 At the College of Engineering, Guindy, in Feb 1972, he first wrote "Great Bank Robbery", a skit for an intra class contest within the Guindy Engineering college for which he received the Best Writer award.It was followed by scripts for his younger brother Maadhu Balaji's drama troupe at Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai.The first full-length play he wrote was "Crazy Thieves in Paalavakkam" for Natakapriya in 1976, which was a runaway hit and gave him the nom de plume "Crazy" Mohan.