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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Prem Nawas<br />
| image = <br />
| nationality = {{IND}}<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|01|01|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_name = Abdul Wahab<br />
| birth_place = [[Chirayinkeezhu]], [[Travancore]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|03|27|1932|01|01|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = [[Film actor]]<br />
| parents = Shahul Hamid, Asmabeevi<br />
| spouse = Sulochana<br />
| children = Prem Kishore<br />
| years_active = 1952–1980<br />
}}<br />
''' Prem Nawas''' (born '''Abdul Wahab''') was an [[India]]n film actor and producer in [[Malayalam cinema]], and the younger brother of perennial Malayalam cinema hero [[Prem Nazir]]. His parents were Shahul Hameed and Asmabeevi. 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/22/stories/2008112253641100.htm |title=Archive News |date=2008-11-22|accessdate=2016-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927234914/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/22/stories/2008112253641100.htm |archive-date=27 September 2013 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was the hero in the first colour film made in Malayalam, ''[[Kandam Becha Kottu]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=10418515&programId=7940855&channelId=-1073750705&BV_ID=@@@&tabId=3 |title=Breaking News, Kerala news, latest news, India, Kerala politics, sports, movies, celebrities, lifestyle, E-paper, Photos & Videos |publisher=Manorama Online |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005121/http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=10418515&programId=7940855&channelId=-1073750705&BV_ID=@@@&tabId=3 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also played an important role in the blockbuster 1974 film ''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]]'' (1967), 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''.<br />
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Prem Nawas died in a train accident in [[Chennai|Madras]] on March 27, 1992, at age 60.<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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===As an actor===<br />
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* ''Prem Nazeerine Kaanmanilla'' (1983)<br />
* ''Poojakkedukkaatha Pookkal'' (1977) as Maniswami<br />
* ''Vrindavanam'' (1975) <br />
* ''[[Kanyakumari (film)|Kanyakumari]]'' (1974) as Jayan<br />
* ''[[Nellu (1974 film)|Nellu]]'' (1974)<br />
* ''[[Thottavadi]]'' (1973) as Pulluvan<br />
* ''[[Preethi]]'' (1972)<br />
* ''[[Manpeda]]'' (1971)<br />
* ''Yogamullaval'' (1971)<br />
* ''Anaadha Shilpangal'' (1971) as Jagadeeshan<br />
* ''Kaarthika'' (1968) as Prabhakaran<br />
* ''[[Kadathukaran]]'' (1965) as SI Mukundan<br />
* ''Subaida'' (1965) as Salim<br />
* ''[[Ammu (film)|Ammu]]'' (1965)<br />
* ''Sree Guruvayoorappan'' (1964) as Mahavishnu<br />
* ''[[Atom Bomb (film)|Atom Bomb]]'' (1964) as Sudhakaran<br />
* ''[[Veluthambi Dalawa (film)|Veluthambi Dalawa]]'' (1962)<br />
* ''[[Shree Rama Pattabhishekam]]'' (1962)<br />
* ''[[Kalpadukal]]'' (1962)<br />
* ''[[Kandam Becha Kottu]]'' (1961) as Ummer<br />
* ''[[Arappavan]]'' (1961) as Bhasi<br />
* ''Sthreehridayam'' (1960)<br />
* ''Naadodikal'' (1959)<br />
* ''Koodappirappu'' (1956)<br />
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===As a producer===<br />
* ''[[Agniputhri]]'' (1967)<br />
* ''[[Neethi (1971 film)|Neethi]]'' (1971)<br />
* ''Thulaavarsham'' (1976)<br />
* ''Poojakkedukkaatha Pookkal'' (1977)<br />
* ''Keni'' (1982)<br />
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==References==<br />
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* http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/profiles.php?i=2775<br />
* http://imprintsonindianfilmscreen.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/prem-nawas.html<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb name|1904006}}<br />
* [http://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=actors&artist=Prem%20Navas&limit=21 Prem Nawas at MSI]<br />
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