Radha Mohan

Radha Mohan

Born	(1965-11-20) 20 November 1965
Residence	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Film director
Years active	2004–present

Radha Mohan is an Indian film director of the South Indian film industry. He has, to date, directed eight films, four of which have been critically acclaimed and box-office hits. A good friend of actor-producer Prakash Raj, he has directed five films for Prakash Raj's Duet films: Azhagiya Theeye (Tamil), Mozhi (Tamil), Abhiyum Naanum (Tamil), Payanam (Tamil), Gaganam (Telugu) and Gouravam (Tamil/Telugu).

Career

Radha Mohan began work on his first film was Smile Please in 1996, which had dialogues written by his friend Babu, who had appeared in the lead role in En Uyir Thozhan (1990). The film was to star Prakash Raj in the lead role, but financial restraints meant that the film was later shelved.^[1]

Known for his strong story lines and sensible and realistic portrayal of women, Mohan's films have largely been clean family entertainment. He has a penchant for humour in his films, and his films have been rib ticklers even though they carry strong messages and handling serious themes. Mozhi is his career's biggest hit, followed by Payanam. His next film is a big starrer Sri Devi and Prakash raj under duet movies banner. A story around a medical college starring debutants who are doctors too.^[2] The director worked under R. V. Udayakumar before he did his first film release, Azhagiya Theeye.

Mohan was born in Trivandrum.

Filmography

Year	Film	Credited as		Language	Notes
Year	Film	Director	Writer	Language	Notes
2004	Azhagiya Theeye	Y	Y	Tamil
2005	Ponniyin Selvan	Y	Y	Tamil
2007	Mozhi	Y	Y	Tamil	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil
2008	Abhiyum Naanum	Y	Y	Tamil	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director
2011	Payanam	Y	Y	Tamil
2011	Gaganam	Y	Y	Telugu
2013	Gouravam	Y	Y	Tamil
2013	Gouravam	Y	Y	Telugu
2015	Uppu Karuvaadu	Y	Y	Tamil
2017	Brindavanam	Y	Y	Tamil	Filming

Awards

Year	Film	Category
2008	Abhiyum Naanum	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director^[3]

References

Films directed by Radha Mohan

Azhagiya Theeye (2004) Ponniyin Selvan (2005) Mozhi (2007) Abhiyum Naanum / Akashamanta (2008) Payanam / Gaganam (2011) Gouravam (2013) Uppu Karuvaadu (2015) Brindavanam (2017)

Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director

1967–1980	C. N. Shanmugam (1967) Krishnan-Panju (1968) P. Neelakantan (1969) P. Madhavan (1970) Not awarded (1971) Not awarded (1972) Not awarded (1973) Not awarded (1974) Not awarded (1975) Not awarded (1976) Bharathiraja (1977) Durai (1978) S. P. Muthuraman (1979) K. Balachander (1980)

1981–2000	Bharathiraja (1981) Muktha Srinivasan (1982) Not awarded (1983) Not awarded (1984) Not awarded (1985) Not awarded (1986) Not awarded (1987) P. R. Devaraj (1988) K. Balachander (1989) Vikraman (1990) P. Vasu (1991) Mani Ratnam (1992) Shankar (1993) K. S. Ravikumar (1994) Vasanth (1995) Agathiyan (1996) Vikraman & Cheran (1997) R. Parthiepan (1998) Bala (1999) Vikraman (2000)

2001–present	Susi Ganesan (2001) Mani Ratnam (2002) Karu Pazhaniappan (2003) Cheran (2004) Shankar (2005) Thirumurugan (2006) Thangar Bachan (2007) Radha Mohan (2008)

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