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{{Short description|Indian film actor and director (1922–1990)}}
{{Distinguish|Manmohan (actor)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Manmohan Krishna Chadha
| image = Manmohan-Krishna.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1922|02|26}}
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1990|11|03|1922|02|26}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], India
| nationality =
| other_names = Manmohan Krishan
|years_active = 1950–1989
| known_for =
| occupation = actor, director }}

'''Manmohan Krishna''' (26 February 1922 – 3 November 1990) was a popular [[India]]n film actor and director, who worked in [[Hindi film]]s for four decades, mostly as a [[character actor]]. He started his career as a professor in Physics and held master's degree in physics. He anchored the radio show ''Cadbury's Phulwari'', a singing contest. Many people don't know that Manmohan Krishna sang his first song, 'Jhat khol de' in [[Afsar (1950 film)|Afsar]] (1950), a Dev Anand film with music by S.D. Burman.

He was a favourite with the Chopra brothers and played small or large roles in movies directed and/or produced by them. ''Deewar'', ''Trishul'', ''Daag'', ''Humraz'', ''Joshila'', ''Kanoon'', ''Kala Patthar'', ''Dhool Ka Phool'', ''Waqt'' and ''Naya Daur'' are some examples.

He worked in nearly 250 films, notably ''[[Naya Daur (1957 film)|Naya Daur]]'' (1957), ''[[Khandan (1965 film)|Khandan]]'' (1965), ''[[Sadhana]]'' (1958), ''[[Waqt (1965 film)|Waqt]]'' (1965) and ''[[Hamraaz]]'' (1967).<ref name=exp90/> He won acclaim for his work in ''[[Bees Saal Baad (1962 film)|Bees Saal Baad]]'' (1962)<ref name=exp90/> and won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his role as Abdul Rasheed in ''[[Dhool Ka Phool]]'' (1960), where the song epitomizing [[Nehruvian]] [[Secularism in India|secularism]], ''Tu Hindu banega na Musalman banega, insaan ki aulaad hai, insaan banega'' was picturised on him.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nehru's vision shaped many Bollywood golden oldies|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-16/delhi/28068204_1_secularism-yash-chopra-big-dams |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513230400/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-16/delhi/28068204_1_secularism-yash-chopra-big-dams |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 May 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=16 November 2009 }}</ref> Beside these, he also acted in 12 [[List of Indian Punjabi films|Punjabi film]]s, played a pivotal role in [[K. A. Abbas]]'s ''[[Shehar Aur Sapna]]'' (1963), which won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]], and acted in the first Indo-Soviet co-production ''[[Pardesi (1957 film)|Pardesi]]'' (1957),<ref name=exp90/> which was nominated for the [[Golden Palm]] at [[1958 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3489/year/1958.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Journey Beyond Three Seas |access-date=2009-02-13|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>

Later in his career he directed the hit film for [[Yash Raj Films]], ''[[Noorie]]'' (1979), for which he was also nominated for [[Filmfare Award for Best Director]].<ref>[http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf List of Filmfare Award Winners and Nominations, 1953-2005]</ref>

