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Mohan Rangachari (16 October 1952 – 10 June 2019) known professionally as Crazy Mohan, was an Indian actor, comedian, screenwriter and playwright. An engineer by profession, Mohan started writing plays and established his own drama troupe called "Crazy Creations" in 1979. In addition to dramas and tele-serials, Mohan worked as a dialogue writer on a number of comedy films. Mohan had written over 30 plays, worked on over 40 films, having cameo roles in each film, and written 100 short stories. The Tamil Nadu state government in the year 2004, awarded him the Kalaimamani title for excellence in the field of arts and literature. Career Mohan was a student at the College of Engineering, Guindy, where he graduated as a mechanical engineer in 1973. His guide was his classmate S. Ravi, who was the President of Tamil Mandram. Before becoming a full-time writer, Mohan was working at Sundaram - Clayton Limited. At the College of Engineering, Guindy, in February 1972, he first wrote '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maadhu Balaji
Maadhu Balaji, born as Balaji, is an Indian actor and comedian known for his roles in Tamil theatre plays and Tamil television serials. Balaji has acted in a number of stage plays and films. He is the brother of the late ace humorist and playwright Crazy Mohan. He gave himself the prefix "Maadhu" after Nagesh's name in '' Ethir Neechal'' (1968). Balaji graduated from the Vivekananda College, Madras University in Chennai. His stage career started during his college days where he started acting in a number of stage plays and dramas and was touted as a prospective stage and film actor. With Crazy Mohan and close friends, Maadhu Balaji established ''Crazy Creations'' in 1979, one of the leading drama troupes in Tamil stage today, with an impeccable history of 15 launches and over 5000 shows all around the globe. Balaji acts as Maadhu, the lead role in all these dramas and has the amazing track record of not missing even one of these shows. Theatre Some of popular Tamil dramas a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian (1996 Film)
''Indian'' is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film directed by S. Shankar, who wrote the script with dialogues by Sujatha, and produced by A. M. Rathnam. The film stars Kamal Haasan in dual roles, alongside Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar, Sukanya, Manorama, Goundamani, Senthil, Nedumudi Venu, Kasthuri, Nizhalgal Ravi and Ajay Rathnam. It is the first instalment in the ''Indian'' film series. The music was composed by A. R. Rahman, while cinematography and editing were handled by Jeeva and B. Lenin- V. T. Vijayan. In the film, Senapathy, a retired freedom fighter rebels against corruption in India, which puts him in conflict with his son Chandru, who lives by corruption. ''Indian'' was released on 9 May 1996 worldwide and became the highest-grossing Tamil film upon release. It was selected by India as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1996, but was not nominated. The film won three National Film Awards, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magalir Mattum (1994 Film)
''Magalir Mattum'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language satire (film and television), satirical film directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, produced by Kamal Haasan, and written by Crazy Mohan. The film stars Revathi, Urvashi (actress), Urvashi, Rohini (actress), Rohini and Nassar (actor), Nassar. It revolves around three women deciding to gang up on their lecherous office boss who constantly harasses them. Haasan wrote a story inspired by the 1980 American film ''9 to 5 (film), 9 to 5'' which Mohan then expanded into the screenplay of ''Magalir Mattum''. The film was Tirru, Thirunavukarasu's first as an independent cinematographer and P. N. Satish worked as the editor. Ilaiyaraaja composed the music while Vaali (poet), Vaali wrote the lyrics. ''Magalir Mattum'' was released on 25 February 1994 and became a commercial success, running for over 175 days in theatres. For her performance, Urvashi won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
