Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)

Chandra Mohan
Chandra Mohan
	Actor Chandra Mohan
Born	Mallampalli Chandrasekhara Rao; 23 May 1943; 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 (1976). 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.^[2]^[3]

Early life

He was born on 23 May 1943 at Pamidimukkala (Village and Mandal) in Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh in a Telugu Brahmin family. 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	Character	Main cast
1966	Rangula Ratnam	Vasu	Anjali Devi, Ram Mohan, Vanisri, Vijaya Nirmala
1968	Bangaru Pichika		Vijaya Nirmala, G. Varalakshmi, Rajababu
1968	Sukha Dukhalu		S.V. Ranga Rao, Vanishri, Rama Krishna, Jaya Lalitha
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, Sharada, Gummadi
1973	Jeevana Tarangalu	Ananth
1973	Meena
1973	Ganga Manga
1974	Alluri Seetharama Raju	Govindu	Krishna, Vijaya Nirmala, Jaggaiah
1974	O Seeta Katha	Chandram	Roja Ramani, Shubha, Devadas Kanakala
1974	Ammayi Pelli	Ravi	N.T. Rama Rao, Bhanumathi, Gummadi
1975	Naalai Namadhe		M.G. Ramachandran, Latha
1975	Yashoda Krishna	Narada	Jamuna, S. V. Ranga Rao, Baby Sridevi
1976	Secretary		ANR, Vanisri, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Ranganath
1976	Paadipantalu
1977	Kurukshetram	Abhimanyu	Krishna, Sobhan Babu, Jamuna, Vijaya Nirmala
1977	Kurukshetra
1977	Khaidi Kalidasu	Raghu
1977	Devathalara Deevinchandi	Muralikrishna
1978	Karunamayudu	Bartimaeus, the Blind man, whom Christ healed while leaving Jericho	Vijayachander, Kongara Jaggaiah
1978	Padaharella Vayasu	Gopala Krishna	Sridevi, Nirmalamma
1978	Pranam Khareedu	Devudu	Rao Gopal Rao, Jayasudha, Chiranjeevi
1978	Seetamalakshmi	Kondayya	Talluri Rameshwari, Sridhar, Vankayala Satyanarayana
1978	Siri Siri Muvva	Sambayya	Jayaprada, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Devadas Kanakala
1979	Sankarabharanam	Kameswara Rao	J. V. Somayajulu, Manju Bhargavi, Rajya Lakshmi
1979	Tayaramma Bangarayya		Chiranjeevi, Madhavi, Satyanarayana Kaikala
1979	Intinti Ramayanam
1979	Korikale Gurralaite
1979	Mangala Toranalu
1979	Sangham Chekkina Silpalu
1979	Nagamalli		Deepa
1980	Ram Robert Rahim	Rahim	Krishna, Rajnikanth, Anjali Devi
1980	Gayyali Gangamma		Rajani, Suryakantham, Nagabhushanam
1980	Subhodayam	Chandram	Sulakshana, Manorama, Sakshi Ranga Rao
1980	Pakkinti Ammayi	Bujji	Jayasudha, S.P Balasubrahmanyam, Chakravarthi
1981	Priya		Chiranjeevi, Radhika, Swapna
1981	Radha Kalyanam	Palghat Madhavan	Raadhika, Sarath Babu, Kanta Rao
1981	Deiva Thirumanangal [ Tamil ]	as Lord Siva
1982	Kalahaala Kapuram		Saritha
1982	Kotha Neeru		Mohan Babu, Deepa
1983	Santoshimata Vratam		Nirmalamma, Rajanala, Satyanarayana Kaikala
1983	Mudu Mullu		Radhika Geeta
1984	Adigo Alladigo		Suhasini Maniratnam
1984	Inti Guttu		Chiranjeevi, Nalini, Rao Gopal Rao, Suhasini
1984	Kanchana Ganga	Prabhakar	Saritha, Swapna
1985	Muchataga Mugguru	Ram Babu	Tulasi, Poornima, Rajendra Prasad
1986	Rendu Rella Aaru	Sadguna Rao	Rajani, Rajendra Prasad, Suthi Veerabhadra Rao
