Mamta Mohandas

In this Indian name, the name Mohandas is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Mamta.

Mamta Mohandas
Mamta at Red FM interview
Born	(1984-11-14) 14 November 1984 (age 39) Manama, Bahrain
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Mount Carmel College, Bangalore
Occupations	Actress Playback singer Film producer
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Prajith Padmanabhan ​ ​ (m. 2011;div. 2012)​

Mamta Mohandas (born 14 November 1984) is an Indian actress, film producer and a playback singer who predominantly works in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu films. She has won several accolades including two Filmfare Awards South for Best Female Playback Singer in Telugu in 2006 and for Best Actress in Malayalam in 2010 and also won Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress in 2010. She has launched her own film production company under the banner Mamta Mohandas Productions.

Early life and background

Mohandas was born on 14 November 1984 ^{[1] [2]} to Malayali parents (Mohandas and Ganga) from Kannur. She attended the Indian School, Bahrain until 2002. ^{[3] [4]} She pursued a bachelor's degree in computer science at Mount Carmel College Bangalore.^{[ citation needed ]} She modeled for print ads for companies such as IBM and Kalyan Kendra, and modeled on the ramp for the Mysore Maharajah and Raymonds. Mamta is trained in Carnatic music and Hindustani music. ^{[5] [6]}

Film career

Acting

Mohandas debuted in the 2005 Malayalam film Mayookham , directed by Hariharan. The film did not do well at the box office. ^[7]

Subsequently, she acted alongside Mammootty in Bus Conductor , with Suresh Gopi in the films Adbutham (2006) and Lanka (2006), and alongside Jayaram in Madhuchandralekha (2006). She also played the female lead in Baba Kalyani with Mohanlal. Later that year, she débuted in the Tamil film industry, starring in the Karu Pazhaniappan directed film Sivappathigaram .^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2007 she acted with Mammootty in the film Big B . She eventually stepped into the Telugu film industry as well, when she appeared in a supporting role in the film Yamadonga , directed by SS Rajamouli.^{[ citation needed ]} She had lent her voice for a couple of songs in this film too.^{[ citation needed ]} In 2008, she appeared in 7 films, predominantly in Telugu-language films. Her first release was her début Kannada film Gooli . She then starred in the film Krishnarjuna , playing the lead female role.^{[ citation needed ]} Victory was her next assignment as lead actress, following which she appeared in a cameo role in her only Tamil release that year, Kuselan . Three more Telugu releases featured Mamta, including Homam , directed by JD Chakravarthy and Srinu Vaitla's King .^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2009, she starred in the comedy film Guru En Aalu alongside Madhavan, and the thriller Passenger , sharing screen space with Dileep and Sreenivasan, respectively. The film Passenger, in which she played the role of a television reporter, became a turning point in Mohandas's career. She was initially approached to play the lead role in the 2009 Telugu dark fantasy Arundathi. She refused the offer, and the movie went on to become one of the highest grossers that year. In 2010, she worked with Jayaram in Kadha Thudarunnu ^[8] directed by Sathyan Anthikkad, for which she won her first Best Actress Award from Filmfare. ^[9] This film also won her the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress, the Vanitha award for best actress – Malayalam, the Mathrubhumi award for best actress – Malayalam and the Asianet award for the best actress- Malayalam. Other projects in 2010 included Musafir with Rahman, Anwar with Prithiviraj, and Kedi with Nagarjuna. Mamta's first film in 2011 was the Malayalam film Race , in which she played the role of Niya, wife of a cardio surgeon Abey (Kunchacko Boban). The film failed to do well at the box office. ^[10] Her next release in Malayalam was Naayika . ^[11] In 2012, she appeared in her third Tamil film, Thadaiyara Thaakka , directed by Magizh Thirumeni. ^[12] In 2013 she starred in Paisa Paisa with Indrajith. ^{[13] [14]} In 2014 she starred in To Noora with Love as a Muslim character. ^[15]

Mohandas made a comeback to Malayalam movie industry with Ranjith Shankar's Mammooty starrer Varsham.^{[ citation needed ]} She shared her screen space again with Dileep in Two Countries after doing My Boss with him.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2016, Mohandas starred opposite Mammootty in Thoppil Joppan , and in early 2017, she signed Crossroad , an anthology film in which she plays an orthodox Muslim. She also appeared in an extended cameo in Udaharanam Sujatha with Manju Warrier. In mid-2017, she signed Detroit Crossing aka Ranam opposite Prithviraj, but had to opt out because she did not have fresh dates to allocate for the project.

