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{{Short description|Indian cinematographer}}
{{family name hatnote|Nandamuri|lang=Telugu}}{{Infobox person
| name = Nandamuri Mohana Krishna
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| birth_place =[[Chennai]], India
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| occupation = [[Director of Photography]], [[Cinematographer]]
| spouse = {{Marriage|Nandamuri Shanti|1981}}
| children = son, [[Taraka Ratna]]; daughter, Rupa
| family = [[List of South Indian film families#Nandamuri family|Nandamuri family]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/celebs--nandamuri-mohana-krishnas-daughter-wedding-telugu-event-53291.html|title=Events - Celebs @ Nandamuri Mohana Krishna's Daughter Wedding Movie Trailer Launch - IndiaGlitz Telugu|website=IndiaGlitz.com}}</ref>
| yearsactive = 1983-2000
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'''Nandamuri Mohana Krishna''' is an Indian [[cinematographer]] known for his works in [[Telugu cinema]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://telugu.news18.com/photogallery/movies/taraka-ratna-mohana-krishna-cinemotography-movies-list-and-his-personal-movies-list-ta-1635558.html|title=నందమూరి తారకరత్న తండ్రి మోహనకృష్ణ తెలుగులో సినిమాటోగ్రఫీ అందించిన చిత్రాలు గురించి తెలుసా.|date=21 February 2023|website=News18 తెలుగు}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/tollywood-actor-tdp-leader-nandamuri-taraka-ratna-passes-away-jr-ntr-heart-attack-bengaluru-political-career-films/photostory/98055862.cms|title=Actor, politician & a father: Life and times of Nandamuri Taraka Ratna|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/late-taraka-ratnas-parents-and-sister-broke-down-during-the-actors-last-rites/articleshow/98098236.cms?from=mdr|title=Late Taraka Ratna's parents and sister broke down during the actor's last rites|work=The Times of India |date=20 February 2023|via=The Economic Times - The Times of India}}</ref> He made his breakthrough as a film cinematographer<ref>{{Cite news |last=Menon |first=Amarnath K. |date=15 April 1989 |title=After six years break, Andhra CM N.T. Rama Rao returns to celluloid world |work=[[India Today]] |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19890415-after-six-years-break-andhra-cm-n.t.-rama-rao-returns-to-celluloid-world-815995-1989-04-15 |url-status=live |access-date=18 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918085354/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19890415-after-six-years-break-andhra-cm-n.t.-rama-rao-returns-to-celluloid-world-815995-1989-04-15 |archive-date=18 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Menon |first=Amarnath K. |date=15 July 1989 |title=NTR's film Brahmarishi Viswamitra sparks off tussle between Telugu Desam and Congress(I) |work=[[India Today]] |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19890715-ntrs-film-brahmarishi-viswamitra-sparks-off-tussle-between-telugu-desam-and-congressi-816266-1989-07-15 |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> with his father [[N. T. Rama Rao]]'s ''[[Chanda Sasanudu]]'' (1983),<ref name="indiatoday">{{Cite web |last=Menon |first=Amarnath K. |date=15 July 1983 |title=Chandasasanudu, starring N.T. Rama Rao, is a typical formula film |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19830715-chandasasanudu-starring-n.t.-rama-rao-is-a-typical-formula-film-770825-2013-07-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114130720/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19830715-chandasasanudu-starring-n.t.-rama-rao-is-a-typical-formula-film-770825-2013-07-18 |archive-date=14 November 2020 |access-date=21 December 2020 |website=[[India Today]]}}</ref> which was also remade in Tamil as ''[[Sarithira Nayagan]]'' (1984) for which Mohana was also the cinematographer.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 July 2012 |title='Be spontaneous to attract cinema goers' |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/be-spontaneous-to-attract-cinema-goers/article3619902.ece |access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=நடிகர் திலகம் சிவாஜி கணேசன் அவர்கள் நடித்த படங்களின் பட்டியல் |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/sivaji-2.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814054109/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/sivaji-2.asp |archive-date=14 August 2016 |access-date=3 February 2023 |website=[[Lakshman Sruthi]] |language=ta}}</ref> Subsequently, he has continued to collaborate with his father on other projects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/janaki-ram-was-alone-in-car-at-the-time-of-mishap/articleshow/45482860.cms|title=Janaki Ram was alone in car at the time of mishap|work=The Times of India |date=12 December 2014|via=The Economic Times - The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/nandamuri-taraka-ratna-demise-5-little-known-facts-about-the-actor/photostory/98061264.cms?from=mdr|title=Nandamuri Taraka Ratna demise: 9 little-known facts about the actor|work=The Times of India |date=19 February 2023 |via=The Economic Times - The Times of India}}</ref>

==Early and personal life==
Nandamuri Mohana Krishna was born in [[Madras]] (present-day [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu) to Telugu actor and three-time [[List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]] [[N. T. Rama Rao]] and his wife Basavatarakam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/39235.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611124857/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/39235.html|archive-date=11 June 2008|title=Happy Birthday Balakrishna|website=IndiaGlitz|access-date=10 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=28 May 2011|title=Succession war between Naidu, NTR families hots up|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/succession-war-between-naidu-ntr-families-hots-up-158764.html|access-date=27 July 2021|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|archive-date=27 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727165516/https://www.deccanherald.com/national/succession-war-between-naidu-ntr-families-hots-up-158764.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Actors [[Nandamuri Balakrishna]], and [[Nandamuri Harikrishna]] are his brothers. Harikrishna's sons [[Nandamuri Kalyan Ram]] and [[N. T. Rama Rao Jr.]], and Mohana Krishna's son [[Taraka Ratna]] are also actors in the Telugu cinema.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/03/stories/2008110353320500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106063404/http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/03/stories/2008110353320500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 November 2008 |title=Andhra Pradesh / Vijayawada News : Nandamuri family fully supports Naidu, says Harikrishna |date=3 November 2008 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=3 August 2012}}</ref> Mohana Krishna's younger brother Nandamuri Ramakrishna Jr. is a film producer.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/>

Mohana Krishna's son [[Taraka Ratna]] died on 18 February 2023, at the age of 39 while undergoing treatment in Bangalore. He had spent twenty-three days in the hospital in critical condition.<ref name="flames">{{cite news |title=Body of Taraka Ratna consigned to flames |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/body-of-taraka-ratna-consigned-to-flames/article66532689.ece |access-date=18 April 2023 |newspaper=The Hindu |date=20 February 2023 |language=en-IN}}</ref> He died four days before his 40th birthday.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-02-18 |title=Actor Taraka Ratna passes away after battling for 23 days|newspaper=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/actor-taraka-ratna-passes-away-after-battling-for-23-days/article66526670.ece |access-date=2023-02-22 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:25%;"
|+ As cinematographer
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Language(s)
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1983
! scope="row" | ''[[Chanda Sasanudu]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1984
! scope="row" | ''[[Sarithira Nayagan]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1986
! scope="row" | ''[[Anasuyamma Gari Alludu]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | Telugu
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1988
! scope="row" | ''[[Ramudu Bheemudu (1988 film)|Ramudu Bheemudu]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | Telugu
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1988
! scope="row" | ''Gharwali Baharwali''
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1991
! scope="row" | ''[[Brahmarshi Viswamitra]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | Telugu
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1993
! scope="row" | ''[[Srinatha Kavi Sarvabhoumudu]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | Telugu
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2000
! scope="row" | ''[[Goppinti Alludu]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | Telugu
|
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|nm0620793}}

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[[Category:Cinematographers from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian photographers]]
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[[Category:Indian advertising directors]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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