1986	Chantabbai	Kalyan	Chiranjeevi, Suhasini, Allu Aravind
1986	Sri Shirdi Saibaba Mahathyam	Nanavali	Vijayachandar, Anjali Devi, Somayajulu
1987	Gandhinagar Rendava Veedhi	Prasad	Rajendra Prasad, Gauthami, Jayasudha
1987	Manmadha Leela Kamaraju Gola	Manmadha	Rajendra Prasad, Kalpana
1987	Makutamleni Maharaju	Ganapathi	Krishna, Sridevi, Rajendra Prasad
1987	Kaboye Alludu	Ram Babu	Rajendra Prasad, Kalpana
1987	Damit Katha Adam Thirigindi	Chandram, Parvateesam, Ganapathi (Triple role)	Rajendra Prasad, Naresh, Jeevitha Rajashekar
1987	Naku Pellam Kavali	Ramudu	Rajendra Prasad, Kalpana, Shanti Priya
1987	Dabbevariki Chedu	Lakshmikanth	Rajendra Prasad, Seeta
1987	Trimurtulu	himself	Venkatesh, Arjun, Rajendra Prasad
1988	Trinetrudu	Saleem	Chiranjeevi, Bhanupriya,
1988	Yogi Vemana	Abhirama	Vijayachander, Archana, K. R. Vijaya
1988	Asthulu Anthasthulu	Sivaiah	Rajendra Prasad, Ramya Krishna
1988	Thodallullu	Mohan	Rajendra Prasad, Gauthami
1988	Bharya Bhartala Bhagotham	Ganapathi	Rajendra Prasad, Ashwini, Jeevitha Rajashekar
1988	Chinnodu Peddodu	Peddodu	Rajendra Prasad, Kushboo
1988	Vivaaha Bhojanambu	Vasu Rao	Rajendra Prasad, Ashwini
1989	Sakshi	Shekar	Rajendra Prasad, Lijji
1989	Zoo Laka Taka	Madhava Chary	Rajendra Prasad, Tulasi, Kalpana
1989	Preminchi Choodu	Mohan	Rajendra Prasad, Silk Smitha
1989	Jayammu Nischayammu Raa	Suribabu	Rajendra Prasad, Sumalatha
1989	Geethanjali		Akkineni Nagarjuna, Girija, Vijayakumar
1989	Chinnari Sneham		Raghu, Seetha, Malashri, Daggubati Raja
1990	Ramba Rambabu	Narada Maharshi	Rajendra Prasad, Parijatha
1990	Alludugaru	Anand	Mohan Babu, Sobhana, Kongara Jaggaiah
1991	Aditya 369	Tenali Rama Krishna
1992	Peddarikam	Rama Krishna
1996	Gulabi	Chandu's father	J. D. Chakravarthi, Maheshwari, Brahmaji
1996	Ramudochadu	Chandraiah
1996	Ninne Pelladatha	Murthy	Nagarjuna, Tabu, Chalapathi Rao, Manju Bhargavi
1997	Preminchukundam Raa	Chakrapani	Venkatesh, Anjala Zaveri, Sudha
1998	Chandralekha	Pandu	Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishna, Murali Mohan, Isha Kopikar
1998	Premante Idera	Subba Rao	Venkatesh, Preity Zinta
1998	Andaru Herole
1999	Iddaru Mitrulu	Vijay's father	Chiranjeevi, Sakshi Shivanand, Ramya Krishna
1999	Ravoyi Chandamama	Meghana's father	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Anjala Zaveri, Kirti Reddy, Jagapathi Babu
1999	Thammudu	Kutumba Rao	Pawan Kalyan, Preeti Jhangiani, Aditi, Achyuth
1999	Seetharama Raju	Raghava Raju	Nagarjuna, Sakshi Shivanand, Sanghavi, Hari Krishna
2000	Manoharam	Usha's father	Jagapathi Babu, Laya, Prakash Raj, Vinod Bala
2000	Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa		Srikanth, Ravi Teja, Brahmanandam, Roja
2000	Rayalaseema Ramanna Chowdary		Mohan Babu, Jaya Sudha, Achyuth
2001	Manasanta Nuvve	Uday Kiran
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	Rishi's father	Tarun, Sreya, Prakash Raj
2002	Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu	Siva Prasad	Tarun, Aarti Agarwal, Kiran Rathod, Laya
2002	Santosham	Chandram	Nagarjuna, Gracy Singh, Sreya, Prabhu Deva
