Chandra Mohan (actor)

Chandra Mohan (born Mallampalli Chandrasekhara Rao) is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and few Tamil films. He has garnered two Filmfare Awards & six Nandi Awards.

He received critical reception for his performance in box office hits like Padaharella Vayasu (1978) alongside Sridevi for which he won the Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu), and Siri Siri Muvva (1978) with Jayaprada. His first Tamil film is Naalai Namadhe (1975). Some of the films in which he was starred as the lead actor are Seetamalakshmi, Radha Kalyanam, Rendu Rella Aaru, Chandamama Raave and Ram Robert Rahim.

Early life

He was born on 23 May 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 and an elder sister named Satyavathi. He is the cousin of veteran filmmaker K. Viswanath.

Early career

Chandramohan was introduced to Telugu film industry through the film Rangula Ratnam in 1966. In 1968 he starred in Sukha Duhkalu, He acted as the caring brother of Vanisri for which he received many awards.

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Chandra Mohan (Hindi film actor)

Chandra Mohan (1905–1949) was an Indian film actor, known for his work in Hindi cinema in the 1930s and 1940s.

Born in Narsinghpur in Madhya Pradesh, he was known for his large grey eyes, voice modulation and dialog delivery. His eyes form the opening sequence in V. Shantaram's 1934 film Amrit Manthan, which was also his film debut. It was the first film made in the new established Prabhat Films studio, and made both in Hindi and Marathi. Mohan received acclaim for his role as role Rajguru and went on to establish himself as noted villains of times.

Mohan later appeared as Emperor Jehangir in Sohrab Modi's Pukar, as Randhir Singh in Mehboob Khan's Humayun, and as Seth Dharamdass, in Mehboob Khan's Roti.

One of his last appearance was in Ramesh Saigal's 1948 film Shaheed. As Rai Bahadur Dwarka Nath, he played father to Ram, who was portrayed by Dilip Kumar. Mohan's character in this film initially supports the British Government but later favors the Freedom Struggle. Chandra Mohan's last movie was a religious movie Rambaan (1948) in which he played the role of the demon emperor Ravana.