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Ottapalam Pappan

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{{Infobox person

| name = Ottapalam Pappan

| image=

| birth_name = N. P. Padmanabhan

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1945|6|15}}

| birth_place = Ottapalam

| occupation = Film actor

| nationality = Indian

| spouse = Pankajam P. Menon

| parents = Vaappala Narayana Menon
Naavally Pandarakulathil Parukkuttyamma

| children = Dheeraj
Sarath

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2013|7|25|1945|6|15}}

| years_active= 1991 - 2006

}}

Ottapalam Pappan (15 June 1945 - 25 July 2013) was an Indian theatre, television and film actor in Malayalam movies during the 1990s and 2000s.{{cite web|url=http://www.kaumudi.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=39208|title=Actor Ottapalam Pappan passes away|publisher=Kaumudi.org|accessdate=8 December 2014}} Pappan started as a theatre artist and later debuted in film with the 1991 movie Valsalyam. He acted in around 80 movies. His popular movies are Golanthara Vartha, Pingami, Oru Maravathoor Kanavu and Sallapam.{{cite web|url=http://www.kaumudi.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=39208|title=Actor Ottapalam Pappan passes away|publisher=Kaumudi.com|accessdate=8 December 2014}} Pappan was active in the theater scene from 1970 to 1990. He had acted in many telefilms and won best supporting actor television award from State Government in 2009 for the telefilm Irul meghangalkkum Soorya reshmikalkkum madhye, received from Minister M. A. Baby.{{cite web|url=http://pampadydesam.com/ottappalam-pappan/|title=Ottapalam Pappan - Pampady Desam|publisher=Pampadydesam.com|accessdate=8 December 2014}}

Biography

He was born to Vaappala Narayana Menon and Naavally Pandarakulathil Parukkutty Amma on 15 June 1945 at Ottapalam. He has 3 sisters and 2 brothers. He completed his primary education from Ananganady school, Ottappalam. After school he went to Bangalore and joined the Indian Army. After 8 years of army life, he joined Drama troupes Kollam Tuena, Drisya Kalanjali and Udaya Kala National Theatres. He has acted in more than 200 dramas. He has won the Best Actor Award for his performance in Bhugolam (drama).{{cite web|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2013/actor-ottapalam-pappan-passes-away-115589.html|title=Actor Ottapalam Pappan Passes Away|work=www.filmibeat.com|accessdate=8 December 2014}} In 1993, he debuted through the Malayalam movie Vatsalyam, directed by Cochin Haneefa and written by Lohithadas. He died at his house at Pampadi, Thiruvilwamala, on 25 July 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.kerala.cinemalead.com/news-id-ottapalam-pappan-passes-away-actor-ottapalam-pappan-27-07-1337.htm|title=Ottapalam Pappan passes away - Ottapalam Pappan Passes Away- Actor Ottapalam Pappan- Ottapalam Pappan Died- Thiruvilwamala- NP Padmanabhan- Pappan Started - Valsalyam- Cochin Haneefa- Pappan - Cinemalead.com -|publisher=Kerala.cinemalead.com|accessdate=8 December 2014}} He was 68 years old. He is survived by his wife, Pankajam P. Menon and two sons, Dheeraj and Sarath.{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Ottapalam-Pappan-dies-at-68/articleshow/21351489.cms |title=Ottapalam Pappan dies at 68 - Times of India |website=The Times of India |access-date=27 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104180916/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Ottapalam-Pappan-dies-at-68/articleshow/21351489.cms |archive-date=4 January 2017 |url-status=dead }} He was the chief coordinator of a trust called Janananma Sevana Sabha. His last film was Ayudham.{{cite web|url=http://www.cochintalkies.com/malayalam-movie-news/cinema-serial-actor-ottapalam-pappan-is-no-more.html|title=Cinema-Serial actor Ottapalam Pappan is no more|author=Cochintalkies|work=Cochintalkies|accessdate=8 December 2014}}

Partial filmography

Television

  • Desadanapakshi
  • Ormakalude Virunnu
  • Kadha Kadha Karanam
  • Swami Ayyappan
  • Nakshatrangalkku Thaazhe

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|6419846}}
  • [http://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=actors&artist=Ottapalam%20Pappan Ottapalam Pappan at MSI]

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Category:Male actors from Kerala

Category:Male actors in Malayalam cinema

Category:Indian male film actors

Category:1945 births

Category:2013 deaths

Category:People from Ottapalam

Category:20th-century Indian male actors

Category:21st-century Indian male actors

Category:Indian male television actors

Category:Male actors in Malayalam television