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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

Mohan (born 23 August 1956 as Mohan Rao) is a popular Kollywood actor. He hails from the Udupi district of Karnataka. He derived his name Kokila Mohan after debuting in a film called Kokila, which starred Kamal Haasan in the lead role.^[1][2] He considers Balu Mahendra as his mentor.^[3] He has acted in Kannada films, Telugu films and Malayalam films, but his main contribution was to Tamil cinema where he has acted in over 80 films.

Early life[link]

Mohan was born and brought up in ITI Colony, Bangalore. His father was a restaurateur who owned restaurants at various places in south Karnataka and in Bangalore. He completed his education in Bangalore.

Career[link]

From 1978 to 1987, the Mohan phenomenon swept the Tamil movie world off its feet and the hysteria he generated was unlike anything seen before and after. At one point, three films of Mohan’s were released on the same day, at the same theater complex all three ran for more than a hundred days and created a record which has never been broken by any actor to date. Mohan’s films were competing against his own films during his days.

Mohan’s entry into the field of acting was accidental. Mohan was introduced in to the world of theater by B. V. Karanth and trained by the likes of G. V. Iyer. Mohan was spotted by B. V. Karanth at a restaurant and asked to join the theater group. Mohan’s first stage play was praised by critics from places like Delhi. Mohan was introduced to the cinema by Balu Mahendra in his movie Kokila in 1977 alongside Tamil actor Kamal Haasan.^[4]

Kokila was a hit and Mohan was catapulted into the limelight, where he played a friend of Kamal Haasan, the hero; ever since then he has become one of the biggest-grossing box-office stars of the Tamil cinema industry. He is called the "Silver Jubilee Star" since almost all movies featuring him witnessed a fantastic run. He holds the record in the Tamil film industry for acting in more than 25 films which became Silver Jubilee hits.

After Kokila, Mohan starred in a Malayalam movie titled Mathalasa. Furthermore, immediately after the success of the Malayalam movie, Mohan went on to sign a Telugu film titled Thoorpu Velle Railu, which was a remake of the Tamil film Kizhakkae Pogum Rail. The Telugu version was directed by Bapu. After that Mohan was introduced in the Tamil film Nenjathai Killathey by director Mahendran. In 1980 he acted in dual roles for the first time in Gandar Golam which was directed by director Singeetham Srinivasa Rao.^[3]

Nenjathai Killaadhey marked the beginning of the peak of Mohan's career. Kilinjalgal by Durai ran for more than 25 weeks. Mohan’s sensational hit Payanagal Mudivathillai ran for 500 days. Most of the movies which Mohan starred in since then were either Silver Jubilee or ran for over 200 days.

Mohan became a major star through Payanangal Mudivathillai (1982) ^[4] The trio of Ilaiyaraaja, S. P. Balasubramanyam and Mohan created history in the Tamil music world with consistent hits.

At the peak of his career, Mohan took up challenging negative roles in films like Nooravadhu Naal (1984) and Vidhi (both were blockbusters in 1984). He also performed in comedies like Sahadevan Mahadevan and Rettai Vaal Kuruvi (likewise blockbusters). In fact, Mohan played the role of a wonderful lover and husband in Mouna Raagam^[5] and in Rettaival Kuruvi he portrayed a man who cheats his wife and ending up being with two wives.

Thereafter till 1987, it looked like he was steady. But there was more to him than just his mannerisms as he built an image of a gentle romantic. Mohan even portrayed negative characters in the movies Vithi, Nooravathu Naal, Nan Ungal Rasigan and December Pookal and those films were box-office hits as well. The audience accepted him as a hardcore romantic villain and also as a good comedian.

Payanangal Mudivathillai was perhaps his greatest ever performance as a singer and a man stricken with cancer. As he went from strength to strength, even his guest appearances in Sri Raghavendra (1985) alongside Rajinikanth and Nanpadum Padal generated more hysteria. Mohan has worked with top heroines of the day like Suhasini, Poornima, Radha, Amala, Radhika, Kushboo, Ambika, Revathi, Nalini, Nadiya, Jeyashree, Lizy and Archana.

He also created a record in 1984, when 19 of his films were released and most were hits.^[3] Mohan played a major role in the life of the production company Motherland Pictures.

Voice[link]

Despite becoming fluent in Tamil after acting in more films, his voice was usually dubbed by S. N. Surendar.^[6] He dubbed in his own voice for the first time in Paasa Paravaigal after the insistence of M. Karunanidhi, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu. From then on, he usually dubbed for his character and even spoke literary Tamil for Pasamazhai.^[3]

His 1986 Tamil film, Mouna Raagam won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.

Comeback ventures[link]

He attempted a comeback by producing, directing, and playing the lead role in Anbulla Kadhalukku. However, the movie flopped. He took a new avatar as the producer of tele-serials and managed to come out with a serial on the prominent Tamil satellite channel Sun TV. Mohan again played the hero after a hiatus of nine years in the moderate success film Sutta Pazham, a low-budget production.

Also in 2008, Mohan's Civic Cinema produced a Malayalam movie named Thalappavu, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Lal, the debut directorial venture of popular actor Madhupal, based on the controversial and real-life confession of police constable Raveendran Pillai who gunned down the Naxalite leader Varghese on 18 February 1970, in the jungles of Wayanad in North Kerala.

Mohan made a comeback to Kannada film with Ghautham (2009), directed by Rajeev Prasad and starring Prem Kumar, Sara, and Ananth Nag. His Kannada film Asokavana is scheduled for an early 2011 release.

Filmography[link]

Awards[link]

• 1982 - Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award for Payanangal Mudivathillai.^[3]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Mohan (actor) at the Internet Movie Database