Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)

M. Chandra Mohan
M. Chandra Mohan
	Actor Chandra Mohan
Born	Mallampalli Chandrasekhara Rao; Pamidimukkala, Krishna District, Madras Presidency, British India
Occupation	Actor

Chandra Mohan (born Mallampalli Chandrasekhara Rao) is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few Tamil films. He has garnered two Filmfare Awards and seven Nandi Awards.^[1] He received critical reception for his performance in box office hits such as Rangula Ratnam, for which he received the state Nandi Award for Best Actor, Padaharella Vayasu (1978), alongside Sridevi, for which he won the Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) and Siri Siri Muvva (1978). His first Tamil film was Naalai Namadhe (1975). Some of the films in which he starred as the lead actor are Seetamalakshmi, Radha Kalyanam, Rendu Rella Aaru, Chandamama Raave and Ram Robert Rahim.^[2]^[3]

Early life

He was born in 1945 or 1946^[1] at Pamidimukkala (Village and Mandal) in Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh in a Telugu Brahmin family. He did his schooling in Y.V.R.M.Z.P. High School at Meduru. 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

Chandra Mohan was introduced to the Telugu film industry through the film Rangula Ratnam in 1966. In 1968, he starred in Sukha Duhkalu, as the caring brother of Vanisri, for which he received awards.^[2]^[3]

Awards

Nandi Awards

Nandi Award for Best Actor - Rangula Ratnam (1966)
Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian - Chandamama Raave (1987)
Nandi Award for Best Character Actor – Athanokkade (2005)

Filmfare Awards South

Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) – Padaharella Vayasu (1978)

