan (legendary), a name applied to several supernatural creatures in Latin American folklore
• Mohan (Mohyal), a Punjabi Brahmin clan, one of the seven clans of the Mohyals
• Mohan, the founding father of the captive bred white tigers of Rewa
• Melaleuca viminea, a shrub or tree from Western Australia with the common name Mohan
• Mohan (1947 film)

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Lata Mangeshkar
Mangeshkar in 2008
Background information
Born	(1929-09-28) September 28, 1929 (age 82) Indore, Central India Agency, British India
Genres	Film music (playback singing)
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1942–present

Lata Mangeshkar (born September 28, 1929) is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India.^[1][2] Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional Indian languages and foreign languages, though primarily in Hindi. She is the elder sister of singer Asha Bhosle, Hridayanath Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar. She is the second vocalist to have ever been awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour.^[3]

Mangeshkar was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records from 1974 to 1991 for having made the most recordings in the world. The claim was that she had recorded approximately 25,000 solo, duet, and chorus-backed songs in 20 Indian languages between 1948 to 1974. Over the years, while several sources have supported this claim, others have raised concerns over its veracity, claiming that this number was highly exaggerated and that Mangeshkar's younger sister, Asha Bhosle, had more song recordings than she had.^[4][5] In 2011 Guinness officially acknowledged Bhosle as the most recorded artist in music history.^[6]

Early life[link]

Lata Mangeshkar was born in Sikh Mohalla,^[7] in the princely state of Indore, part of the Central India Agency (now part of Madhya Pradesh). Her father, Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar who belonged to a Gomantak Maratha Samaj family from Goa, was a classical singer and theater actor. Her mother Shevanti (Shudhamati) who was from Thalner, Maharashtra, was Deenanath's second wife. The family's last name used to be Hardikar; Deenanath changed it to Mangeshkar in order to identify his family with his native town, Mangeshi in Goa. Lata was named "Hema" at her birth. Her parents later renamed her Lata after a female character, Latika, in one of her father's plays, BhaawBandhan.^[8] Lata is the eldest child of her parents. Meena, Asha, Usha and Hridayanath are her siblings in sequence.

Mangeshkar took her first lessons from her father. At the age of five, she started to work as an actress in her father's musical plays (Sangeet Natak in Marathi). On the first day in the school, she started teaching songs to other children. When the teacher stopped her, she was so angry that she stopped going to the school.^[8] Other sources cite that she left school because they would not allow her to bring Asha with her, as she would often bring her younger sister with her.

Singing career[link]

Early career in the 1940s[link]

In 1942, when Mangeshkar was 13, her father died of heart disease. Master Vinayak (Vinayak Damodar Karnataki), the owner of Navyug Chitrapat movie company and a close friend of the Mangeshkar family, took care of them

Mangeshkar sang the song "Naachu Yaa Gade, Khelu Saari Mani Haus Bhaari" which was composed by Sadashivrao Nevrekar for Vasant Joglekar's Marathi-language movie Kiti Hasaal (1942), but the song was dropped from the final cut. Vinayak gave her a small role in Navyug Chitrapat's Marathi movie Pahili Mangalaa-gaur (1942), in which she sang "Natali Chaitraachi Navalaai" which was composed by Dada Chandekar.^[8] Her first Hindi song was "Mata Ek Sapoot Ki Duniya Badal De Tu" for the Marathi film, Gajaabhaau (1943). Mangeshkar moved to Mumbai in 1945 when Master Vinayak's company moved its headquarters there. She started taking lessons in Hindustani classical music from Ustad Amanat Ali Khan . She sang “Paa Lagoon Kar Jori” for Vasant Joglekar's Hindi-language movie Aap Ki Seva Mein (1946),^[8] which was composed by Datta Davjekar. Mangeshkar and her sister Asha played minor roles in Vinayak's first Hindi-language movie, Badi Maa (1945). In that movie, Lata also sang a bhajan, “Maata Tere Charnon Mein.” She was introduced to music director Vasant Desai during the recording of Vinayak's second Hindi-language movie, Subhadra (1946).

Following the partition of India in 1947, Ustad Amanat Ali Khan migrated to newly formed Pakistan, so Mangeshkar started to learn classical music under Amanat Khan Devaswale. Pandit Tulsidas Sharma, a pupil of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, also trained her.

After Vinayak's death in 1948, music director Ghulam Haider mentored her as a singer. Haider introduced Mangeshkar to producer Sashadhar Mukherjee, who was working then on the movie Shaheed (1948), but Mukherjee dismissed Mangeshkar's voice as "too thin."^[8] An annoyed Haider responded that in the coming years the producers and the directors would "fall at Lata's feet" and "beg her" to sing in their movies. Haider gave Lata her first major break with the song “Dil Mera Toda,” from the movie Majboor (1948).^[8]

Initially, Mangeshkar is said to have imitated the acclaimed singer Noor Jehan, but later she developed her own style of singing.^[8] Lyrics of songs in Hindi movies are primarily composed by Urdu poets and contain a higher proportion of Urdu words, including the dialogue. Actor Dilip Kumar once made a mildly disapproving remark about Mangeshkar's Maharashtrian accent while singing Hindi/Urdu songs; so for a period of time, Lata took lessons in Urdu from an Urdu teacher named Shafi.^[9]

One of her first major hits was “Aayega Aanewaala,” a song in the movie Mahal (1949), which was composed by music director Khemchand Prakash and lip-synced on screen by actress Madhubala.

