Mohan Raman

Mohan Raman
Mohan Raman at an event
Born	P. Venkat Raman (1956-04-03) 3 April 1956 (age 68) Madras, Madras State, India
Occupations	Actor writer
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Padma
Children	2, including Vidyullekha)[1]
Father	V. P. Raman[2]

Mohan Raman, also known as Mohan V. Ram (born 3 April 1956),[3] is an Indian actor[4] and writer. In 2017 and 2019, he was a Jury member for the National Film Award for Best Writing on Cinema.[5] Raman is a film historian and writes for The Hindu.[6][7][8] He has also worked on Hindi-language films including Sabse Bada Khiladi (1995) and Chennai Express (2013).[9]

Partial filmography

Tamil films

List of Mohan Raman Tamil film credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Idhayam	Doctor
1992	Endrum Anbudan	Nandhini's father
1994	Mahanadhi	Lawyer
	Sethupathi IPS	Police inspector
	Honest Raj
	Duet	Guna's Father
	Pathavi Pramanam	Governor of Tamil Nadu
1995	Mr. Madras	Doctor
	Kattumarakaran	Senthilnathan
	Seethanam
1996	Minor Mappillai	Rajalakshmi's husband
	Tamizh Selvan	Collector
	Sivasakthi
	Senathipathi	Rangachari
1997	Minsara Kanavu	Amalraj's assistant
	Sishya
	Once More	Tension Thyagarajan
	Nerrukku Ner	Anantharaman
	Aahaa	Vishwanathan Iyer
1998	Ulavuthurai	Venkatraman
	Thulli Thirintha Kaalam	Job officer
	Harichandra
	Sollamale	Vikram's father
	Guru Paarvai	Pooja's father
	Iniyavale
1999	Ninaivirukkum Varai	Aravind's father
	Chinna Raja
	Padayappa	Lawyer
	Suyamvaram	Wedding guest
	Malabar Police	Raja's Father
2000	Kannukkul Nilavu
	Eazhaiyin Sirippil	Doctor
	Kakkai Siraginilae
	Kandukondain Kandukondain	Parameshwaran
	Sabhash	Advocate Mohan
	Rhythm	Srikanth's father
2001	Little John	Vishwanath
	Asokavanam	Sadasivam
	Paarthale Paravasam
2002	Devan	Lawyer
	Yai! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukke!	Raji's father
2003	Anbe Anbe	Vishali's father
	Anjaneya	Divya's father
2004	Udhaya	Professor
	Kanavu Meippada Vendum	District collector
2005	Kundakka Mandakka	Lawyer
2007	Kalakkura Chandru	Advocate
	Naan Avanillai	Lawyer
	Periyar	B. R. Ambedkar
	Puli Varudhu	Judge
2008	Kuselan	Ashok Kumar's P.A
2009	TN 07 AL 4777	P.K.V Hariharan
	Guru En Aalu	Sheila's Father
	Enga Raasi Nalla Raasi	Police inspector
	Achchamundu! Achchamundu!	Party guest
2010	Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam	Sheriff
2011	Payanam	Mr. Venkat Raman
	Sabash Sariyana Potti	"Sabash Sariyana Potti" judge
2013	Sokkali
2014	Oru Kanniyum Moonu Kalavaniyum	Kundalakesi
	Ramanujan
	Poriyaalan	Shastri
2015	Sandamarutham	Subramani
	36 Vayadhinile	Nalabagam Chellur Pichai
	Andhadhi
2016	Pichaikkaran	Audi car owner
	24	Raghu
2017	Si3	Judge
2018	Traffic Ramasamy
	60 Vayadu Maaniram	Balachadran (Balu)
	Kaatrin Mozhi	Viji's father
2019	Thanimai
	Azhiyatha Kolangal 2	Doctor
2020	Ka Pae Ranasingam	Judge
2021	Cinderella	Advocate
2022	Rocketry: The Nambi Effect	Udupi Ramachandra Rao
	Ponniyin Selvan: I	Aniruddha Brahmarayar
	Laththi	Police inspector
2023	Ponniyin Selvan: II	Aniruddha Brahmarayar
	Pichaikkaran 2	Lawyer
	Sarakku	Advocate Mohan Raman
2024	Rathnam	Rathnam's uncle
	Maharaja	Doctor

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Hindi films

List of Mohan Raman Hindi film credits

Year	Title	Role
1995	Sabse Bada Khiladi	Defense Lawyer
2005	White Rainbow	TV Presenter
2009	Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani	Seshadri
2013	Chennai Express	Village Priest
2017	Golmaal Again	Ram Krishna Iyer (Ghost)
2022	Rocketry: The Nambi Effect	Udupi Ramachandra Rao

Telugu films

List of Mohan Raman Telugu film credits

Year	Title	Role
2008	Kathanayakudu	Ashok Kumar's P.A
2011	Gaganam	Mr. Venkat Ram
2017	Kaadhali

English films

List of Mohan Raman English film credit

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Ele, My Friend
2011	Help	Airport security officer	short film

Dubbing artist

• Raghuvir Yadav (Uyire)
• Girish Karnad (Amirtham)
• Tanikella Bharani (Dhoni, Vaikuntapuram)
• Suresh Krishnamoorthi (Pulan Visaranai 2)

Television

List of Mohan Raman television credits

Television series	Year	Role	Notes
Marmadesam – Ragasiyam	1995	Dr. Vishwaram (Jr. Psychiatrist)
Marmadesam – Vidathu Karuppu	1997	Dr.Nanda (Reena & Rathna's Superstitious Mentor)
Kadhal Pagadai	1997–1998
Premi	1997	second hand car dealer and anonymous caller
Mr. Brain	1997	Nagarajan
Chithi	1999–2001	Prabhavathy's Lawyer Manickavelu
Gopi	2000–2001	Naatamai
Nambikkai	2001–2002	Advocate Krishna
Chinna Papa Periya Papa	2002–2004	Vasudevan (Loosu Devan)
Aasai	2003	kannan's father
Anandham	2003–2009	Srinivasan
Janaki	2003–2004	Janaki and Nandini's father
Chidambara Rahasiyam	2004–2006
Alli Raajiyam	2005–2006	Gulabi Seth
Chellamadi Nee Enakku	2006–2008
Vaira Nenjam	2007–2009	Manicka vinayagam (dubbed as aadajanma on Star Maa and Swarna manasu on Asianet)
Arasi	2008–2009
Mama Mappla	2010–2011
Karthigai Deepam	2023	Chidhambaram

References

1. "Comedienne can be sexy too, says Tamil actor Vidyullekha Raman". Manorama Online. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
2. Elias, Esther (18 August 2014). "Opening new doors". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
3. "Drama awards 2004". The Hindu. 18 November 2005. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006.
4. "Mohan Raman joins Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan!". Times of India. 24 December 2019.
5. "66th National Film Awards for 2018 announced" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
6. "City of stars: Mohan V Raman on how cinema evolved in Chennai over the years". The New Indian Express.
7. Raman, Mohan (3 January 2015). "KB: Kollywood's Discovery Channel" – via www.thehindu.com.
8. Subramanian, Anupama (25 December 2019). "Mohan Raman reveals his look in Ponniyin Selvan". Deccan Chronicle.
9. "Mohan Raman lauds SRK as superstar sans stardom". News18.

External links

• Mohan Raman at IMDb