V. Krishna Warrier, M. V. Devan, V. Abdulla and K. A. Kodungalloor encouraged him to write a play and he wrote "Jeevitham",which won a prize in a drama competition conducted by the Kendra Kala Samithy.It was the first of his plays, numbering over, 25, such as "Pazhaya Bandham", "Attupoya Kanni", "Pushpavrishti", "Mahabharatham" and "Kanyadanam".