In 2020 Mohandas acted in the crime thriller feature film Forensic in which she played the role of police officer Rithika Xavier IPS.^{[ citation needed ]}

Singing

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. She went on to win the 2006 Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer Award for that song. ^[16]

Subsequently, she was asked to sing several songs for composer Devi Sri Prasad, including "Akalesthe Annam Pedtha" for the Chiranjeevi-starrer Shankardada Zindabad (later dubbed as Daddy Mummy in the Tamil film Villu ), "36-24-36" for the film Jagadam , "Mia" for Tulasi , and "Ghanana (Funny)" and the title song for the film King . Other music directors she has worked with include M. M. Keeravani (for her own films Yamadonga and Krishnarjuna , also Chandamama ), R. P. Patnaik (for Andamaina Mansulo), Chakri (for Victory ), Nithin Raikwar (for her own film Homam ) and Thaman (for Jayeebhava).^{[ citation needed ]}

In Tamil, she sang "Kaalai Kaalai" in the film Kaalai , which starred Silambarasan in the lead role. She sang "Idai Vazhi" for the comedy film Goa under noted composer Yuvan Shankar Raja's direction. Both songs featured her singing alongside Benny Dayal. She was heard for the first time in her mother tongue, Malayalam, in the 2010 film Anwar . She has also recorded a song for her film Thriller. In the film 'Mohabath', she sang a duet with Hariharan. She sang "Iravil Viriyum" in her 2012 film Arike . She sang "Karuppana Kannazhagi" in the film Aadupuliyattam. ^[17]

Personal life

Mohandas got engaged to Prajith Padmanabhan, a Bahrain-based businessman, on 11 November 2011. They married on 28 December 2011 in Thalassery. ^{[18] [19]} On 12 December 2012, the couple applied for divorce. ^[20]

Mohandas is a cancer survivor, and has battled Hodgkin lymphoma since 2010. ^[21] In April 2013, she had a relapse of the cancer ^[22] and underwent cancer treatment in UCLA. ^[18] Since 2014, she has resided in Los Angeles. ^{[23] [24] [3]}

Discography

Year	Song	Film	Music director	Co-singer	Language
2006	"Rakhi Rakhi"	Rakhi	Devi Sri Prasad	Devi Sri Prasad	Telugu
2007	"Akalesthey Annam Pedatha"	Shankar Dada Zindabad	Devi Sri Prasad	Solo	Telugu
	"36-24-36"	Jagadam	Devi Sri Prasad	Solo	Telugu
	"Olammi Tikkareginda"	Yamadonga	M. M. Keeravani	Jr. NTR	Telugu
	"Sakkubaayine"	Chandamama	K. M. Radha Krishnan [ circular reference ]	Jassie Gift	Telugu
	"Mia"	Tulasi	Devi Sri Prasad	Naveen	Telugu
2008	"Buggalerrabada"	Krishnarjuna	M. M. Keeravani	M. M. Keeravani	Telugu
	"Ghanana (Funny)"	King	Devi Sri Prasad	Solo	Telugu
	"King"	King	Devi Sri Prasad	Lesie Lewis	Telugu
	"Andamaina Manasulo"	Andamaina Mansulo	R. P. Patnaik	Solo	Telugu
	"Sunley Zara "	Victory	Chakri	Naveen	Telugu
	"Jenifer Laa"	Victory	Chakri	Nithin, Shashank	Telugu
	"Yey Mister Ninne"	Homam	Nithin Raikwar	Nihal, Shivani	Telugu
	"Kalai"	Kaalai	G. V. Prakash Kumar	Benny Dayal	Tamil
2009	"Gundelona"	Jayeebhava	S.Thaman	Megha, Priya, Janani	Telugu
	"Daddy Mummy"	Villu	Devi Sri Prasad	Naveen	Tamil
2010	Kadhalu Nidurinje	Ennadiki (Album)	Vijay Karun	Solo	Telugu
	"Idai Vazhi"	Goa	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Benny Dayal	Tamil
	"Njan"	Anwar	Gopi Sundar	Prithviraj Sukumaran	Malayalam
	"Priyankari"	The Thriller	Dharan Kumar	Haricharan	Malayalam
	"Priyankari"(Remix)	The Thriller	Dharan Kumar	Benny Dayal	Malayalam
2012	"Iravil Viriyum"	Arike	Ouseppachan	Solo	Malayalam
	"Kan Thurannoru Kalyani"	Mullassery Madhavan Kutty Nemom P. O.	Ratheesh Vegha	Solo	Malayalam
2013	"Most Wanted"	Bhai	Devi Sri Prasad	Narendra	Telugu
2015	"Karuppana Kannazhagi"	Aadupuliyattam	Ratheesh Vegha	Solo	Malayalam
2019	Hei Diddle	Aniyan Kunjinu Thannalayathu	M. Jayachandran	Solo	Malayalam
2020	Thedal	Thedal (Music Video)	Sachin Warrier	Sachin Warrier	Malayalam
	Rumaal Ambili	Lalbagh	Rahul Raj	Zia Ul Haq	Malayalam
2023	Alapanam	Live	Alphons Joseph	Solo	Malayalam

