Prem Nawas

Prem Nawas (born Abdul Wahab) was an Indian actor and producer in Malayalam cinema, and the younger brother of Malayalam cinema actor Prem Nazir. His parents were Shahul Hameed and Asma Beevi. He lost his mother at a very young age, and his father remarried. He moved to Madras, before his brother, in search of a film career. He debuted as the hero of Koodapirappu in 1956. He was the hero in the first colour film made in Malayalam, Kandam Becha Kottu. He also played an important role in the 1974 blockbuster Nellu, directed by Ramu Kariyattu. When he found he could not succeed as well as his brother as an actor, he turned to producing films. He produced the award-winning blockbuster Agniputhri, starring his brother and Sheela, the evergreen pair of Malayalam cinema. His son Prem Kishore was an actor as well, and appeared in two Malayalam films, Vacation and Thaskara Puthran.

Prem Nawas died in a train accident in Madras on March 27, 1992, at age 60.

Filmography

As an actor Year Film Role Notes 1956 Koodappirappu 1959 Naadodikal 1960 Sthreehridayam 1961 Arappavan Bhasi Kandam Becha Kottu Ummer 1962 Kalpadukal Shree Rama Pattabhishekam Lakshmanan Veluthambi Dalawa Unni Namboodiri 1964 Atom Bomb Sudhakaran Sree Guruvayoorappan Mahavishnu 1965 Ammu Appu Subaidha Salim Kadathukaran SI Mukundan 1968 Karthika Prabhakaran 1971 Anadha Shilpangal Jagadeeshan Yogamullaval Manpeda 1972 Preethi 1973 Thottavadi Pulluvan 1974 Nellu Unnikrishnan Kanyakumari Jayan Vrindavanam 1977 Poojakkedukkatha Pookkal Maniswami 1983 Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla Himself

As a producer Agniputhri (1967) Neethi (1971) Thulaavarsham (1976) Poojakkedukkaatha Pookkal (1977) Keni (1982)