He was born in Cherthala Alappuzha in Kerala to Sri Nediyedathu Kesava Pillai and Thrikkeparambil Ammukkutti Amma.
[citation needed] After graduation from the Government Arts College in 1951, he started his career as a journalist in a regional newspaper, Malayali.
[citation needed].He was married to TP Thankamma with whom he had two sons - C.Radhakrishnan and C.Narayanan He rediscovered several forgotten personalities including J.C. Daniel, the father of Malayalam Cinema.
[citation needed] and other books in various categories including children literature.
In J C Daniel's biographical movie by Kamal, Celluloid, Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan is played by Sreenivasan.