[1] He was the hero in the first colour film made in Malayalam, Kandam Becha Kottu.

[2] He also played an important role in the blockbuster 1974 film Nellu, directed by Ramu Kariyattu.

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.

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