1950s[link]

Mangeshkar as a young woman

In the 1950s, Mangeshkar sang songs composed by various music directors of the period, including Anil Biswas (in films such as Tarana and Heer), Shankar-Jaikishan, Naushad, S. D. Burman, C. Ramchandra, Hemant Kumar, Salil Chowdhury, Khayyam, Ravi, Sajjad Hussain, Roshan, Kalyanji-Anandji, Vasant Desai, Sudhir Phadke, Hansraj Behl, Madan Mohan, and Usha Khanna.

Mangeshkar sang many raga-based songs for Naushad in movies such as Baiju Bawra (1952), Mughal-E-Azam (1960), and Kohinoor (1960). Ae Chorre Ki Jaat Badi Bewafa, a duet with G. M. Durrani, was her first song for composer, Naushad. The duo, Shankar-Jaikishan, chose Mangeshkar for Aag, Aah (1953), Shree 420 (1955), and Chori Chori (1956). Before 1957, composer Sachin Dev (S. D.) Burman chose Mangeshkar as the leading female singer for his musical scores in Sazaa (1951), House No. 44 (1955), and Devdas (1955). However a rift developed between Lata and Burman in 1957, and Lata did not sing Burman's compositions again until 1962.^[8]

Mangeshkar won a Filmfare Best Female Playback Award for Salil Chowdhury's composition “Aaja Re Pardesi,” from Madhumati (1958). In the early fifties, Lata Mangeshkar's association with C. Ramchandra produced songs in movies such as Anarkali, Albela, Asha, Pehli Jhhalak, Shin Shinkai Bublaa Boo, Azad and Amardeep. For Madan Mohan, she performed for films like Adalat, Railway Platform, Dekh Kabira Roya and Chacha Zindabad.

1960s[link]

Mangeshkar's song "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya" from Mughal-E-Azam (1960), composed by Naushad and picturized on Madhubala, still remains famous . The Hawaiian-themed number "Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh" from Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (1960) was composed by Shankar-Jaikishan and picturized on Meena Kumari.

In 1961, Mangeshkar recorded two popular bhajans, "Allah Tero Naam" and "Prabhu Tero Naam", for Burman's assistant, Jaidev. In 1962, she was awarded her second Filmfare Award for the song "Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil" from Bees Saal Baad, composed by Hemant Kumar.

On June 27, 1963, against the backdrop of the Sino-Indian War, Mangeshkar sang the patriotic song "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo" (literally, "Oh, People of My Country") in the presence of Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India. The song, composed by C. Ramchandra and written by Pradeep, is said to have brought the Prime Minister to tears.^[8][10]

In 1963, Mangeshkar returned to collaboration with S. D. Burman. She also sang for R. D. Burman's very first film Chhote Nawaab and later for his films such as Bhoot Bangla (1965), Pati Patni (1966), Baharon ke Sapne (1967) and Abhilasha (1969). She also recorded several popular songs for S. D. Burman, including "Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai", "Gata Rahe Mera Dil" (duet with Kishore Kumar) and "Piya Tose" from Guide (1965), and "Hothon Pe Aisi Baat" from Jewel Thief (1967).

During the 1960s, Lata Mangeshkar continued her association with Madan Mohan which included the songs "Aap Ki Nazron Ne Samjha" from Anpadh (1962), "Lag Ja Gale" and "Naina Barse Rim Jhim" from Woh Kaun Thi? (1964), "Woh Chup Rahen To" from Jahan Ara (1964), and "Tu Jahan Jahan Chalega" from Mera Saaya (1966).

The 1960s also witnessed the beginning of Mangeshkar's association with Laxmikant-Pyarelal, the music directors for whom she sang the most popular songs in her career. She sang for Parasmani (1963) which was their first film together.

She also sang several playback songs for Marathi films, composed by Marathi music directors including Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Vasant Prabhu, Srinivas Khale, Sudhir Phadke and herself (under the name Anandghan). During the 1960s and 1970s, she also sang several Bengali songs, composed by music directors like Salil Chowdhury and Hemant Kumar.

In this period Lata Mangeshkar has recorded duets with Mukesh, Manna Dey, Mohammed Rafi, and Kishore Kumar.

1970s[link]

In 1972, Meena Kumari's last film, Pakeezah released. It featured popular songs including "Chalte Chalte" and "Inhi Logon Ne" sung by Lata Mangeshkar, and composed by Ghulam Mohammed. She recorded many popular songs for S. D. Burman's last films, including "Rangeela Re" from Prem Pujari (1970), "Khilte Hain Gul Yahaan" from Sharmeelee (1971), and "Piya Bina" from Abhimaan (1973).

Lata Mangeshkar's most notable songs in 1970s were composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal (Laxmi-Pyare) and Rahul Dev Burman^{[citation needed]}. She recorded several songs composed by Laxmi-Pyare in 1960s and 1970s, many of them written by the lyricist Anand Bakshi. She also recorded many hit songs with Rahul Dev Burman in the films Amar Prem (1972), Caravan (1971), Kati Patang(1971), and Aandhi (1975). The two are noted for their songs with the lyricists Majrooh Sultanpuri, Anand Bakshi and Gulzar.

In 1973, she won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Beeti Na Bitai" from the film Parichay, composed by R. D. Burman, and written by Gulzar. In 1974, she sang her only Malayalam song "Kadali Chenkadali" for the film Nellu, composed by Salil Chowdhury, and written by Vayalar Ramavarma. In 1975, she again won the national award, this time for the song "Roothe Roothe Piya" from the film Kora Kagaz, composed by Kalyanji-Anandji.

