Chandra Mohan (Hindi actor)

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| name = Chandra Mohan Wattal
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| caption = Chandra Mohan in 1942
| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|07|24|df=yes}}<ref name="retrore"/>
| birth_place = [[Narsinghpur]], [[Central Provinces]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]])
| occupation = Actor
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1949|04|02|1906|07|24|df=yes}}<ref name="retrore"/>
| death_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay State|Province of Bombay]], [[Dominion of India]]
| yearsactive = 1930–1949
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'''Chandra Mohan''' (24 July 1906 – 2 April 1949) was an [[India]]n film actor, known for his work in [[Hindi cinema]] in the 1930s and 1940s. He became known for his villainous roles in a number of critical and commercial successes.

== Life and career ==
Born in [[Narsinghpur]]<ref name=retrore>{{cite web|url=http://retrore.blogspot.in/2016/02/chandra-mohan.html|title=Chandra Mohan|publisher=Retrore|accessdate=29 February 2016|archive-date=6 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106234637/http://retrore.blogspot.com/2016/02/chandra-mohan.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> in [[Madhya Pradesh]], he was known for his large grey eyes, voice modulation and dialogue delivery. His eyes form the opening sequence in [[V. Shantaram]]'s 1934 film ''[[Amrit Manthan (1934 film)|Amrit Manthan]]'', which was also his film debut.<ref name="Garga2005">{{cite book|last=Garga|first=B D|title=Art Of Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ITAnAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT131|date=1 December 2005|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-81-8475-431-5|pages=131–|access-date=11 October 2020|archive-date=16 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216022910/https://books.google.com/books?id=ITAnAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT131|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the first film made in the newly 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 a noted villain of the time.<ref name="Banerjee2013">{{cite book|last=Banerjee|first=Srivastava|title=One Hundred Indian Feature Films: An Annotated Filmography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rVDaAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT45|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-84105-8|pages=45–|access-date=11 October 2020|archive-date=1 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401065053/https://books.google.com/books?id=rVDaAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT45|url-status=live}}</ref>

Mohan later appeared as Emperor [[Jehangir]] in [[Sohrab Modi]]'s ''[[Pukar (1939 film)|Pukar]]'',<ref name="Garga2005"/> as Randhir Singh in [[Mehboob Khan]]'s ''[[Humayun (film)|Humayun]]'' and as Seth Laxmidas, in [[Mehboob Khan]]'s ''[[Roti (1942 film)|Roti]]''.

One of his last appearances was in Ramesh Saigal's 1948 film ''[[Shaheed (1948 film)|Shaheed]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Kaleidoscope of Indian Cinema |last=Mahmood |first=Hameeduddin |year=1974 |publisher=Affiliated East-West Press |pages=50 }}</ref> 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.

He was the original choice to play the lead role in [[K. Asif]]'s ''[[Mughal-e-Azam]]'', but due to his untimely death the film had to be reshot after ten reels were shot with him as lead. The film was eventually released in 1960.<ref name=how>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/slide-show-1-quiz-mughal-e-azam/20100805.htm |title=How well do you know ''Mughal-e-Azam''? |publisher=Rediff |date=5 August 2010 |accessdate=12 June 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/68fG0kamB?url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/slide-show-1-quiz-mughal-e-azam/20100805.htm |archivedate=24 June 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="Chopra2007">{{cite book|last=Chopra|first=Anupama|title=King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cbk4AQAAQBAJ&pg=PT19|year=2007|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|isbn=978-0-446-50898-8|pages=19–}}</ref>

== Death ==
Mohan gambled and drank heavily and died penniless on 2 April 1949 at the age of 42 at his residence, Bilkha House, in Bombay.<ref name="retrore"/>

==Filmography==
* ''[[Amrit Manthan (1934 film)|Amrit Manthan]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Dharmatma (1935 film)|Dharmatma]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Amar Jyoti]]'' (1936)
* ''Jwala'' (1938)
* ''[[Pukar (1939 film)|Pukar]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Geeta (1940 film)|Geeta]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Bharosa (1940 film)|Bharosa]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Apna Ghar]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Roti (1942 film)|Roti]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Nauker (1943 film)|Nauker]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Shakuntala (1943 film)|Shakuntala]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Taqdeer (1943 film)|Taqdeer]]'' (1943)
* ''Draupadi'' (1944)
* ''[[Mumtaz Mahal (film)|Mumtaz Mahal]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Raunaq]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Humayun (film)|Humayun]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Ramayani]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Shalimar (1946 film)|Shalimar]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Shaheed (1948 film)|Shaheed]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Rambaan]]'' (1948)

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Chandra Mohan}}
* {{IMDb name|0151527|Chandra Mohan}}

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[[Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:People of British India]]

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