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Role	Note(s)
1966	Rangula Ratnam	Vasu
1968	Bangaru Pichika
1968	Sukha Dukhalu
1969	Aatmiyulu	Chandram
1970	Talli Tandrulu
1970	Sambarala Rambabu
1971	Bomma Borusa	Sekhar
	Lal Patthar
	Ramalayam	Son of Kantham
1972	Kalam Marindi
1973	Jeevana Tarangalu	Ananth
	Meena
	Ganga Manga
1974	Alluri Seetharama Raju	Govindu
	O Seeta Katha	Chandram
	Ammayi Pelli	Ravi
1975	Naalai Namadhe	Radhan
1975	Yashoda Krishna	Narada
1976	Secretary	Siva Ram
1976	Paadipantalu
1977	Kurukshetram	Abhimanyu
	Khaidi Kalidasu	Raghu
	Devathalara Deevinchandi	Muralikrishna
1978	Karunamayudu	Bartimaeus, the Blind man, whom Christ healed while leaving Jericho
	Padaharella Vayasu	Gopala Krishna
	Pranam Khareedu	Devudu
	Seetamalakshmi	Kondayya
	Siri Siri Muvva	Sambayya
1979	Sankarabharanam	Kameswara Rao
	Neeya		Tamil film
	Tayaramma Bangarayya
	Intinti Ramayanam
	Korikale Gurralaite
	Mangala Toranalu
	Sangham Chekkina Silpalu
	Nagamalli
1980	Ram Robert Rahim	Rahim
	Gayyali Gangamma
	Subhodayam	Chandram
	Pakkinti Ammayi	Bujji
1981	Priya
	Radha Kalyanam	Palghat Madhavan
	Deiva Thirumanangal [ Tamil ]	as Lord Siva
1982	Kalahaala Kapuram
1982	Kotha Neeru
1983	Santoshimata Vratam
1983	Moodu Mullu
1984	Adigo Alladigo
	Inti Guttu
	Kanchana Ganga	Prabhakar
1985	Muchataga Mugguru	Ram Babu
1986	Rendu Rella Aaru	Sadguna Rao
	Chantabbai	Kalyan
	Sri Shirdi Saibaba Mahathyam	Nanavali
1987	Gandhinagar Rendava Veedhi	Prasad
	Manmadha Leela Kamaraju Gola	Manmadha
	Makutamleni Maharaju	Ganapathi
	Kaboye Alludu	Ram Babu
	Damit Katha Adam Thirigindi	Chandram, Parvateesam, Ganapathi (Triple role)
	Naku Pellam Kavali	Ramudu
	Dabbevariki Chedu	Lakshmikanth
	Trimurtulu	himself
1988	Trinetrudu	Saleem
	Yogi Vemana	Abhirama
	Asthulu Anthasthulu	Sivaiah
	Thodallullu	Mohan
	Bharya Bhartala Bhagotham	Ganapathi
	Chinnodu Peddodu	Peddodu
	Vivaaha Bhojanambu	Vasu Rao
1989	Sakshi	Shekar
	Zoo Laka Taka	Madhava Chary
	Preminchi Choodu	Mohan
	Jayammu Nischayammu Raa	Suribabu
	Geethanjali
	Chinnari Sneham
1990	Ramba Rambabu	Narada Maharshi
1990	Alludugaru	Anand
1991	Aditya 369	Tenali Rama Krishna
1992	Peddarikam	Rama Krishna
1992	Chillara Mogudu Allari Koduku
1994	Aame	Subrahmanyam
1996	Gulabi	Chandu's father
	Ramudochadu	Chandraiah
	Ninne Pelladata	Murthy
1997	Preminchukundam Raa	Chakrapani
1998	Chandralekha	Pandu
	Premante Idera	Subba Rao
	Andaru Herole
	Subhavartha
1999	Iddaru Mitrulu	Vijay's father
	Ravoyi Chandamama	Meghana's father
	Thammudu	Kutumba Rao
	Seetharama Raju	Raghava Raju
2000	Manoharam	Usha's father
	Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa
	Rayalaseema Ramanna Chowdary
	Chiru Navvuto	Venu's uncle
2001	Manasanta Nuvve	Mohan Rao
	Ishtam	Subbu
	Nuvvu Naaku Nachav	Sekharam
2002	Manmadhudu	Maheswari's uncle
	Nuvve Nuvve	Rishi's father
	Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu	Siva Prasad
	Santosham	Chandram
	Ninu Choodaka Nenundalenu
2003	Okkadu	Swapna's father
	Sambhu
	Vasantham	Peter
2004	7G Brindavan Colony	Ravi's father
2004	Varsham	Venkat's uncle
2005	Andagadu
	Andarivadu
	Athanokkade	Ram's foster father
	Jagapati
	Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana	Jailor
	Sankranti	Rama Chandraiah
2006	Boss	Girls Orphanage warden
	Chinnodu	Jailor
	Evandoi Srivaru
	Ranam	Chinna's father
	Raraju
2007	Desamuduru	Chandra Mohan
	Dhee	Narayana Rao
	Hello Premisthara
	Sathyabhama
	State Rowdy 2007
	Yogi	Chandranna
2008	Baladoor	Purushotham
	Chintakayala Ravi	Chintakayala Govinda Rao
	Donga Sachinollu
	Hare Ram
	King	Narayana
	Krishna	Chandra Sekhar
	Maa Ayana Chanti Pilladu
	Ready	Janaki's father
	Salute
	Siddu From Sikakulam	Siddhu's Father
	Ullasamga Utsahamga	Narayana Rao
2010	Namo Venkatesa	Venkata Ramana's uncle
2010	Darling	Bhadram
2011	Mirapakaay	Vishwanath Shastri
	Wanted	Ram Babu
	Kandireega	Vishwanatham
	Dookudu	Tulasi Ram
2012	Yamudiki Mogudu	Naresh's Father
2012	Saguni		Tamil film
2013	Sarocharu	Sandhya's father
	Okkadine
	Baadshah	Baadshah's maternal uncle
	Potugadu	Neelakanta Shastri
2014	Loukyam	Meka Papa Rao "Puppy"
2015	Bandipotu
	Mosagallaku Mosagadu	Masterji
	Lion	Bhoopathi
2016	Manamantha	Sairam's Uncle
2016	Hyper	Priest
2017	Duvvada Jagannadham	DJ's Uncle
	Goutham Nanda	Nanda Kishore's father
	Mister	Senior Pichchaiah Naidu's brother
	Oxygen	Vishwanadham

Unreleased filmography

Year	Title	Role	Co-Stars	Director	Notes	References
1978	Thiranottam		Mohanlal	Ashok Kumar	Debut film for Mohanlal, Priyadarshan	^[4]

Television

Gangato Rambabu - Zee Telugu as Kameshwara Shastri

References

^ ^a ^b "My First Break: Chandra Mohan". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 August 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Chandramohan really worth Rs 300 Cr?". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Old Heroine's Lucky Hero - AP Chit-Chat". AP Chit-Chat. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014.
^ "Mohanlal's debut 'Thiranottam'". mohanlalfansassociation. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

External links

Chandramohan at IMDb

[break-1] "My First Break: Chandra Mohan". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 August 2011.

[IT1-2] "Chandramohan really worth Rs 300 Cr?". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.

[AP1-3] "Old Heroine's Lucky Hero - AP Chit-Chat". AP Chit-Chat. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014.

