Murali Mohan

Murali Mohan Maganti (Telugu: మురళి మోహన్ మాగంటి) (born 24 June 1940) is an Indian film actor, producer, politician and a business executive from Telugu cinema. ^[1] In 1973, Murali Mohan debuted in Jagame Maya (1973) produced by Poornachandra Rao Atluri. He gained recognition with the 1974 film Tirupati directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. He has acted in over 350 feature films.^[2] He has served in various positions in National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) and the Andhra Pradesh Film Development Corporation. In addition, he worked as the Honorary President of the Telugu Movie Artists Association until recent elections in 2015. ^[3]

In 1980 he formed his own film production company, Jayabheri Arts, with his brother Kishore. His first film as producer was Varala Abbay directed by Raja Chandra. It turned out to be Murali Mohan's 100th film. The company produced 25 films, which include the recent blockbuster film Athadu. He is the Chairman of the construction company Jayabheri Group.^[4][5] He has also been active in politics for the Telugu Desam Party. On the political front, he contested in the 15th Loksabha elections in 2009 as the TDP candidate from Rajahmundry parliamentary constituency of Andhra Pradesh, which eventually lost to the Indian National Congress candidate Vundavalli Aruna Kumar by just 2,147 votes. ^[6] In 2014, he won the 16th Loksabha elections as a member of Parliament from Rajahmundry.

Personal life

Murali Mohan Maganti (born: Maganti Raja Babu) was born on 24 June 1940 in Chataparru to Maganti Madhava Rao an Indian freedom fighter. He did his schooling in Eluru. He shifted gears in 1963 and started his own business dealing in electrical motors and oil engines. He then ventured into stage acting in Vijayawada. Murali Mohan is married to Vijaya Lakshsmi, with whom he has a daughter Madhu Bindhu and a son Ram Mohan.^[7]

Philanthropy

The Murali Mohan Charitable Trust^[8] provides free education for people who secure 85% in both SSC and intermediate and below 10,000 rank in EAMCET or any other preferred Entrance Tests. The students will be taken into consideration only after full-fledged screening for their financial status. Since its inception the Trust has adopted nearly 1,000 students of Engineering and Medicine.^[9][10]

References

Nandi Award for Best Actor Nandi Awards 1964–2000 Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1964) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1965) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1967) Sobhan Babu (1969) Sobhan Babu (1971) Sobhan Babu (1972) Sobhan Babu (1973) Krishna (1974) Sobhan Babu (1975) Krishnam Raju (1977) Hemasundar (1978) Gokina Ramarao (1979) M. Prabhakar Reddy (1980) M. Prabhakar Reddy (1981) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1982) Kamal Haasan (1983) Krishnam Raju (1984) Murali Mohan (1985) Kamal Haasan (1986) Chiranjeevi (1987) Venkatesh (1988) Kamal Haasan (1989) Rajendra Prasad (1990) Dasari Narayana Rao (1991) Chiranjeevi (1992) Jagapati Babu and Suman (1993) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1994) Naresh (1995) Jagapati Babu and Venkatesh (1996) Akkineni Nagarjuna (1997) Venkatesh (1998) Venkatesh (1999) Jagapati Babu (2000) 2001-present Nandamuri Balakrishna (2001) Chiranjeevi (2002) Akkineni Nagarjuna (2002) Mahesh Babu (2003) Rajendra Prasad (2004) Mahesh Babu (2005) Akkineni Nagarjuna (2006) Venkatesh (2007) Ravi Teja (2008) Dasari Narayana Rao (2009) Nandamuri Balakrishna (2010) Mahesh Babu (2011) Category