From 1970s onwards, Lata Mangeshkar has also staged many concerts in India and abroad, including several charity concerts. Her first concert overseas was at the Royal Albert Hall, London, in 1974. She also released an album of Mirabai's bhajans, Chala Vaahi Des, composed by her brother Hridayanath Mangeshkar. Some of the bhajans in the album include "Saanware Rang Raachi" and "Ud Jaa Re Kaaga". In the early 70s, she released other non-film albums, such as her collection of Ghalib ghazals, an album of Marathi folk songs (koli-geete), an album of Ganesh aartis (all composed by her brother Hridaynath) and an album of abhangs of Sant Tukaram composed by Shrinivas Khale.

In late 1970s and early 1980s, she worked with the children of composers she had earlier worked with. Some of these composers included Rahul Dev Burman (son of Sachin Dev Burman), Rajesh Roshan (son of Roshan), Anu Malik (son of Sardar Malik), and Anand-Milind (sons of Chitragupt).

1980s onwards[link]

From 1980s onwards, Lata Mangeshkar worked with music directors including Shiv-Hari, Ram Laxman, and A. R. Rahman. She recorded some non-film songs, including ghazals with Jagjit Singh.

In 1990, Mangeshkar launched her own production house for Hindi movies which produced the Gulzar-directed movie Lekin.... She won her third National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her rendition of the song "Yaara Sili Sili" from the film, which was composed by her brother Hridayanath. During the 1990s, she recorded with music directors including Jatin-Lalit and Nadeem-Shravan. She has sung for Rajshri Productions, including Maine Pyar Kiya (1989) and Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994).

Mangeshkar has sung for almost all the Yash Chopra films and films from his production house Yash Raj Films at that time, including Chandni (1989), Lamhe (1991), Darr (1993), Yeh Dillagi (1994), Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) and later on Mohabbatein (2000), Mujhse Dosti Karoge (2002) and Veer Zaara (2004).

A. R. Rahman recorded a few songs with Mangeshkar during this period, including "Jiya Jale" (Dil Se..), "Khamoshiyan Gungunane Lagin" (One Two Ka Four), "Ek Tu Hi Bharosa" (Pukar), "Pyaara Sa Gaon" (Zubeidaa), "Lukka chuppi" (Rang de Basanti) and "O Paalanhaare" (Lagaan). She made an appearance in the film Pukar singing this song.

In 1999, Lata Eau de Parfum, a perfume brand named after her, was launched.^[11]

In 1999, Mangeshkar was nominated as a member of Rajya Sabha.^[12] However, she did not attend the Rajya Sabha sessions regularly, inviting criticism from several members of the House, including the Deputy Chairperson Najma Heptullah, Pranab Mukherjee and Shabana Azmi.^[13][14] She stated the reason for her absence as ill-health; it was also reported that she had not taken a salary, allowance or a house in Delhi for being a Member of Parliament.^[13][15]

In 2001, Lata Mangeshkar was awarded Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor. In the same year, she established the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune, managed by the Lata Mangeshkar Medical Foundation (founded by the Mangeshkar family in October 1989). In 2005, she designed a jewellery collection called Swaranjali, which was crafted by Adora, an Indian diamond export company. Five pieces from the collection raised £105,000 at a Christie's auction, and a part of the money was donated for the 2005 Pakistan earthquake relief.^[16] Also in 2001, she recorded her first Hindi song with the composer Ilaiyaraaja, for the film Lajja; she had earlier recorded Tamil and Telugu songs composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

Lata Mangeshkar's song "Wada Na Tod" is in the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and on the film's soundtrack.

On June 21, 2007, she released an album Saadgi, featuring eight ghazal-like songs written by Javed Akhtar and composed by Mayuresh Pai.^[17]

Lata Mangeshkar records songs for Madhur Bhandarkar Kitne Ajeeb Rishte Hain Yahan Par for Page 3 (2005), Daata Sun Le for Jail (2009) and, Kyun Yahan Hota Hai was recorded years ago for Corporate (2006), but is only being used in Heroine (2012).^{[18] [19]}

Non-singing career[link]

Music direction[link]

Lata Mangeshkar composed music for the first time in 1955 for Marathi movie Ram Ram Pavhane. Later in 1960s, she composed music for following Marathi movies under the pseudonym of Anand Ghan.^[20]

• 1960 - Ram Ram Pavhana
• 1963 - Maratha Tituka Melvava
• 1963 - Mohityanchi Manjula
• 1965 - Sadhi Manase
• 1969 - Tambadi Mati

She won Maharashtra State Government's Best Music Director Award for the film Sadhi Manase. The song "Airanichya Deva Tula" from the same film received best song award.^{[citation needed]}

Production[link]

Lata Mangeshkar has produced four films:

• 1953 - Vaadal (Marathi)
• 1953 - Jhaanjhar (Hindi), co-produced with C. Ramchandra
• 1955 - Kanchan (Hindi)
• 1990 - Lekin... (Hindi)

Awards and recognitions[link]

Lata Mangeshkar has won several awards and honors, including Bharat Ratna (India's Highest Civilian Award), Padma Bhushan (1969), Padma Vibhushan (1999), Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1989), Maharashtra Bhushan Award (1997),^[21] NTR National Award (1999), Bharat Ratna (2001), ANR National Award (2009), three National Film Awards, and 12 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards. She has also won four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards. In 1969, she made the unusual gesture of giving up the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award, in order to promote fresh talent. She was later awarded Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.

