There are 2 things that I believe took him to the top - one, Ilayaraja's brilliant compositions and two, his very pleasant voice that makes people believe that he is the one that is actually singing all those melodies. He obviously can take no credit for the former and apparently he has nothing to do with the latter either, as I learnt a few years ago, since it was'nt his voice and the dubbing was offered by some poor soul.
He looks decent, nothing special and I cannot remember one movie where his acting skills can be deemed ''excellent''. He was a very normal actor and the only movie where he showed some subtle difference was ''Mouna Raagam''....and yet, he was one of the most popular actors in the 80s and if I remember right, he was called the ''silver jubilee'' hero!
Things like these make one believe in thalaiezhuthu/kismat/fate !
To be fair to him, he always used to express himself as a singer, especially during the songs and he remained fit throught his regime, so maybe there is work behind every thalaiezhuthu/kismat/fate.....
S.N.Surendar(Actor vijay's uncle) used to dub for him.. The song "Pari jaadha poove, deva loga thene" was song by him.. Apparently Mohan got carried away by his success and he belittled this guy and thats when his career turned south.
ReplyDeleteMohan fit the typical 80's heros.. tights, stepcutting and the popularity of the light music on stage.. He got majority of mottai's best songs..
There were few more guys who shot to fame like him.. sudhakar, prathap pothan etc..
:-)
ReplyDeleteintha pathivai paaththu yosikkarathukku munnadi aduththa pathivai paaththu thaan sirichen.. :-)
Bharath,
Catch you there.. :-)
@Bharath
ReplyDeletedint know it was S.N.surendar who dubbed for Mohan, great voice, super enunciation
@SK
kothu vittacha !?
And you have left the most important guy who "stood" in the industry because of Ilaiyaraja ..
ReplyDeleteHe's Makkal Naayagan Ramarajan ... His movies have almost always been built from this template .. Village setup, Gangai Amaran lyrics, Ilaiyaraja Music, Goundamani-Senthil comedy ...
@Gokul
ReplyDeleteI was not making a list, I just wrote this about Mohan because I have seen countless movies (many more than ramarajan) of his and I strongly believed it was his voice that brought him to the top and I was stumped when I knew it wasn't his.
Ramarajanla oru actornu madhichu naan oru post ezhudardhu nemba kashtam :)
எங்கள் மக்கள் நாயகன், 'பால்' ராமராஜன் அவர்களை அவமானப்படுத்துவதை எங்களால் கண்டு கொண்டு சும்மா இருக்க முடியாது. பொங்கி எழுவோம். இனி உங்கள் வீட்டில் பால் பொங்காத மாதிரி சபித்து விடுவோம்.
ReplyDelete- மக்கள் நாயகன் 'பால்' ராமராஜன் ரசிகர் மன்றம்
செண்பகமே செண்பகமே கிளை
ஜெர்மனி.
Came here through Google Search after seeing this episode of Idhayam Thotta Isaignani - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ObTIhlMW4A&feature=relmfu
ReplyDeletePleasantly surprised. Thanks for the post and Bharath's comment.