Actor and filmmaker Pratap Pothen passed away today morning. He was found dead in his flat in Chennai.
Pratap had acted in over 100 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu. He has worked as a scriptwriter, director, and producer, too.
He was born on August 13, 1952, to his father Kulathukunal Pothen and his mother Ponnamma Pothen in Thiruvananthapuram. After finishing his schooling in Ooty, he developed an interest in acting. Upon his graduation from theMadras Christian college, he moved to Mumbai to work as a copywriter for an ad agency.
Pothen won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Thakara in 1979, and another Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Chamaram in 1980
He won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director for Meendum Oru Kaathal Kathai in 1985, the Filmfare Award for Best Director for Rithubhedam in 1987, the SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role for 22 Female Kottayam in 2012, and a Kerala State Film Award (Special Jury Award) in 2014 for his role in Once Upon a Time There was a Kallan.
He was recently seen in films like CBI5 The Brain, Uyare, Tughlaq Durbar, and Forensic.
INC Kerala expressed their condolences on their Twitter.
Sad to hear that the noted filmmaker and actor Pratap Pothen is no more. He will be remembered for his stellar performances in numerous Malayalam films and the movies that he had scriped and directed. May his soul rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/pImnDMyVub
— Congress Kerala (@INCKerala) July 15, 2022
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