Popular actor-turned-director Pratap Pothen popular with the movie Aakali Rajyam passed away in Chennai today in his apartment. The reason for his death is unknown.
His dead body was first seen by the housemaid who reached the flat this morning. He is 70 years old and the remaining details about his death are being investigated.
Pratap Pothen started his acting career with the Malayalam movie Aavaram in the year 1978 and acquired the Film Fare Award in the Best Actor category for his outstanding performance in the film Thakara in 1979.
Pothen acted in over 100 films in multiple languages like Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam.
Later he again clinched the Filmfare Award in the Best Actor category in the Malayalam movie Chamaram in 1980.
He took up direction responsibilities with the movie Meendum Oru Kaathal Kadhai and won the best debut director award.