In 1984, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh instituted the Lata Mangeshkar Award in honour of Lata Mangeshkar. The State Government of Maharashtra also instituted a Lata Mangeshkar Award in 1992.

In 1974, The Guinness Book of Records listed Lata Mangeshkar as the most recorded artist in the history, stating that she had reportedly recorded "not less than 25,000 solo, duet and chorus backed songs in 20 Indian languages" between 1948 and 1974. Her record was contested by Mohammed Rafi, who was claimed to have sung around 28,000 songs.^[4][22] After Rafi's death, in its 1984 edition, the Guinness Book of World Records stated Lata Mangeshkar's name for the "Most Recordings", but also stated Rafi's claim. The later editions of Guinness Book stated that Lata Mangeshkar had sung no fewer than 30,000 songs between 1948 and 1987.^[23]

Although the entry has not been printed in Guinness editions since 1991, several sources claim that she has recorded thousands of songs, with estimates ranging up to figures as large as 50,000.^[24][25] However, even the earliest Guinness claim of 25,000 songs (between 1948–1974) was claimed to be exaggerated by several other sources, with one of them stating that the number of songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar in Hindi films till 1991 was found to be 5250.^[26][27][28] Mangeshkar herself stated that she does not keep a record of the number of songs recorded by her, and that she did not know from where Guinness Book editors got their information.^[29] In 2011 Asha Bhosle was officially acknowledged by Guinness as the most recorded artist in music history, surpassing Mangeshkar.^[6]

See also[link]

• Playback singer
• Asha Bhosle
• List of Indian playback singers
• Bollywood songs

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Bichu, Dr. Mandar (2011). Lata - Voice of the Golden Era. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7991-625-4. 
• Bhimani, Harish (1995). In search of Lata Mangeshkar. Indus. ISBN 978-81-7223-170-5. 
• Bharatan, Raju (1995). Lata Mangeshkar: A Biography. UBS Publishers Distributors. ISBN 978-81-7476-023-4. 
• Kabir, Nasreen Munni (2009). Lata Mangeshkar: In Her Own Voice. Niyogi Books. ISBN 978-81-89738-41-9. 
• Lata, Mangeshkar (1995). Madhuvanti Sapre and Dinkar Gangal. ed (in Marathi). In search of Lata Mangeshkar. Harper Collins/Indus. ISBN 978-81-7223-170-5. . A collection of articles written by Lata Mangeshkar since 1952.
• Nerurkar, Vishwas (in Hindi). Lata Mangeshkar Gandhar Swaryatra (1945-1989). Mumbai: Vasanti P. Nerukar. .
• Bichhu, Mandar V. (1996) (in Hindi). Gaaye Lata, Gaaye Lata. Sharjah: Pallavi Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7223-170-5. . A collection of articles written by Lata Mangeshkar since 1952.

