28 Facts About Mamta Mohandas

Mamta Mohandas was born on 14 November 1984 and is an Indian actress, producer and playback singer who primarily works in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu films.

Mamta Mohandas has since appeared in successful films such as Arike, My Boss, Two Countries, Udaharanam Sujatha, Carbon, Nine, Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel, Forensic, Jana Gana Mana and Maharaja.

Mamta Mohandas then pursued a bachelor's degree in computer science at Mount Carmel College Bangalore.

Mamta Mohandas modeled for print ads for companies such as IBM and Kalyan Kendra and modeled on the ramp for the Mysore Maharajah and Raymonds.

Mamta Mohandas is trained in Carnatic music and Hindustani music.

Mamta Mohandas debuted in the 2005 Malayalam film Mayookham, directed by Hariharan.

Mamta Mohandas played the female lead in Baba Kalyani with Mohanlal.

Mamta Mohandas had lent her voice for a couple of songs in this film too.

Mamta Mohandas then starred in the film Krishnarjuna, playing the lead female role.

Three more Telugu releases featured Mamta Mohandas, including Homam, directed by JD Chakravarthy and Srinu Vaitla's King.

Mamta Mohandas was initially approached to play the lead role in the 2009 Telugu dark fantasy Arundathi.

Mamta Mohandas refused the offer, and the movie went on to become one of the highest grossers that year.

Mamta Mohandas made a comeback to Malayalam movie industry with Ranjith Shankar's Mammooty starrer Varsham.

Mamta Mohandas shared her screen space again with Dileep in Two Countries after doing My Boss with him.

In 2016, Mamta Mohandas starred opposite Mammootty in Thoppil Joppan, and in early 2017, she signed Crossroad, an anthology film in which she plays an orthodox Muslim.

Mamta Mohandas appeared in an extended cameo in Udaharanam Sujatha with Manju Warrier.

In 2020 Mamta Mohandas acted in the crime thriller feature film Forensic in which she played the role of police officer Rithika Xavier IPS.

Mamta Mohandas is trained in Carnatic and Hindustani music, and first sang playback in the Telugu film Rakhi, singing the title song under Devi Sri Prasad's direction, making her debut in the Telugu film industry as a singer before making her acting debut in Telugu.

Mamta Mohandas went on to win the 2006 Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer Award for that song.

Mamta Mohandas sang "Idai Vazhi" for the comedy film Goa under noted composer Yuvan Shankar Raja's direction.

Mamta Mohandas was heard for the first time in her mother tongue, Malayalam, in the 2010 film Anwar.

Mamta Mohandas has recorded a song for her film Thriller.

Mamta Mohandas sang "Iravil Viriyum" in her 2012 film Arike.

Mamta Mohandas got engaged to Prajith Padmanabhan, a Bahrain-based businessman, on 11 November 2011.

In June 2024, Mamta Mohandas revealed that she is in a relationship.

Mamta Mohandas is a cancer survivor, and has battled Hodgkin lymphoma since 2010.

Mamta Mohandas started working on television, by hosting the quiz show Kaiyil Oru Kodi in 2012, which was later cancelled.

Mamta Mohandas has judged two seasons of D 4 Dance.