 In his early career, he wrote stories and screenplays for a few films including "Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu" (1986) (story), "Manivathoorile Aayiram Sivarathrikal" (1987) (dialogue) and "Adhipan" (1989) (screenplay).Jagadish's performance as Appukkuttan in "In Harihar Nagar" (1990), directed by Siddique-Lal, was highly acclaimed.Jagadish proved himself again with terrific comic timing with his role as Mayeen kutty in "Godfather" (1991), which was directed by the same director duo.