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lata Mangeshkar

• Lata Mangeshkar at the Internet Movie Database

Awards for Lata Mangeshkar v t e Bharat Ratna laureates Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1954) C. Rajagopalachari (1954) C. V. Raman (1954) Bhagwan Das (1955) Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya (1955) Jawaharlal Nehru (1955) Govind Ballabh Pant (1957) Dhondo Keshav Karve (1958) Bidhan Chandra Roy (1961) Purushottam Das Tandon (1961) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1962) Dr. Zakir Hussain (1963) Pandurang Vaman Kane (1963) Lal Bahadur Shastri (1966) Indira Gandhi (1971) V. V. Giri (1975) K. Kamaraj (1976) Mother Teresa (1980) Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1983) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987) M. G. Ramachandran (1988) B. R. Ambedkar (1990) Nelson Mandela (1990) Rajiv Gandhi (1991) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1991) Morarji Desai (1991) Abul Kalam Azad (1992) J. R. D. Tata (1992) Satyajit Ray (1992) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1997) Gulzarilal Nanda (1997) Aruna Asaf Ali (1997) M. S. Subbulakshmi (1998) Chidambaram Subramaniam (1998) Jayaprakash Narayan (1998) Ravi Shankar (1999) Amartya Sen (1999) Gopinath Bordoloi (1999) Lata Mangeshkar (2001) Bismillah Khan (2001) Bhimsen Joshi (2008) v t e Dadasaheb Phalke Award 1969–1980 Devika Rani Chaudhuri Roerich (1969) B. N. Sircar (1970) Prithviraj Kapoor (1971) Pankaj Mullick (1972) Ruby Myers (1973) Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy (1974) Dhirendranath Ganguly (1975) Kanan Devi (1976) Nitin Bose (1977) Rai Chand Boral (1978) Sohrab Modi (1979) Paidi Jairaj (1980) 1981–2000 Naushad Ali (1981) L. V. Prasad (1982) Durga Khote (1983) Satyajit Ray (1984) V. Shantaram (1985) Bommireddy Nagi Reddy (1986) Raj Kapoor (1987) Ashok Kumar (1988) Lata Mangeshkar (1989) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1990) Bhalji Pendharkar (1991) Bhupen Hazarika (1992) Majrooh Sultanpuri (1993) Dilip Kumar (1994) Rajkumar (1995) Sivaji Ganesan (1996) Pradeep (1997) B. R. Chopra (1998) Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1999) Asha Bhosle (2000) 2001–present Yash Chopra (2001) Dev Anand (2002) Mrinal Sen (2003) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (2004) Shyam Benegal (2005) Tapan Sinha (2006) Manna Dey (2007) V. K. Murthy (2008) D. Ramanaidu (2009) K. Balachander (2010) Soumitra Chatterjee (2011) v t e National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer 1968–1980 No Award (1968) P. Susheela (1969) K. B. Sundarambal (1970) Sandhya Mukherjee (1971) P. Susheela (1972) Lata Mangeshkar (1973) No Award (1974) Lata Mangeshkar (1975) Vani Jairam (1976) P. Susheela (1977) S. Janaki (1978) Chhaya Ganguly (1979) Vani Jairam (1980) 1981–2000 S. Janaki (1981) Asha Bhosle (1982) P. Susheela (1983) P. Susheela (1984) S. Janaki (1985) K. S. Chithra (1986) K. S. Chithra (1987) Asha Bhosle (1988) K. S. Chithra (1989) Anuradha Paudwal (1990) Lata Mangeshkar (1991) Vani Jairam (1992) S. Janaki (1993) Alka Yagnik (1994) Swarnalatha (1995) Anjali Marathe (1996) K. S. Chithra (1997) K. S. Chithra (1998) Alka Yagnik (1999) Jayshree Dasgupta (2000) 2001–present Bhavatharini Ilaiyaraaja (2001) Sadhana Sargam (2002) Shreya Ghoshal (2003) Tarali Sarma (2004) K. S. Chithra (2005) Shreya Ghoshal (2006) Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar (2007) Shreya Ghoshal (2008) Shreya Ghoshal (2009) Nilanjana Sarkar (2010) Rekha Bhardwaj (2011) Rupa Ganguly (2012) v t e Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer 1959–1960 Lata Mangeshkar (1959) No Award (1960) 1961–1980 No Award (1961) No Award (1962) Lata Mangeshkar (1963) No Award (1964) No Award (1965) Lata Mangeshkar (1966) No Award (1967) Asha Bhosle (1968) Asha Bhosle (1969) Lata Mangeshkar (1970) Sharda (1971) Asha Bhosle (1972) Asha Bhosle (1973) Asha Bhosle (1974) Asha Bhosle (1975) Sulakshana Pandit (1976) Hemlata (1977) Preeti Sagar (1978) Asha Bhosle (1979) Vani Jairam (1980) 1981–2000 Nazia Hassan (1981) Parveen Sultana (1982) Salma Agha (1983) Aarti Mukherji (1984) Anupama Deshpande (1985) Anuradha Paudwal (1986) No Award (1987) No Award (1988) Alka Yagnik (1989) Sapna Mukherjee (1990) Anuradha Paudwal (1991) Anuradha Paudwal (1992) Anuradha Paudwal (1993) Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun (1994) Kavita Krishnamurthy (1995) Kavita Krishnamurthy (1996) Kavita Krishnamurthy (1997) Alka Yagnik (1998) Jaspinder Narula (1999) Alka Yagnik (2000) 2001–present Alka Yagnik (2001) Alka Yagnik (2002) Kavita Krishnamurthy and Shreya Ghoshal (2003) Shreya Ghoshal (2004) Alka Yagnik (2005) Alisha Chinai (2006) Sunidhi Chauhan (2007) Shreya Ghoshal (2008) Shreya Ghoshal (2009) Kavita Seth and Rekha Bhardwaj (2010) Mamta Sharma and Sunidhi Chauhan (2011) Rekha Bhardwaj and Usha Uthup (2012) v t e Filmfare Award for Lifetime Achievement 1991 – 2000 Amitabh Bachchan (1991) Dev Anand (1992) Dilip Kumar (1993) Lata Mangeshkar (1994) Shammi Kapoor & Waheeda Rehman (1995) Ashok Kumar, Sunil Dutt & Vyjayanthimala (1996) Dharmendra, Mumtaz & Pran(1997) Sharmila Tagore (1998) Manoj Kumar & Helen (1999) Vinod Khanna & Hema Malini (2000) 2001 – 2010 Feroz Khan & Asha Bhosle (2001) Gulzar & Asha Parekh (2002) Jeetendra (2003) Sulochana Latkar, Nirupa Roy & B.R. Chopra (2004) Rajesh Khanna (2005) Shabana Azmi (2006) Javed Akhtar & Jaya Bachchan (2007) Rishi Kapoor (2008) Bhanu Athaiya & Om Puri (2009) Shashi Kapoor & Khayyam (2010) 2011 - present Manna Dey (2011) Pyarelal & Aruna Irani (2012)

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Chandra Mohan or Chandramohan (Telugu: చంద్ర మోహన్) (birth name Mallampalli Chandrasekhara Rao) is a Telugu film actor. He acted as Hero, comedy, support character roles in many Telugu films.

Early life[link]

He was born on May 23 , 1945 at Pamidimukkala (Village and Mandal) in Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh.He graduated from the agriculture college of Bapatla. He has a brother named Chinnayya. His cousin is K.Viswanath a noted film director.

Career[link]

Chandramohan was introduced in Telugu film industry through the film Rangula Ratnam in 1966. After the success of his first film he acted in many cameo roles to withstand in the industry. In the film Sukhadukhalu, he acted as the caring brother of Vanisri for which he received many praises. In this film's climax he acted efficiently in the scenes of stalwart S. V. Ranga Rao. In the later years though he turned into a comedy actor he proved his acting skills in the serious films like Kotha Neeru, Siri Siri Muvva^[1] Many heroines who worked with him had their first big hit film starring with him, which propelled them to become big stars, such as Sridevi in Padaharella Vayasu (1978), and Jayaprada in Siri Siri Muvva (1976) (1975).

Some of the films in which he was in the lead role are Seetamalakshmi, Radha Kalyanam, Rendu Rella Aaru, Chandamama Raave and Ram Robert Rahim.

