Pratap Pothen

Pratap was born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 13 August 1952. Pratap was educated at the Lawrence School, Lovedale in Ooty. Initially, he was interested in painting; however, once he joined college, he started acting in plays with the help of his friends, and gradually got more interested in acting than painting. After his graduation from the Madras Christian College, Pratap worked as a copywriter in an ad agency in Mumbai. Later he also worked at Sistas ad agency and Hindustan Thomson. == Personal life==

Pratap married actress Radhika in 1985, but their marriage did not last long and they separated in 1986. In 1990, he married Amala Sathyanath, with whom he had a daughter named Keya. ==Film career==

Pratap worked with The Madras Players. His notable roles in Malayalam cinema include Once Upon A Time There Was A Kallan, Ayalum Njanum Thammil, 22 Female Kottayam, Idukki Gold, Ezra, Uyare, and Bangalore Days. He directed Tamil films including Jeeva, Vettri Vizhaa, Seevalaperi Pandi and Lucky Man. In the last few years, he was busy with his ad agency named "Green Apple" and focused on commercials for MRF Tyres and Nippo. He used to host Naalaya Iyakkunar on Kalaignar TV. The turn of the century saw him playing many gratifying roles in films like Priyasakhi, Aayirathil Oruvan and Ponmagal Vandhal. As a filmmaker, in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam, he directed veterans like Sivaji Ganesan, Mohanlal, Kamal Haasan, Thilakan and Nagarjuna. == Death ==

Pratap was found dead in his apartment in Kilpauk, Chennai on 15 July 2022. He is believed to have died of natural causes. == Awards and nominations ==

Order based on number of films that he acted in. As an actor Tamil films Malayalam films Telugu films Other language films As director As writer • Solla Thudikuthu Manasu (1988) (Tamil) Television • Naalaya Iyakkunar (2019) (Kalaignar TV) (Tamil) ==References==