| Name Prathapachandran Nair Nationality India Occupation Malayalam cinema | Years active 1962–2004 Role Film actor | |
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| Born 1941 (age 62-63) Omallur, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala Spouse Chandrika Prathapachandran (m. ?–2004) Children Anoop Prathapachandran, Prathibha Prathapachandran, Deepak Prathapachandran Movies Avalariyathe, Oru CBI Diary Kurippu, Sandarbham, Manu Uncle, Jeevante Jeevan Similar People J Sasikumar, K Madhu, I V Sasi, Kaloor Dennis, Shyam Died December 16, 2004 (aged 62-63), Omallur | ||
Prathap Chandran - Best Villain , Writer & Producer of Malayalm Cinema
Prathapachandran was a Malayalam film actor who left a vivid impression through his dramatic portrayal of villainous and character roles in over 300 movies. He was born in 1941 at Omallur in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India. He died on 16 December 2004. He was 63.
Contents
- Prathap Chandran Best Villain Writer Producer of Malayalm Cinema
- Akasha Kottayile Sulthan Scenes Prathapachandran gets hospitalized Saranya Sreenivasan
- Biography
- Family
- Tamil
- Produced films
- Story
- Television
- References
Akasha Kottayile Sulthan Scenes | Prathapachandran gets hospitalized | Saranya | Sreenivasan
Biography
Prathapachandran could only do school education till 9th standard. During his school days, he has won a lot of prizes for fancy dress and other competitions. He later moved to Kollam and then to Madras when he was 14 with the hope of acting in movies. Initially he did not get any roles. He lived in Madras for three years during which he acted in radio plays and plays which the Malayalee association in Madras used to conduct.
His first movie was Viyarppinte Vila in 1962, in which he acted as a man in his 70s. After that he did some insignificant roles in a few other movies and returned to Kollam in disappointment and started acting in stage for the troupe Kalidasa Kalkendara.
He returned to movies a while later. His comeback movie was Adi Sankaracharyar. After that he became active in movies and acted in over 400 movies in his career that spanned four decades.
His characters in films like Oru CBI Diary Kurippu, Manu Uncle, Kottayam Kunjachan, etc. were widely appreciated. Prathapachandran has also produced a few Malayalam movies. Manavadharmam, Prakadanam, Kodathi, Ivide Ingane, and Kattuthee are among them.
Family
He is survived by his wife Chandrika and three children Anoop, Deepak and Prathibha.