He is presently doing support roles (father/elder brother) in Tollywood.

Awards[link]

• 1978 : He won Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) - Padaharella Vayasu
• 2005 : He won Nandi Award for Best Character Actor - Athanokkade

Filmography[link]

This is partial list of his films. Kindly help expanding it.

Year	Film	Character	Main cast
1966	Rangula Ratnam	Vasu	Chandra Mohan, Anjali Devi, Ram Mohan, Vanisri
1968	Bangaru Pichika		Chandra Mohan, Vijaya Nirmala, G. Varalakshmi, Rajababu
1969	Aatmiyulu	Chandram	Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vanisri, Gummadi
1970	Thalli Thandrulu
1971	Bomma Borusa	Sekhar
1971	Lal Patthar
1971	Ramalayam	Son of Kantham
1972	Kalam Marindi		Sobhan Babu, Sarada, Gummadi, Chandra Mohan
1973	Jeevana Tarangalu	Ananth
1974	Alluri Seetharama Raju		Krishna, Vijaya Nirmala, Jaggaiah, Chandra Mohan
1974	O Seeta Katha	Chandram	Chandra Mohan, Roja Ramani, Shubha, Devadas Kanakala
1976	Secretary		ANR, Vanisri, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Ranganath
1976	Paadipantalu
1977	Kurukshetramu	Abhimanyu
1977	Kurukshetra
1977	Khaidi Kalidasu	Raghu
1977	Devathalara Deevinchandi	Muralikrishna
1978	Padaharella Vayasu	Chandram	Sridevi, Chandra Mohan, Nirmalamma
1978	Pranam Khareedu	Devudu	Rao Gopal Rao, Jayasudha, Chandramohan, Chiranjeevi
1978	Seetamalakshmi	Kondayya	Talluri Rameshwari, Chandramohan, Sridhar, Vankayala Satyanarayana
1978	Siri Siri Muvva	Sambayya	Chandra Mohan, Jayaprada, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Devadas Kanakala
1979	Sankarabharanam	Kameswara Rao	J. V. Somayajulu, Manju Bhargavi, Rajya Lakshmi, Chandra Mohan
1979	Tayaramma Bangarayya		Chiranjeevi, Madhavi, Satyanarayana Kaikala, Chandra Mohan
1979	Intinti Ramayanam
1979	Korikale Gurralaite
1979	Mangala Toranalu
1979	Sangham Chekkina Silpalu
1979	Nagamalli		Chandra Mohan , Deepa
1980	Ram Robert Rahim	Rahim	Krishna, Chandra Mohan, Rajnikanth, Anjali Devi
1980	Gayyali Gangamma		Rajani, Suryakantham, Nagabhushanam
1980	Subhodayam	Chandram	Sulakshana, Manorama, Sakshi Ranga Rao
1981	Priya		Chiranjeevi, Radhika, Swapna
1981	Radha Kalyanam	Palghat Madhavan	Chandra Mohan, Raadhika, Sarath Babu, Kanta Rao
1982	Kalahaala Kapuram		Chandra Mohan, Saritha
1983	Santoshimata Vratam		Nirmalamma, Rajanala, Satyanarayana Kaikala
1983	Mudu Mullu		Radhika Geeta
1984	Inti Guttu		Chiranjeevi, Nalini, Rao Gopal Rao, Chandramohan, Suhasini
1984	Kanchana Ganga	Prabhakar	Chandramohan, Saritha, Swapna
1985	Rendu Rella Aaru	Sadguna Rao	Chandramohan, Rajani, Rajendra Prasad, Suthi Veerabhadra Rao
1986	Chantabbai		Chiranjeevi, Suhasini, Allu Aravind, Chandra Mohan
1986	Sri Shirdi Saibaba Mahathyam	Nanavali	Vijayachandar, Anjali Devi, Somayajulu
1988	Vivaaha Bhojanambu		Rajendra Prasad, Aswini, Brahmanandam, Chandra Mohan
1988	Trinetrudu	Saleem	Chiranjeevi, Bhanu Priya, Annapoorna, Brahmanandam, Chandramohan
1988	Yogi Vemana	Abhirama	Vijayachander, Chandramohan, Archana, K. R. Vijaya
1989	Geethanjali		Akkineni Nagarjuna, Girija, Vijayakumar
1990	Jayammu Nischayammu Raa		Rajendra Prasad, Sumalatha, Chandra Mohan, Suthi Velu
1900	Alludugaru	Anand	Mohan Babu, Sobhana, Kongara Jaggaiah, Chandra Mohan
1996	Gulabi		J. D. Chakravarthi, Maheshwari, Brahmaji
1997	Preminchunkondam Raa		Venkatesh, Anjala Zaveri, Chandra Mohan, Sudha
1999	Iddaru Mitrulu		Chiranjeevi, Sakshi Shivanand, Ramya Krishna
1999	Ravoyi Chandamama		Akkineni Nagarjuna, Anjala Zaveri, Kirti Reddy, Jagapathi Babu
1999	Thammudu	Kutumba Rao	Pawan Kalyan, Preeti Jhangiani, Aditi, Achyuth
2001	Ishtam	Subbu	Karthik, Shriya
2001	Nuvvu Naaku Nachav	Sekharam	Venkatesh, Aarti Agarwal, Asha Saini, Prakash Raj
2002	Manmadhudu	Maheswari's uncle	Nagarjuna, Sonali Bendre, Anshu
2002	Nuvve Nuvve		Tarun, Sreya, Prakash Raj
2002	Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu		Tarun, Aarti Agarwal, Kiran Rathod, Laya
2002	Santosham		Nagarjuna, Gracy Singh, Sreya, Prabhu Deva
2003	Okkadu		Mahesh Babu, Bhoomika Chawla, Prakash Raj, Chandra Mohan
2003	Sambhu		Aryan Rajesh, Sarika, Srinivasa Reddy, Chitram Seenu
2003	Vasantham		Venkatesh, Kalyani, Aarti Agarwal, Tanikella Bharani
2004	7G Brindavan Colony		Ravi Krishna, Sonia Agarwal, Suman Setty
2004	Varsham		Prabhas, Trisha, Gopichand, Prakash Raj
2005	Andagadu		Rajendra Prasad, Damini, Bhavana, Harika
2005	Andarivadu		Chiranjeevi, Rimi Sen, Tabu, Rakshita
2005	Athanokkade		Kalyan Ram, Sindhu Tolani, Prakash Raj, Ashish Vidyarthi
2005	Jagapathi		Jagapathi Babu, Rakshita, Navneet Kaur, Sai Kiran
2005	Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana		Siddharth, Trisha, Srihari, Veda
2005	Sankranthi		Venkatesh, Sneha, Aarti Agarwal, Srikanth
2006	Boss		Nagarjuna, Nayanatara, Poonam, Sreya
2006	Chinnodu	Jailor	Sumanth, Charmi, Brahmanandam
2006	Emandoyi Srivaru		Srikanth, Sneha, Nikitha
2006	Ranam		Gopichand, Kamna Jethmalani, Biju Menon
2006	Raraju		Gopi Chand, Meera Jasmin, Shivaji, Ankita
2007	Desamuduru		Allu Arjun, Hansika Motwani, Pradeep Rawat, Subbaraju
2007	Dhee	Narayana	Vishnu, Genelia, Srihari, Tanikella Bharani
2007	Hello Premisthara		Sairam Shankar, Sheela, Sunil, Brahmanandam
2007	Satyabhama		Shivaji, Bhoomika Chawla, Nimisha, Chandra Mohan
2007	State Rowdy 2007		Shivaji, Mallika Kapoor, Madhushalini, Venu Madhav
2007	Yogi	Chandranna	Prabhas, Nayantara, Sarada, Kota Srinivas Rao
2008	Baladoor	Purushotham	Teja, Anushka, Krishna, Chandra Mohan
2008	Chintakayala Ravi	Chintakayala Govinda Rao	Venkatesh, Anushka, Mamata Mohandas, Lakshmi
2008	Donga Sachinollu		Krishna Bhagavan, Raghu Babu, Rambha, Chandra Mohan
2008	Hare Ram		Kalyan Ram, Priyamani, Sindhu Tolani, Kota Srinivasa Rao
2008	King		Nagarjuna, Trisha, Mamata Mohandas, Srihari
2008	Krishna	Chandra Sekhar	Ravi Teja, Trisha, Brahmanandam, Chandra Mohan
2008	Maa Aayana Chanti Pilladu		Shivaji, Meera Jasmin, Sangeetha, Venu Madhav
2008	Ready		Ram, Genelia, Brahmanandam, Kota Srinivasa Rao
2008	Salute		Vishaal, Nayanatara, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Brahmanandam
2008	Sidhu from Sikaakulam		Allari Naresh, Manjari, Shraddha Das, Venu Madhav
2008	Ullasamga Utsahamga	Narayana Rao[disambiguation needed ]	Yaso Sagar, Sneha Ullal, Brahmanandam, Sunil

