Thursday, 13 August 2015

13th AUGUST 1952 PRATHAP K. POTHAN BORN

Pratap K. Pothen

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In this Indian name, 'Pothen' is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be addressed with the given name, 'Pratap'
Pratap K. Pothen
BornFebruary 15, 1952 (age 63)
Trivandrum, Travancore, India
OccupationActor, writer, film director, film producer, ad film maker
Years active1979–1995
2005–present
Spouse(s)Raadhika (1985–1986; divorced)
Amala Satyanath (1990–2012; divorced)
ChildrenKeya (b. 1991)
AwardsNational Awards and Filmfare Awards as an actor and a director
Pratap K. Pothen, popularly known as Pratap Pothen, is an Indian actor, director, writer, producer who has acted in about 100 films. He has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu as well as Hindi films. His directional ventures were in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.[1]
Pratap has his Facebook fan page[2] through which he interacts with his fans, and the fan page also has pictures from his film days.

Early life and background[edit]

Pratap was born on 15 February 1952, in Thiruvananthapuram. His father Kolathinkal Pothen was a well known business man of Thiruvananthapuram.[3] He has two brothers and two sisters.[4] He did his schooling at Lawrence School, Lovedale, in Ooty. He finished Schooling in 1968. His elder brother Hari Pothen was also a film producer was married to then famous actress Jayabharathi for a short while. His father died when he was 15. The youngest of five children, he grew up in a household where art, politics, entertainment and business co-existed, allowing him to experience a large cross-section of life from his ancestral home in Trivandrum in Kerala.
Pratap was married twice. His first marriage was with leading actress Raadhika in 1985 and subsequently they divorced in 1986. His second marriage was with Amala Satyanath in 1990, a senior corporate professional and they have an daughter Keya born in 1991. Later they got separated and divorced in 2012.[5]

College life[edit]

Pratap gained admission to Madras Christian College (MCC), Madras. Pratap[6] remained friends with those he went to school and MCC with. His friends helped him act in plays at college and his interest turned to acting from painting.
He left MCC with a B.A in economics in 1972. Pratap started to work as a copywriter in an ad agency in Mumbai. After a year, he joined Sistas ad agency. Later he worked for Hindustan Thomson.
During the late sixties and early seventies, armed with a boarding school education from Ooty and awakened by an amazing bohemian experience gained 'chasing the wind' during his college days at MCC in Madras, the young Prathap[7] went about shedding his shy schoolboy skin and embracing a culture of theatre and art.

Film career[edit]

Pratap acted with The Madras Players.[8] The late director Bharathan enjoyed Pratap's performance in Shaw's play Androcles and the Lion, and invited him to act in his Malayalam film Aaravam. Pratap acted in critically acclaimed films like 'Thakara' and 'Chamaram'. Chamaram dealt with the tumultuous affair between a student and his college lecturer.
Films like Nenjathai Killathe, Panneer Pushpangal, Moodupani and Varumayin Niram Sivappu made Pratap famous in Tamil also..
After a few years break from Malayalam movies Pratap made his comeback in 2012 by acting in 22 Female Kottayam in a negative role. The film made him more popular in Mollywood. It was the comeback of Pratap Pothen and he acted in several more movies including the super hit Ayallum Njanum Thammil, 3 dots, Idukki Gold, Arikkil Oraal.

Film director[edit]

Pratap directed three films in Malayalam:
  • Rithubetham, which tells the agony of a 'bastard'
  • Daisy, which sent a romantic wave throughout Kerala
  • Oru Yathramozhi, which was about a son in search of his unknown father.
He also directed a Telugu film – Chaithanya. Seevalapperi Pandi, Jeeva, and Vetrivizha are aome of the popular films he directed in Tamil.

Recent projects[edit]

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 in Kalaignar TV. Now Pratap Pothen is active as an actor.

Awards[edit]

His first National Film Award was the Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director for the film Meendum Oru Kaathal Kathai.[citation needed]

Personal life[edit]

Pratap K. Pothen has been married twice. His first marriage was with leading actress Raadhika in 1985, however they got divorced in 1986. His second marriage was with Amala Satyanath in 1990 and the couple has a daughter, Keya, born in 1991. Later the couple got divorced in 2012.