He died at Lokmanya Tilak Hospital, Mumbai at the age of 68 in 1990. His son Dr Ram Chaddha is a famours spine surgeon at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai<ref name=exp90>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Manmohan Krishna |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DoBlAAAAIBAJ&pg=1578,1866961&dq=manmohan+krishna+actor&hl=en |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=4 November 1990}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" scope="col"|'''Films as actor'''
|-
! Year !! Film !!Role!! Notes
|-
|1949
| ''[[Apna Desh (1949 film)|Apna Desh]]'' ||||
|-
|1950
| ''[[Afsar (1950 film)|Afsar]]'' ||||Playback singer also
|-
|1951
| ''[[Aaram (film)|Aaram]]''|| ||
|-
|1951
|[[Nadaan (1951 film)|Nadaan]]
|
|
|-
|1951
| ''[[Sanam (1951 film)|Sanam]]''|| ||
|-
|1952
| ''[[Baiju Bawra (film)|Baiju Bawra]]''||Shanker Anand ||
|-
|1952
| ''[[Rahi (film)|Rahi]]''|| ||
|-
|1953
| ''[[Anarkali (1953 film)|Anarkali]]''|| Parvez ||
|-
|1957
| ''[[Naya Daur (1957 film)|Naya Daur]]''||Jumman dada ||
|-
|1957
| ''[[Pardesi (1957 film)|Pardesi]]''|| ||
|-
|1958
| ''[[Sadhna (1958 film)|Sadhna]]'' ||Lallu Bhai ||
|-
| 1959
|''[[Dhool Ka Phool]]''|| Abdul Rasheed||
|-
|1960
| ''[[Angulimaal (film)|Angulimaal]]''||Ahinsak's father (Raj Purohit)||
|-
|1961
| ''[[Dharmputra]]''||Amrit Rai ||
|-
|1962
| ''[[Bees Saal Baad (1962 film)|Bees Saal Baad]]'' ||Ramlal /Radheshyam||
|-
|1962
| ''[[Jhoola (1962 film)|Jhoola]]''||Head Constable Sundarlal ||
|-
|1963
| ''[[Grahasti (film)|Grahasti]]'' ||Doctor||
|-
|1963
| ''[[Dil Ek Mandir]]'' ||Philip ||
|-
|1963
| ''[[Shehar Aur Sapna]]''|| ||
|-
|1963
| ''[[Sehra (film)|Sehra]]''||Chief Tailab||
|-
|1964
| ''[[Main Jatti Punjab Di]]''|| Darmu ||Punjabi Movie
|-
|1965
| ''[[Waqt (1965 film)|Waqt]]''|| Mittal||
|-
|1966
| ''[[Chaddian Di Doli]]''||Father||[[Punjabi film]]
|-
|1967
| ''[[Hamraaz]]''||Mr. Verma||
|-
|1967
| ''[[Naunihal]]''||Ustad Mansharam||
|-
|1967
| ''[[Upkaar]]''||Bisna||
|-
|1968
| ''[[Izzat(Hindi Film)|Izzat]]''||Father Abhrahim||
|-
|1969
| ''[[Aadmi Aur Insaan]]''|| Mr.Khanna
|-
|Rowspan="2"|1970 || ''[[Maharaja (1970 film)]]'' || Lawyer Ramdas ||
|-
| ''[[Pushpanjali (1970 film)|Pushpanjali]]''||Maharaj, the cook||
|-
|1972
| ''[[Apna Desh]]'' || Dinanath Chandra ||
|-
|1972
| ''[[Joroo Ka Ghulam]]''|| Mohanlal||
|-
|1972
| ''[[Raampur Ka Lakshman]]''||Kedarnath Bhargav||
|-
|1973
|''[[Anokhi Ada]]''||Gupta||
|-
|1973
|''[[Daag (1973 film)|Daag]]''|| Deewan||
|-
|1973
| ''[[Joshila]]''||Jailor||
|-
|1975
| ''[[Do Jasoos]]''|| Journalist, V N Sinha||
|-
|1975
| ''[[Deewaar]]''||DCP Narang||
|-
|Rowspan="4"|1976||''[[Aaj Ka Mahaatma]]''|| Khanna
|-
| ''[[Mazdoor Zindabaad]]''|| Seth Chunilal ||
|-
|''[[Charas (1976 film)|Charas]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Mehbooba (1976 film)|Mehbooba]]''||Bandhe Ali Khan||
|-
|1977
|''[[Shirdi Ke Sai Baba]]''|| Ganpatrao||
|-
|1977
|''Guru Manio Granth'' ||Punjabi Movie||
|-
|1978
|''[[Tumhari Kasam]]''|| Ramprasad ||
|-
|1978
| ''[[Trishul (1978 film)|Trishul]]''|| Seth Dindayal||
|-
|1979
| ''[[Kaala Patthar]]''||Dhaba Owner||
|-
|1980
|''[[Sau Din Saas Ke]]''||Sukhlal,Servant||
|-
|1980
| ''[[Noorie]]''||Saiji (Storyteller) || Director of the film
|-
|1981
| ''[[Khoon Ki Takkar]]''||||
|-
|1982
| ''[[Gopichand Jasoos]]''|| Bank Manager Girdharilal||
|-
|1982
|''[[Sawaal (film)|Sawaal]]''|| Late Dinanath Mishra || Uncredited
|-
|Rowspan="2"|1983||''[[Ek Din Bahu Ka]]''|| School Master||
|-
|''[[Justice Chaudhury]]''|| ||
|-
|1984
|''[[Prerana (film)|Prerana]]''|| Chaudhary||
|-
|Rowspan="2"|1985 ||''[[Ek Chitthi Pyar Bhari]]''|| Milkman||
|-
|''[[Yudh (film)]]'' || Judge ||
|-
|1987
| ''[[Madadgaar]]''|| Sohanlal||
|-
|Rowspan="2"|1988||''[[Kanwarlal]]''|| Shastriji||
|-
|''[[Vijay (1988 film)|Vijay]]'' || Judge ||
|-

|}

== References ==

<references />

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0471443}}

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[[Category:People from Lahore]]
[[Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:Hindi-language film directors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]

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