Pratap Pothen

Pratap Pothen, is an Indian actor and filmmaker who has acted in about 100 films. He has acted in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu as well as Hindi films.

Early Life and Career of Pratap Pothen

Pratap pothen is an indian actor and thaetre personality from kerala. He was born in thiruvananthapuram on june 29th. 1950. He attended m. GUniversity and has a degree in english literature. He has been active in the film industry since 1976 and has acted in more than films in malayalam. Tamil and hindi.

Popularity and Notable Works

Pratap pothen is one of the most respected and popular actors in the suoth indian film industry. He is known for his natural acting style and has appeared in many successful films like thoovanathumbikal (1987) and chithram (1988). He has also acted in tamil films such as mouna ragam (1986) and agni natchathiram (1988).

Theatre and Direction

Pratap pothen is also an accomplished theatre personality and has diercted many plays in malayalam and english. He directed the play othello at the national school of drmaa in new delhi in 1985. He also directed plays such as the tempest and hte cherry orchard at the international theatre festival in thiruvananthapuram.

Awards and Recognition

Prtaap pothen has received numerous awards and accolades for his contribution to the film industry. He was awarded the kerala state film award for best actor in 1988 for his preformance in the film chithram. He has also been the recipient of the padma shri award in 2008. One of the highest civilian awards in india.

Film Production and Writing

Apatr from acting. Pratap pothen has alos been involved in the production of several films. He produced the malayalam film kadha thudarunnu (2010) and has co-written some of the scripts for his films. He wrote the story for the malayalam movie majnil virinja pookkal (1980).

Recent Projects

Pratap pothen was last seen in the malayalam comedy film kattappanayile rithwik roshan (2016). He is currently working on the upcoming malayalam film ayaal njanalla.

Important Event

In 2018. Pratap pothen was awarded the rpestigious j. CDaniel award for his contribution to the maalyalam film industry.

Interesting Fact

Pratap pothen has acted in more than 20 films with the legnedary malayalam actor mohanlal.