Filmography

Year	Title	Role(s)	Language(s)	Notes
2005	Mayookham	Indira	Malayalam
	Bus Conductor	Celina	Malayalam
	Adbutham	Maria	Malayalam
2006	Lanka	Lanka Lakshmi	Malayalam
	Madhuchandralekha	Indulekha	Malayalam
	Sivappathigaram	Charulatha	Tamil
	Baba Kalyani	Madhumitha Ashokan	Malayalam
2007	Big B	Rimi Tomy	Malayalam
	Yamadonga	Dhanalakshmi	Telugu
2008	Gooli	Ramya	Kannada
	Krishnarjuna	Sathya	Telugu
	Victory	Janaki	Telugu
	Kuselan/ Kathanayakudu	Assistant director	Tamil/ Telugu	Bilingual film, Cameo appearance
	Homam	Dr. Mahalakshmi	Telugu
	Chintakayala Ravi	Lavanya	Telugu
	King	Swapna/Pooja	Telugu
2009	Guru En Aalu	Seema	Tamil
	Passenger	Anuradha Menon	Malayalam
2010	Kedi	Janaki	Telugu
	Kadha Thudarunnu	Vidya Lakshmi	Malayalam	[25]
	Nirakazhcha	Shilpa	Malayalam
	Anwar	Ayesha Begum	Malayalam
	The Thriller	Herself as dancer	Malayalam	Special appearance
	Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram	Gaadha	Malayalam
2011	Race	Niya	Malayalam
	Naayika	Aleena	Malayalam
2012	Padmasree Bharat Dr. Saroj Kumar	Neelima	Malayalam
	Njanum Ente Familiyum	Dr. Priya	Malayalam
	Arike	Anuradha	Malayalam
	Thadaiyara Thaakka	Priya	Tamil
	Jawan of Vellimala	Anitha	Malayalam
	My Boss	Priya S. Nair	Malayalam
2013	Celluloid	Janet Daniel	Malayalam
	Ladies and Gentleman	Anu	Malayalam
	Musafir	Anupama Gopalakrishnan Nair	Malayalam
	Paisa Paisa	Surya	Malayalam
2014	To Noora with Love	Noorjahan (Noora)	Malayalam
	Varsham	Dr.Jayasree	Malayalam
2015	Two Countries	Laya	Malayalam
2016	Thoppil Joppan	Maria Varkey	Malayalam
2017	Udaharanam Sujatha	Deepa M	Malayalam	Extended cameo
	Crossroad	Badarunneesa	Malayalam	in the segment "Badar"
	Goodalochana	Padma	Malayalam
2018	Carbon	Sameera	Malayalam
	Neeli	Lakshmi	Malayalam
	Johny Johny Yes Appa	Amala Jayakumar	Malayalam
2019	9	Annie Lewis	Malayalam
	Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel	Anuradha Sudharshan	Malayalam
2020	Forensic	Rithika Xavier IPS	Malayalam
2021	Bhramam	Simi	Malayalam	Direct OTT release Amazon Prime Video
	Enemy	Anisha Rajiv	Tamil
	Lalbagh	Sara	Malayalam
	Meow	Sulekha	Malayalam
2022	Jana Gana Mana	Saba Mariam	Malayalam	[26]
2023	Maheshum Marutiyum	Gowri	Malayalam	[27]
	Live	Dr. Amala	Malayalam	[28]
	Rudrangi	Jwala Bhai Deshmukh	Telugu
	Otta		Malayalam	[29]
	Bandra	Sakshi	Malayalam	[30]
2024	Maharaja	Aasifa	Tamil	[31]

