Chandramohan (1905-49)
Actor born in Narasingpur. Employed by Prabhat’s distributors, Famous Pics. Cast by Shantaram? in Amritmanthan mainly for his one physical characteristic: unusually large grey eyes, used to advantage in the film’s famous opening sequence. Subsequently cast as elaborately costumed villain in several films, e.g. the Macbeth figure in Jwala?, the evil Ravana in Vijay Bhatt’s mythological Rambaan. Mostly acted in mythologicals and historicals (the Emperor Jehangir in Sohrab Modi’s Pukar, and Randhir Singh in Mehboob]]’s Humayun?) but best remembered as the rapacious industrialist Seth Dharamdas in Mehboob’s Roti?.
FILMOGRAPHY: 1934: Amritmanthan; 1935: Dharmatma; 1936: Amar Jyoti; 1937: Wahan; 1938: Jwala; 1939: Pukar; 1940: Bharosa; Geeta; 1942: Apna Ghar/Aple? Ghar; Jhankar; Roti; 1943: Fashion; Naukar; Shakuntala; Taqdeer; 1944: Bade Nawab Saheb; Draupadi; Mumtaz Mahal; Raunaq; Us Paar; 1945: Humayun; Pannadai; Preet; Ramayani; 1946: Magadhraj; Shalimar; Shravan Kumar; 1948: Dukhiari; Rambaan; Shaheed; 1950: Chocolate; 1954: Ramayan; 1955: Bal Ramayan; 1971 : Pakeezah.