He has produced more than 15 films in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada.
Mohan Sharma was born in Thathamangalam in Palakkad district, Kerala.
Afterwards, he joined the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune and graduated in the acting course.
He fell in love with co-star Lakshmi on the sets of Chattakari and married her in 1975, but it ended in divorce in 1980.
Later, he married in 1982 and has a son through his second marriage.Then he got divorced and remarried for the 3rd time to Shanthi, a bharatnatyam dancer in Chennai.