Filmography[edit]

As actor[edit]

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1979Azhiyadha KolangalTamil
1980AaravamKokkarakkoMalayalam
1980ThakaraThakaraMalayalamFilmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam
1980LorryDasappanMalayalam
1980PappuPappuMalayalam
1980Ormakale Vida TharooMalayalam
1980ArohanamMalayalam
1980Manju Moodal ManjuMalayalam
1980Thaliritta KinakkalMalayalam
1980ChamaramVinodMalayalamFilmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam
1980Chandra BimbamGopiMalayalam
1980Varumayin Niram SivappuTamil
1980Moodu PaniChandruTamil
1980Ilamai KolamTamil
1981Kariyallam Shenbaga PooTamil
1981Aakali RajyamTelugu
1981Kudumbam Oru KadambamKannanTamil
1981Panneer PushpangalTamil
1981AparnaMalayalam
1981Thillu MulluTamil
1982Sindoora Sandhyakku MounamAnil-RajuMalayalam
1982OlangalMalayalam
1982IdavelaMalayalam
1982Eera Vizhi KaaviyangalTamil
1982Priyasakhi RadhaMalayalam
1982PremabhishekamPratapMalayalam
1982Vazhvey MaayamTamil
1982Novemberinte NashtamDasMalayalam
1983America AmericaBabyMalayalam
1983KaikeyiMalayalam
1984Justice ChakravarthiTelugu
1984AkshrangalMalayalam
1984Meendum Oru Kaathal KathaiTamilDirector
1985Sindhu BhairaviSanjeeviTamil
1986Onnu Muthal Poojyam VareJosekuttyMalayalam
1987JallikattuTamilGuest appearance
1987NirabhedangalJayadevanMalayalam
1988DaisyMalayalamDirector
1988En Jeevan PaduthuTamil
1988PushpakTamil
1989Vetri VizhaTamilDirector
1990My Dear MarthandanTamilDirector
1991ChaitanyaTeluguDirector
1993AtmaTamilDirector
1994Seevalaperi PandiTamilDirector
1995Lucky ManVickyTamilDirector
1997Thedinen vanthathuVickyTamilDirector
2005PriyasakhiPriya's fatherTamil
2005RamPsychiatristTamil
2005ThanmathraDoctorMalayalam
2006Chukkallo ChandruduTelugu
2007GuruK R Menon I.A.S.Hindi
2008Velli ThiraiTamil
2009CalendarMalayalam
2009PadikathavanRamakrishnanTamil
2009SarvamPsychiatristTamilCameo role
2010Aayirathil OruvanChandramouliTamil
2010VeerasekaranTamil
2010Maro CharitraTelugu
2010PullimanMalayalam
2011MuranTamil
201222 Female KottayamHegdeMalayalamSIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role
2012Ayalum Njanum ThammilDr.SamuelMalayalamNominated—SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2012SuzhalMatthewsTamil
2013Alex PandianRadhakrishnanTamil
20133 DotsPadmakumar/PappettanMalayalam
2013Aaru Sundarimaarude KathaAlex PaulMalayalam
2013Up & Down - Mukalil OralunduEdathil Govindan NairMalayalam
2013Arikil OraalSudhir BoseMalayalam
2013Idukki GoldMichealMalayalam
2014London BridgeC S NambiarMalayalam
2014Bangalore DaysNatasha's FatherMalayalam
2014MunnariyippuKKMalayalam
2014PoojaiDivya's FatherTamil

As director[edit]

YearFilmLanguageCastWriterNotes
1985Meendum Oru Kaathal KathaiTamilRaadhika, Prathap K. PothanIndira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director
1987HruthubhedamMalayalamThilakan, VineethFilmfare Award for Best Director – Malayalam
1988JeevaTamilSathyaraj, Amala, Captain Raju
1988DaisyMalayalamHarish, Sonia, Lakshmi, Kamal Hassanhimself
1989Vetri VizhaTamilKamal Hassan, Prabhu, Amala, Sasikala, KushbooK. Rajeswar, Shanmugapriyan
1990My Dear MarthandanTamilPrabhu, KushbooG. M. Kumar
1991ChaithanyaTeluguNagarjuna, Gouthami, Raghuvaranhimself
1992MagudamTamilSathyaraj, Bhanupriya, GouthamiShanmugapriyan
1993AthmaTamilRamki, Rahman, GouthamiShanmugapriyan
1994Seevalaperi PandiTamilNapoleon, SaranyaK. Rajeswar
1995Lucky ManTamilKarthik, Ranjitha, Goundamani, SenthilS. V. Krishna Reddy
1995Oru YathramozhiMalayalamSivaji Ganesan, Mohanlal, RanjithaPriyadarshan

As writer[edit]

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      6. Parents: Kolathinkal Pothan
      7. Spouse: Amala Satyanath Pothen (m. 1990–2012), Radhika Sarathkumar (m. 1985–1986)
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