Voice cast

• 2021: Sunny as Dr. Anuradha
• 2022 : Theerppu as Dr. Shwetha

Other work

In 2012, Mohandas started working in television, hosting the quiz show Kayyil Oru Kodi on Surya TV, which was later cancelled. ^[32] She also judged the show D 4 Dance.^{[ citation needed ]}

She was the brand ambassador of 2011 Kochi International Fashion Week (KIWF). ^[33]

Mohandas was the brand ambassador along with actress Bhavana for the team Kerala Strikers for the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) held in 2013, captained by Mohanlal, who is also one of the owners of the team, and vice-captain Indrajith Sukumaran. On 14 November 2020, Mohandas launched her own production company Mamta Mohandas Productions. ^[34]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel	Notes
2012	Kaiyil Oru Kodi	Host	Malayalam	Surya TV	Game show
2016	Kerala Cancer	Singer	Malayalam	Manorama News	Awareness program
2016	D 4 Dance Reloaded	Judge	Malayalam	Mazhavil Manorama	Reality show
2017	D 4 Dance Junior v/s Senior	Judge	Malayalam	Mazhavil Manorama	Reality show
2017	Hand of God	Mamta	Malayalam	Mazhavil Manorama	Short film
2023	Star Singer 9	Judge ( launch episode)	Malayalam	Asianet	Reality show

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards

• 2010: Second Best Actress – Kadha Thudarunnu

Asianet Film Awards

• 2010: Best Popular Actress – Kadha Thudarunnu
• 2010: Nominated – Best Actress – Kadha Thudarunnu
• 2013: Best Popular Actress – My Boss

Filmfare Awards South

• 2006: Won- Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu – Rakhi
• 2009: Nominated- Best Actress – Malayalam – Passenger
• 2010: Won- Best Actress – Malayalam – Kadha Thudarunnu
• 2008: Nominated- Best Supporting Actress – Telugu – Yamadonga
• 2013: Nominated- Best Actress – Arike
• 2013: Nominated- Best Playback Singer – Female – Arike
• 2014: Nominated- Best Actress – Celluloid
• 2016: Nominated- Best Actress – Two Countries

Vanitha Film Awards

• 2011: Best Actress – Kadha Thudarunnu
• 2016: Best Star Pair – Two Countries
• 2020: Special Performance Female – Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel , 9

IIFA Utsavam

• Nominated – 2017: Best Playback Singer – Female - Aadupuliyattam

Asiavision Awards

• Nominated – 2013: Best Actress -Celluloid, My Boss
• Won – 2016: Woman of the Year
• Won – 2017: Pride of South India

South Indian International Movie Awards

• Nominated – 2013: Best Female Playback Singer – Arike
• Nominated – 2016: Best Actress – Two Countries
• Nominated – 2018: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Udaharanam Sujatha
• Nominated - 2021  : Best Actress - Forensic
• Nominated - 2022  : Best Actress - Bhramam

Mathrubhumi - Kalyan Silks Chalachithra Awards

• 2010: Best Actress – Kadha Thudarunnu

Asianet Comedy Awards

• 2016: Best Actress - Two Countries

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External links

• Mamta Mohandas at IMDb
• Mamta Mohandas on Instagram