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Pratap Pothen a Malayalee actor is a Tamil language film director who has directed over 15 films with the leading actors of the 80's and 90's His classic movie in Malayalam Yatra Mozhi, in which the legend Sivaji Ganesan and Kerala's superstar Mohanlal came together to give a fine piece of acting, is still cherished in the hearts of the moviegoers. He is set to make a comeback in 2007 with Oru Naal Podhuma.he won the national award for his film 'meendum oru kaathal kathai ...in tamil .......he has acted in over 130 films in 5 languages....two of which he won a filmafare award back to back .....thakara and chamaram.........his thakara is still remembered ...hrithubedham a malayalam film was chosen for the indian panorama of 10 best films of india and won thilakan his first national award as an actor

Early life

Pratap Pothan was born in trivandrum ...his father was kulathunkal [pothen a leading businessman of kerala......studied at the lawrence school lovedale from when he was 5 years old ......and later graduated in economics from the madras christian college...worked uner the great kiran nagarkar and arun kolathkar as a trainee in mumbai mcm .....and then worked in sistas and walter thomphson as a copywriter

Career (1981-1992)

Pratap has acted in 130 films and won two filmfare awards for acting

Minor Roles

pratap now makes advertising films and acts in the odd movie .....and its for fun

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-'''Pratap Pothen''' a Malayalee actor is a [[Tamil language]] film director who has directed over 30 films, most of which were directed in the 1980s and the early 1990s. His classic movie in Malayalam ''Yatra Mozhi'', in which the legend [[Sivaji Ganesan]] and Kerala's superstar [[Mohanlal]] came together to give a fine piece of acting, is still cherished in the hearts of the moviegoers.
+'''Pratap Pothen''' a Malayalee actor is a [[Tamil language]] film director who has directed over 15 films with the leading actors of the 80's and 90's  His classic movie in Malayalam ''Yatra Mozhi'', in which the legend [[Sivaji Ganesan]] and Kerala's superstar [[Mohanlal]] came together to give a fine piece of acting, is still cherished in the hearts of the moviegoers.
+He is set to make a comeback in 2007 with ''Oru Naal Podhuma''.he won the national award for his film 'meendum oru kaathal kathai ...in tamil .......he has acted in over 130 films in 5 languages....two of which he won a filmafare award back to back .....thakara and chamaram.........his thakara is still remembered ...hrithubedham a malayalam film was chosen for the indian panorama of 10 best films of india and won thilakan his first national award as an actor
-He is set to make a comeback in 2007 with ''Oru Naal Podhuma''.
 ==Early life==
-Pratap Pothan was born in trivandrum ...his father was kulathunkal [pothebn a leading businessman of kerala......studied at the lawrence school lovedale from when he was 5 years old ......and later graduated in economics from the madras christian college
+Pratap Pothan was born in trivandrum ...his father was kulathunkal [pothen a leading businessman of kerala......studied at the lawrence school lovedale from when he was 5 years old ......and later graduated in economics from the madras christian college...worked uner the great kiran nagarkar and arun kolathkar as a trainee in mumbai mcm .....and then worked in sistas and walter thomphson as a copywriter
 ==Career (1981-1992)==
+Pratap has acted in 130 films and won two filmfare awards for acting
-Pratap cecame Pratap Pothan known for his handlebar moustaches and his off the path romances. He was particularly fancied by [[K.Balachander]]- to whom he became Assistant in 1982. He acted in over 20 films and directed over 30 films during this period- most of his films being laterally different love stories. His greatest movies were [[Yathra Mozhi]] with [[Sivaji Ganesh]] and [[Mohanlal]], [[Kanavil Oruvan]] starring [[Prashanth]], [[Tulabharam]] in Malayalam and [[Advocate Nanda]] starring [[Suresh Gopi]].
-In 1992, he took a break from acting.
 ==Minor Roles==
+pratap now makes advertising films and acts in the odd movie .....and its for fun
-He has come in very minor roles in Tamil movies- usually in some comedic element. He acted as a director in [[Velli Thirai]] released in 2008.
-He plans to make a comeback to the acting foray.
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