39. Nuvvu Naaku Nachav (2001) 

40. Manoharam(2000) Jagapathi Babu, Laya, Prakash Raj, Vinod Bala

41. Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa (2000) Srikanth, Ravi Teja, Brahmanandam, Roja

43. Sitaramaraju(1999) Nagarjuna, Sakshi Shivanand, Sanghavi, Hari Krishna

45. Andaru Herole (1998) Ali, Brahmanandam, Chandra Mohan, Telangana Sakuntala

46. Chandralekha(1998) Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishna, Isha Kopikar, Murali Mohan

47. Ninne Pelladatha (1996) Nagarjuna, Tabu, Chalapathi Rao, Manju Bhargavi

49. Ramudochhadu(1996) Nagarjuna, Soundarya, Ravali, Suhasini

50. Peddarikam(1992) Jagapathi Babu, Sukanya, Bhanumathi, Sudhakar

51. Aditya 369(1991) Balakrishna, Mohini, Amrish Puri, Suthi Velu

52. Alludugaru(1990) Mohan Babu, Sobhana, Kongara Jaggaiah, Chandra Mohan

53. Jayammu Nischayammu Raa (1990) Rajendra Prasad, Sumalatha, Chandra Mohan, Suthi Velu

54. Vivaaha Bhojanambu (1988) Rajendra Prasad, Aswini, Brahmanandam, Chandra Mohan

56. Sri Shirdi Saibaba Mahathyam (1986) Vijayachandar, Chandra Mohan, Anjali Devi, Somayajulu

57. Santoshimata Vratam (1983) Chandra Mohan, Nirmalamma, Rajanala, Satyanarayana Kaikala

58. Priya (1981) Chiranjeevi, Radhika, Chandra Mohan, Swapna

59. Gayyali Gangamma (1980) Chandra Mohan, Rajani, Suryakantham, Nagabhushanam

62. Tayaramma Bangarayya (1979) Chiranjeevi, Madhavi, Satyanarayana Kaikala, Chandra Mohan

70. Aaha ( ) Jagapathi Babu, Sanghavi, Jayasudha, Raghu Varan

71. Moodumullu ( ) Chandra Mohan, Radhika, Geeta, Rajya Lakshmi

72. Pelli Peetalu ( ) Jagapathi Babu, Soundarya, Sravanthi, Chandra Mohan

References[link]

