Popular Tamil Writer & Actor Crazy Mohan Passes Away At 67

Renowned Tamil writer, actor and comedy giant Crazy Mohan breathed his last here on Monday after he suffered a major heart attack. He was 67.

“After he complained of pain in his chest and suffered a heart attack, he was rushed to Kauvery hospital in the afternoon. Efforts were taken to revive him but unfortunately he passed away around 2 p.m.,” a family source told IANS.

Born as Mohan Rangachari in 1952, Mohan’s first stint with writing began in college, where he was studying Mechanical Engineering, when he wrote the script for “Great Bank Robbery” for an inter-collegiate contest.

He then started writing scripts for his brother Maadhu Balaji’s drama troupe. In 1976, Mohan wrote his first full-length play called “Crazy Thieves in Paalavakkam”, thereby, earning the moniker ‘Crazy’ to his name.

By 1979, Mohan started his own drama troupe Crazy Creations which went on to create over 30 plays that have been staged over 6,500 times till date. Some of their popular plays include “Chocolate Krishna”, “Satellite Saamiyar”, “Marriage Made in Saloon” and “Return of Crazy Thieves”, among others.