‘Crazy’ Mohan had written dialogue and screenplays for numerous films.
Actor-writer ‘Crazy’ Mohan died in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Monday after he suffered an acute heart attack, The Hindu reported. He was 67.
The actor was declared dead at 2 pm at Kauvery Hospital in the city.
Born in 1952 as Mohan Rangachari, his play Crazy Thieves in Palavakkam became an instant hit and gave Rangachari a new name, one he has been known by ever since — Crazy Mohan.
He has appeared in almost 1,000 productions of the immensely popular Chocolate Krishna apart from headlining Return of Crazy Thieves, a sequel to Crazy Thieves in Palavakkam. Mohan’s troupe Crazy Creations, created along with his brother R Balaji in 1979, has staged numerous plays as well as tapped into the Crazy Mohan brand of comedy for television through the serials Here is Crazy and Siri Crazy.