External links[link]

• Chandramohan at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2375869.ece

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"Crazy" Mohan (Tamil: க்ரேசி மோகன், born 16 October 1949 as Mohan Rangachari) is a popular Tamil comedy actor, script writer and playwright.^[1]

He was a student at the College of Engineering, Guindy, where he graduated as a Mechanical Engineer in 1973.^{[citation needed]} He wrote his first drama at College of Engineering, Guindy, when he was in the 4th year in 1972. His guide was his classmate S. Ravi, who was the President of Tamil Manram. He founded the popular drama troupe 'Crazy Troupe' in 1973 and was its leader and president. Under Mohan, the Crazy Troupe performed over 200 plays across Tamil Nadu, most of the themes involving satire and witty dialogue. The troupe's name changed in 1976 to 'Crazy Creations' and in 1982 to 'Crazy Dreams'. In 1988, Mohan founded the prominent production company 'Crazy Productions'. However the Crazy troupe continued to perform until 1994, when they were finally disbanded. But even today are performing Drama's the last one was Chocklate Krishna . Mohan's troupe often competed with S. V. Shekhar's Mylapore Boys Troupe.

In addition to dramas and teleserials, he has also worked in a number of comedies, like Michael Madana Kama Rajan, Apoorva Sagodharargal, Avvai Shanmughi and Panchathanthiram. He has played a small role in each of these films, and he has acted or written dialogue for over 70 films including Arunachalam (starring Rajnikanth).

His brother Maadhu Balaji plays the hero in all his dramas.

His first play was Crazy Thieves in Paalavakkam, through this play the title Crazy fitted and he is called as Crazy Mohan.^[2]

Stage dramas[link]

Some of his popular Tamil dramas as a dialogue writer and actor are listed below.

• Maadhu +2
• Maadhu-Cheenu
• Jurassic Baby
• Marriage Made in Saloon
• Meesai Aanaalum Manaivi
• Alaavudeenum 100 Watts Bulbum
• Crazy Kishkintha
• Return of Crazy Thieves
• Oru Babiyin Diary Kurippu
• Maadhu Mirandal
• Madhil Mel Maadhu
• Chocolate Krishna
• Satellite Saamiyaar
• Crazy Thieves in Paalavaakkam
• Ayya Amma Ammamma
• Google Gadothgajan (Upcoming)

Filmography[link]

As a script and dialogue writer[link]

• Poi Kaal Kudhirai
• Aahaa
• Sishya
• Kannodu Kanbathellam
• Sigaamani Ramamani
• Arunachalam
• Chinna Vathiyar
• Thedinean Vandhadhu
• Michael Madhana Kamarajan
• Apoorva Sagodharargal
• Kaathala Kaathala
• Avvai Shanmughi
• Mr. Romeo
• Idhayathirudan
• Ratchagan
• Sathi Leelavathi
• Thenali (2000)
• Panchathanthiram (2002)
• Pammal K. Sambandam (2002)
• Vasool Raja MBBS (2004)
• Kathanayagan
• Jery
• Poovellam Kettuppar
• Indiran Chandran (1990)
• Chinna Mappillai
• Dasavathaaram(2008)
• Manmadan Ambu
• Little John
• Magalir Mattum
• Kola Kolaya Mundhirika (2010)
• Naan Ee

As an actor[link]

• Vasool Raja MBBS
• Thedinen Vandhadhu
• Apoorva Sagodharargal
• Michael Madhana Kamarajan
• Kaathala Kaathala
• Jerry
• Indian
• Kola Kolaya Mundhirika
• Arunachalam
• Avvai Shanmughi
• Endrendrum Kadhal
• Naan Ee

References[link]

External links[link]

• http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2007/07/07/stories/2007070750050100.htm

Mohan Singh (born 4 March 1945) is an Indian politician from the Samajwadi Party. He was elected three times to the Lok Sabha from Deoria in Uttar Pradesh. He is currently the General Secretary of the Samajwadi Party.

Political career[link]

Mohan Singh, son of Mahendra Pratap Singh, was born in Deoria in the village Jainagar in 1945. During his college life, Sh. Mohan Singh was president of Allahabad University Students' Union during 1968–69. After college, he was detained for 20 months during emergency for taking part in Jayaprakash Narayan's movement. He was also imprisoned several times while taking part in student agitation in year 1966, once for occupying Anand Bhavan, Allahabad, and also in an agitation launched by Socialist party on the language issue. He was jailed along with Madhu Limaye for participating in Satyagraha in year 1973.^[1]

He has been elected at numerous Indian constitutional posts including member of Parliament thrice—elected to 10th Lok Sabha (1991–96), re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) (1998) and Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term). He was also member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly during year (1977–85) and Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1977–79).

Apart from these tenures, he had been member of numerous parliamentary committees including Committee on Public Undertakings (1983–85), Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (1990–91), Committee of Privileges ( ), Business Advisory Committee (1998–99), Committee on Official Language ( ), Committee on Home Affairs and its Subcommittee on Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme ( ), Committee of Privileges ( ), Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism ( ), Committee on Rural Development ( ), House Committee ( ).

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

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