The stories have been in print for over four decades and many of them have been made into stage plays and Television shows.
His first breakthrough was the publication of the story Appusami and the African Beauty in Kumudam in 1963.
Since then he has published a number of serialized novels, stage plays and short stories featuring the same set of characters.
Some of the stories were published under various pen names including Yogesh, Vanamali, Selvamani, Mrinalini, Sivathanal, and Jwalamalini.
He also worked as a journalist in Kumudam, eventually retiring in 1990 as its joint editor.