2002	Ninu Choodaka Nenundalenu		Sachiin J Joshi, Bhavna Pani
2003	Okkadu	Swapna's father	Mahesh Babu, Bhoomika Chawla, Prakash Raj
2003	Sambhu		Aryan Rajesh, Sarika, Srinivasa Reddy, Chitram Seenu
2003	Vasantham	Peter	Venkatesh, Kalyani, Aarti Agarwal, Tanikella Bharani
2004	7G Brindavan Colony	Ravi's father	Ravi Krishna, Sonia Agarwal, Suman Setty
2004	Varsham	Venkat's uncle	Prabhas, Trisha, Gopichand, Prakash Raj
2005	Andagadu		Rajendra Prasad, Damini, Bhavana, Harika
2005	Andarivadu		Chiranjeevi, Rimi Sen, Tabu, Rakshita
2005	Athanokkade	Ram's father	Kalyan Ram, Sindhu Tolani, Prakash Raj, Ashish Vidyarthi
2005	Jagapathi		Jagapathi Babu, Rakshita, Navneet Kaur, Sai Kiran
2005	Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana	Jailor	Siddharth, Trisha, Srihari, Veda
2005	Sankranti	Rama Chandraiah	Venkatesh, Sneha, Aarti Agarwal, Srikanth
2006	Boss	Girls Orphanage warden	Nagarjuna, Nayanatara, Poonam, Sreya
2006	Chinnodu	Jailor	Sumanth, Charmi, Brahmanandam
2006	Evandoy Srivaru		Srikanth, Sneha, Nikitha
2006	Ranam	Chinna's father	Gopichand, Kamna Jethmalani, Biju Menon
2006	Raraju		Gopi Chand, Meera Jasmin, Shivaji, Ankita
2007	Desamuduru	Chandra Mohan	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
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
2008	Chintakayala Ravi	Chintakayala Govinda Rao	Venkatesh, Anushka, Mamata Mohandas, Lakshmi
2008	Donga Sachinollu		Krishna Bhagavan, Raghu Babu, Rambha
2008	Hare Ram		Kalyan Ram, Priyamani, Sindhu Tolani, Kota Srinivasa Rao
2008	King	Narayana	Nagarjuna, Trisha, Mamata Mohandas, Srihari
2008	Krishna	Chandra Sekhar	Ravi Teja, Trisha, Brahmanandam
2008	Maa Ayana Chanti Pilladu		Shivaji, Meera Jasmin, Sangeetha, Venu Madhav
2008	Ready	Janaki's father	Ram, Genelia, Brahmanandam, Kota Srinivasa Rao
2008	Salute		Vishaal, Nayanatara, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Brahmanandam
2008	Siddu From Sikakulam	Siddhu's Father	Allari Naresh, Manjari Phadnis, Shraddha Das, Venue Madhava
2008	Ullasamga Utsahamga	Narayana Rao	Yasho Sagar, Sneha Ullal
2010	Namo Venkatesa	Venkata Ramana's uncle	Daggubati Venkatesh, Trisha Krishnan
2010	Darling	Bhadram	Prabhas, Kajal Aggarwal
2011	Mirapakaay	Vishwanatha Shastri	Ravi Teja, Richa Gangopadhyay, Deeksha Seth
2011	Wanted		Tottempudi Gopichand, Deeksha Seth
2011	Kandireega	Vishwanatham	Ram Pothineni, Hansika Motwani, Sonu Sood
2011	Dookudu	Ajay's Uncle	Mahesh Babu, Samantha Ruth Prabhu
2012	Yamudiki Mogudu	Naresh's Father	Allari Naresh, Richa Panai
2013	Sarocharu	Sandhya's father	Raviteja, Kajal Aggarwal
2013	Okkadine		Nara Rohit, Nithya Menon
2013	Baadshah	Rama Rao's Uncle	Jr. NTR, Kajal Aggarwal
2013	Potugadu	Neelakanta Shastri	Manchu Manoj, Simran Kaur Mundi, Sakshi Chaudhary
2014	Loukyam	Meka Papa Rao "Puppy"	Tottempudi Gopichand, Rakul Preet Singh
2016	Manamantha	Sairam's Uncle	Mohanlal, Gautami
2017	Duvvada Jagannadham	DJ's Uncle	Allu Arjun, Pooja Hegde
2017	Goutham Nanda	Nanda Kishore's father	Gopichand, Hansika Motwani
2017	Mister	Senior Pichchaiah Naidu's brother	Varun Tej, Hebah Patel, Lavanya Tripathi