[4] "Mohanlal's debut 'Thiranottam'". mohanlalfansassociation. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

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v t e Nandi Award for Best Actor
Nandi Awards
1977–1980	Krishnam Raju (1977) Hema Sundar (1978) Gokina Rama Rao (1979) M. Prabhakar Reddy (1980)
1981–1990	M. Prabhakar Reddy (1981) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1982) Kamal Haasan (1983) Krishnam Raju (1984) Murali Mohan (1985) Kamal Haasan (1986) Chiranjeevi (1987) Venkatesh (1988) Kamal Haasan (1989) Rajendra Prasad (1990)
1991–2000	Dasari Narayana Rao (1991) Chiranjeevi (1992) Jagapathi Babu and Suman (1993) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1994) Venkatesh and Naresh (1995) Jagapathi Babu (1996) Nagarjuna (1997) Venkatesh (1998) Venkatesh (1999) Jagapathi Babu (2000)
2001–2010	Nandamuri Balakrishna (2001) Chiranjeevi and Nagarjuna (2002) Mahesh Babu (2003) Rajendra Prasad (2004) Mahesh Babu (2005) Nagarjuna (2006) Venkatesh (2007) Ravi Teja (2008) Dasari Narayana Rao (2009) Nandamuri Balakrishna (2010)
2011–present	Mahesh Babu (2011) Nani (2012) Prabhas (2013) Nandamuri Balakrishna (2014) Mahesh Babu (2015) N. T. Rama Rao Jr (2016)
Category

v t e Nandi Award for Best Character Actor
Nandi Awards
1994–2000	Krishnam Raju (1994) K. Viswanath (1995) Prakash Raj (1996) Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao (1997) Kota Srinivasa Rao (1998) Mallikarjuna Rao (1999) Prakash Raj (2000)
2001–2010	Tanikella Bharani (2001) Nandamuri Harikrishna (2002) Prakash Raj (2003) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2004) Chandra Mohan (2005) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2006) Ahuti Prasad (2007) Mukku Raju (2008) L. B. Sriram (2009) AVS (2010)
2011–present	Sammeta Gandhi (2011) Ashish Vidyarthi (2012) Naresh (2013) Rajendra Prasad (2014) Allu Arjun (2015) Naresh (2016)
Category

v t e Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian
1985–1990	Suthi Velu (1985) Rallapalli (1986) Chandra Mohan (1987) Rallapalli (1988) Suthi Velu (1989) Suthi Velu (1990)
1991–2000	Babu Mohan (1991) Sudhakar (1992) Brahmanandam (1993) AVS (1994) Brahmanandam (1995) Brahmanandam (1996) M. S. Narayana (1997) Sudhakar (1998) M. S. Narayana (1999)
2001–2010	L. B. Sriram (2000) M. S. Narayana (2000) Sunil (2001) Suman Setty (2002) M. S. Narayana (2003) Dharmavarapu Subramanyam (2004) Sunil (2005) Venu Madhav (2006) Uttej (2007) Brahmanandam (2008) Vennela Kishore (2009) Dharmavarapu Subramanyam (2010)
2011–present	M. S. Narayana (2011) Raghu Babu (2012) Thagubothu Ramesh (2013) Brahmanandam (2014) Vennela Kishore (2015) Saptagiri (2016)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor
1972–1990	N. T. Rama Rao (1972) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1973) Sobhan Babu (1974) Sobhan Babu (1975) Sobhan Babu (1976) Krishnam Raju (1977) Chandra Mohan (1978) Sobhan Babu (1979) Somayajulu (1980) Kamal Haasan (1981) Chiranjeevi (1982) Kamal Haasan (1983) Krishnam Raju (1984) Chiranjeevi (1985) Krishnam Raju (1986) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1987) Krishnam Raju (1988) Kamal Haasan (1989) Rajasekhar (1990)
1991–2010	Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1991) Chiranjeevi (1992) Chiranjeevi (1993) Rajasekhar (1994) Mohan Babu (1995) Venkatesh (1996) Nagarjuna (1997) Venkatesh (1998) Chiranjeevi (1999) Venkatesh (2000) Uday Kiran (2001) Chiranjeevi (2002) Mahesh Babu (2003) Chiranjeevi (2004) Siddharth (2005) Mahesh Babu (2006) N. T. Rama Rao Jr (2007) Allu Arjun (2008) Ram Charan (2009) Allu Arjun (2010)
2011–present	Mahesh Babu (2011) Pawan Kalyan (2012) Mahesh Babu (2013) Allu Arjun (2014) Mahesh Babu (2015) N. T. Rama Rao Jr (2016) Vijay Deverakonda (2017) Ram Charan (2018) Allu Arjun (2020–2021) N. T. Rama Rao Jr and Ram Charan (2022) Nani (2023)