Actor And Director Pratap Pothen Is No More!

The renowned actor-turned-director Pratap Pothen passed away today in Chennai in his residence. The reason for his death is still unknown, his dead body was first seen by the housemaid who reached the flat this morning. He is 70 years old and the further details about his death are being interrogated.

Pratap Pothen started his acting career with the Malayalam film Aavaram in the year 1978 and gained the Film Fare Award in the Best Actor category for his outstanding performance in the movie Thakara in 1979. He acted in over 100 movies in multiple languages such as Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam.

And as a consecutive win, he again clinched the Filmfare Award in the Best Actor category in the Malayalam film Chamaram in 1980. After gaining experience in acting field, he took up direction responsibilities with the film Meendum Oru Kaathal Kadhai and won the best debut director award.

He got married to actress Radhika in the year 1985. But their married life did not become successful and parted their ways in 1986. He then married a corporate professional Amala Satyanath in the year 1990 and they have a daughter named Keya. However, his relationship with Amala too was ended in 2012.