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Manmohan

Manmohan means 'Winner of the heart'. It is another name of Krishna, the Hindu deity, one of the "avatars" (or "incarnation") of Lord Vishnu. Manmohan may also refer to:

  • Man Mohan Adhikari (1920–1999), Former Prime Minister of Nepal
  • Manmohan (actor), Indian Actor of Bollywood, known for his works in Gumnaam and Purab Aur Paschim
  • Manmohan Acharya, poet and lyricist from India
  • Manmohan Desai (1937–1994), producer and director of Indian movies
  • Manmohan Ghose (1869–1924), Indian poet and one of the first from India to write poetry in English
  • Manmohan Krishna (1922–1990), Indian Actor in Hindi cinema, credited as Manmohan
  • Manmohan Mahapatra (born 1951), Oriya filmmaker, director, producer and writer
  • Manmohan Malhoutra, former Indian diplomat and Assistant Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations
  • Manmohan Shetty, known as the 'man with a midas touch' in Indian film industry
  • Manmohan Singh (born 1932), the 13th Prime Minister of India
  • Manmohan Singh (director), director of Punjabi films
  • Manmohan Waris (born 1970), award-winning Indian Punjabi folk/pop singer
  • Manmohan (film)
Manmohan (film)

Manmohan is a 1936 Urdu/ Hindi romantic tragedy film directed by Mehboob Khan. This was Khan’s third film for Sagar Movietone after Al Hilal (1935) and Deccan Queen (1936). The cinematographer was Faredoon Irani who, starting from Mehboob Khan’s Al Hilal (Judjement of Allah) (1935) went on to establish a long working relationship with him lasting till Khan’s last film Son of India (1962). The music was composed by Ashok Ghosh assisted by Anil Biswas. The story writer was Zia Sarhadi who also wrote the lyrics, screenplay and dialogue in addition to acting in the film. Though he had started his writing career on Khan's backing for Deccan Queen (1936), it was with Manmohan that he achieved success. The film was inspired by Devdas (1935), which was a big hit at the box office. Surendra was chosen as the singing star to rival K. L. Saigal from New Theatres Calcutta, whose songs from Devdas had mesmerised the nation. Though Manmohan was referred to as the "poor man's Devdas" it went on to do well and the songs became very popular. The film starred Bibbo, Surendra, Yakub, Kayam Ali, Bhudo Advani and Mehdi Raza.

The film which revolves around two child-hood friends, Vimala (Bibbo), and Ashok (Surendra) who loves her but loses her to another, finally taking to drink.

Manmohan (poet)

'''Manmohan '''is a poet and linguist of Punjabi language. He was honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2013 for his novel Nirvan. Nirvan is the first novel of Manmohan. In this novel he has presented the reality which he studied and lived through experience in past years of life. ।"

Manmohan (actor)

Manmohan ( Hindi: मनमोहन) was an Indian actor of Bollywood, well known for his role as a villain. He also worked in Bengali, Gujarati and Punjabi films.