 "Arangu Kaanatha Nadan" (The Actor Who Had Never Been on Stage), is considered as one of the best among autobiographies written in Malayalam and the book fetched him several major literary awards.Thikkodiyan shared the 1974 Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay with G. Aravindan for the film, "Uttarayanam", which was the first of his several major awards.In 1992, his autobiography, "Arangu Kaanaatha Nadan", was selected for the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography; the same year, the book also won the Odakkuzhal Award.