Varada (actress)

Emimol Mohan, (born 29 April 1988)^[1] better known by her stage name Varada is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Malayalam films and television. After making her acting debut in the 2006 Malayalam film Vaasthavam, she played the lead role in the 2008 film Sultan. Her breakthrough role was with the Malayalam soap opera Amala aired from 2013 to 2015.

Varada
Varada at Shenoys Theatre, Ernakulam
Born	Emimol Mohan (1988-04-29) 29 April 1988 (age 36) Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Occupations	Actress TV host
Years active	2006 – present
Spouse	Jishin Mohan ​ ​ (m. 2014; div. 2022)​
Children	1

Early Life

Varada was born as Emimol Mohan on 29 April 1988 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat^[2][1] to Mohan Abraham and Pushpa Mohan. She has a younger brother, Eric Mohan. She was brought up and educated in Thrissur.^[3] After her primary education from Sacred Heart Convent Girls Higher Secondary School in Thrissur in 2004, Varada joined the St. Joseph's English Medium Higher Secondary School in Eravu for higher secondary education. She completed graduation in Bachelor of Arts in Economics from University of Calicut.^[4]

Career

While studying in plus two (higher secondary), she modeled for a calendar and soon advertisements followed. Then, she anchored for a local television channel in her hometown Thrissur, followed by programs in Jeevan TV and Kairali TV. She made her acting debut in the film Vaasthavam in 2006. She played the female lead in Sultan in 2008.^[5] It was from Sultan that she took the stage name Varada, as per the suggestion of writer-director A. K. Lohithadas who was a mentor of the film's director.^[6] She made her television debut with Snehakoodu on Surya TV. Varada got a breakthrough with the title role in the serial Amala on Mazhavil Manorama.^[7] Then she appeared as heroine in the serial Pranayam on Asianet, which was a remake of the Hindi soap opera Yeh Hai Mohabbatein. She left the show after pregnancy.^[8] She made her come back in serial through Ilayaval Gayathri.^[9]

Personal Life

On 25 May 2014, Varada married her Amala co-star Jishin Mohan.^[10] The couple have a son Jian born on 2017.^[11][12] They separated in January 2022 and divorced in September 2022.^[13][14]

Filmography

Films

• All films are in Malayalam unless noted otherwise.

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2006	Vaasthavam	Balachandran's sister		[15]
	Yes Your Honour	Ravishankar's niece		[16]
2007	Agra	Pooja	Tamil film	[17]
2008	Sultan	Nishitha		[18]
2009	Makante Achan	Ann		[19]
	Utharaswayamvaram	Ambily		[20]
2010	Valiyangadi	Gowri		[21]
2012	Kadhalikkalama	Priya	Tamil film	[citation needed]
2018	Oruthi	Title role	Short film	[22]
2019	Ennodu Para I Love You Ennu	Lissy		[citation needed]
2020	Al Mallu	Gayathri		[23]
2021	The Book	Ancy		[24]
2023	Cheena Trophy	Raji

Television

• All shows are in Malayalam.