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

↑ "My First Break: Chandra Mohan". The Hindu.
1 2 "Chandramohan really worth Rs 300 Cr?". The Times of India.
1 2 "Old Heroine's Lucky Hero - AP Chit-Chat". AP Chit-Chat. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014.
↑ "Mohanlal's debut 'Thiranottam'". mohanlalfansassociation.

External links

Chandramohan on IMDb

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[1] "My First Break: Chandra Mohan". The Hindu.

[IT1-2] 1 2 "Chandramohan really worth Rs 300 Cr?". The Times of India.

[AP1-3] 1 2 "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.

Nandi Award for Best Actor
Nandi Awards
1964–1980	Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1964) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1965) Chandra Mohan (1966) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1967) S. V. Ranga Rao (1968) Sobhan Babu (1969) N. T. Rama Rao (1970) Sobhan Babu (1971) Sobhan Babu (1972) Sobhan Babu (1973) Krishna (1974) Sobhan Babu (1975) Rallapalli (1976) 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) Jagapati Babu and Suman (1993) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1994) Venkatesh and Naresh (1995) Jagapati Babu (1996) Akkineni Nagarjuna (1997) Venkatesh (1998) Venkatesh (1999) Jagapati Babu (2000)
2001-present	Nandamuri Balakrishna (2001) Chiranjeevi and Akkineni Nagarjuna (2002) Mahesh Babu (2003) Rajendra Prasad (2004) Mahesh Babu (2005) Akkineni Nagarjuna (2006) Venkatesh (2007) Ravi Teja (2008) Dasari Narayana Rao (2009) Nandamuri Balakrishna (2010) Mahesh Babu (2011) Nani (2012) Prabhas (2013) Nandamuri Balakrishna (2014) Mahesh Babu (2015) N. T. Rama Rao Jr. (2016)
Category

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) Akkineni 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)

Chandra Mohan
Actor Chandra Mohan
Born	Mallampalli Chandrasekhara Rao (1943-05-23) 23 May 1943 Pamidimukkala, Krishna District, Madras Presidency, British India
Occupation	Actor

Nandi Award for Best Character Actor
Nandi Awards
Krishnam Raju (1994) Kasinathuni Viswanath (1995) Prakash Raj (1996) Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao (1997) Kota Srinivasa Rao (1998) Mallikarjuna Rao (1999) Prakash Raj (2000) 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) Sammeta Gandhi (2011) Ashish Vidyarthi (2012) Naresh (2013) Rajendra Prasad (2014) Allu Arjun (2015) Naresh (2016)
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