Cheenu Mohan

Cheenu Mohan
Born 17 may 1956
Occupation Actor

Cheenu Mohan is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He has acted in films including Thalapathi (2010) and Iraivi (2016).[1][2]

Career

Cheenu Mohan began his career as an actor in the late 1980s, portraying small roles in Varusham Padhinaaru (1989) and Mani Ratnam's Anjali (1990) and Thalapathi (1991). He also played small roles in Marma desamAfter quitting his job in 2001, Cheenu Mohan then went on to portray the lead role in plays directed by Crazy Mohan and Maadhu Balaji. His involvement in theatre and his reluctance to move into television roles, meant that roles in the film industry had evaded him.[3]

He made a comeback by portraying a supporting role in Karthik Subbaraj's multi-starrer Iraivi (2016). Featuring as the antiques dealer John, who tries to hold together a breaking family, Cheenu Mohan received critical acclaim for his work in the film.[4] A critic called his performance "fantastic in the melodramatic scenes".[5] Appreciation for his performance in the film meant that he was later selected to feature in Manikandan's Aandavan Kattalai (2016) and Vetrimaaran's Vada Chennai (2017).[6]

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1989 Varusham Padhinaaru
1990 Anjali
1991 Thalapathi
2016 Iraivi John
2016 Aandavan Kattalai
2017 Vada Chennai Filming

References

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