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes	Ref.
2007–2009	Choice of Youth	Host	Jeevan TV
2011	Patturumal	Host	Kairali TV		[citation needed]
2012	Snehakkoodu	Dr. Swapna	Surya TV	Replaced by Mythili Roy	[25]
2013	Hridayam Sakshi	Bhama, Gadha[a]	Mazhavil Manorama		[5]
2013–2015	Amala	Amala	Mazhavil Manorama		[26]
2014	Raaree Raareeram Raaro	Host	Asianet Plus		[27]
2014	Chef Master (Season 2)	Host	Kaumudy TV
2015	Spandanam	Annie	Surya TV		[citation needed]
2015–2016	Don't Do Don't Do	Contestant	Asianet Plus		[28]
2015	Kalikkalam	Contestant	Surya TV
2015	Aarppo Erro	Contestant	Kairali TV		[29]
2015–2017	Pranayam	Dr. Lakshmi Sharan	Asianet		[citation needed]
2017	Star War	Contestant	Surya TV		[30]
2017	Tamaar Padaar	Contestant	Flowers TV
2017	Malayali Veettamma	Supporting artist	Flowers TV
2017	Jagratha	Shivakami	Amrita TV		[6]
2017	Malakhayude Makal	Varada	Surya TV	Telefilm	[31]
2018–2019	Ilayaval Gayathri	Gouri	Mazhavil Manorama		[32]
2018	Super Jodi	Contestant	Surya TV		[33]
2018–2019	Thakarppan Comedy	Contestant	Mazhavil Manorama		[34][35]
2018	Thakarppan Comedy Mimicry Mahamela	Team leader	Mazhavil Manorama
2019	Prasnam Gurutharam	Thamara	Kairali TV		[36]
2019	Life is Beautiful	Host	Surya TV
2019	Boein Boeing	Contestant	Zee Keralam
2019	Keralotsavam	Team Leader	Surya TV
2020	Super Bumper	Contestant	Zee Keralam
2021	Let's Rock and Roll	Participant	Zee Keralam		[37]
2021	Moodalmanju	RJ Shyama	Flowers TV		[38]
2022	Cook Book	Host	Raj Musix Malayalam
2022	Golaravam	Host	Kerala Vision News
2023–present	Sreshtha Bharatham Paithruka Bhartham	Host	Amrita TV
2023	Mizhirandilum	Avanthika	Zee Keralam	Cameo
2023	Shyamambaram			Cameo
2023–present	Mangalyam

Guest appearances

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes	Ref.
2013	Sreekandan Nair Show	Guest	Surya TV
2014	Ivide Ingananu Bhai	Guest	Mazhavil Manorama		[39]
2014	Onnum Onnum Moonu	Guest	Mazhavil Manorama		[40]
2014	Aswamedham	Participant	Kairali TV		[41]
2015	Smart Show	Participant	Flowers TV
2016	Ennishtam	Guest	Asianet Cable Vision		[42]
2016	Run Baby Run	Guest	Asianet Plus
2016	Comedy Stars	Guest	Asianet		[43]
2017	Lal Salam	Special performer	Amrita TV
2017	Celebrity League	Participant	Flowers TV		[44]
2018	Onnum Onnum Moonu	Guest	Mazhavil Manorama		[45]
2018	Annie's Kitchen	Guest	Amrita TV		[46]
2019	Ponnona Ruchikal	Guest	Zee Keralam		[47]
2020	Kudumbasametham	Guest	Asianet Cable Vision		[48]
2021	Red Carpet	Mentor	Amrita TV		[citation needed]
2022	Day with a Star	Guest	Kaumudy TV		[4]
	Ponnona Onam	Guest	Surya TV
	Suryolsavam	Guest	Surya TV
	Nammal Thammil	Guest	Asianet
	Vanitha	Guest	Mazhavil Manorama
	A Lamode	Guest	Yes India Vision

Webseries

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019	Living Together	Emi	YouTube series

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2013	Surasu Memorial Awards	Best Actress	Amala	Won
	Colourful Film & TV Awards	Best Actress		Won
2014	Kannur Rajan Award	Best Actress		Won
	Ramu Kariat Memorial Award	Popular Actress		Won
	Manappuram Minnale Award	Best Actress		Won
2015	Vindhyan Award	Popular Actress		Won
	CKMA & Malanad News Award	Popular Actress		Won
	Smartsa Kannur Vision Award	Popular Actress		Won
2016	Asianet Television Awards	Best Actress (Special Jury)	Pranayam	Won	[49]
		Best Actress		Nominated	[50]
		Best Popular Actress		Nominated	[51]
2024	Zee Keralam Kudumbam Awards	Best Villathi	Mangalyam	Won

Notes

1. Varada played two characters