14 Facts About Crazy Mohan

Mohan Rangachari known professionally as Crazy Mohan, was an Indian actor, comedian, screenwriter and playwright.

An engineer by profession, Mohan started writing plays and established his own drama troupe called "Crazy Creations" in 1979.

Crazy Mohan had written over 30 plays, worked on over 40 films, having cameo roles in each film, and written 100 short stories.

Crazy Mohan was a student at the College of Engineering, Guindy, where he graduated as a mechanical engineer in 1973.

Crazy Mohan's guide was his classmate S Ravi, who was the President of Tamil Mandram.

The first full-length play he wrote was Crazy Thieves in Paalavakkam for Natakapriya in 1976, which was a runaway hit and gave him the nom de plume "Crazy" Mohan.

Crazy Mohan wrote scripts for Tenant Commandments and One More Exorcist.

Crazy Mohan's brother Maadhu Balaji, who is an actor, plays the hero in all his dramas.

Crazy Mohan went on to write dialogues for several comedy films, particularly starring Kamal Haasan, which include Sathi Leelavathi, Kaathala Kaathala, Michael Madana Kama Rajan, Apoorva Sagodharargal, Indian, Avvai Shanmughi, Thenali, Panchathanthiram and Vasool Raja MBBS.

The 2006 film Jerry had a story and screenplay by Mohan and featured Mohan's entire theatre team, including its director S B Khanthan.

Crazy Mohan has acted in supporting or cameo roles in the films he wrote the dialogue or script for.

Crazy Mohan was a donor and philanthropist for over 39 years.

Crazy Mohan contributed donations towards heart surgeries, kidney transplants from the proceeds from the sale of his drama tickets.

Crazy Mohan complained of stomach pain and breathlessness in the morning of 10 June 2019.