[12] In 2020, Innocent won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Humour for his book Irinjalakudaku Chuttum.

[13] Innocent was born on 28 February 1948 to Margaret and Vareed of the Thekkethala house in Irinjalakuda, Kingdom of Cochin (present-day Kerala).

[15] During the emergency years, Innocent made his way to Davanagere and joined his cousins George (studying medicine at JJM Medical College), Davis, and his brother Sunny who were managing the Shamannur Match factory.

To get detailed insight into his early struggles and making of Innocent, the actor, please refer: My contemporary Cousin in thefreshblog.com As Innocent was keen on the performance activities, he seized the opportunity to participate in Davangere, Kerala Samajam drama, and received audience approval in entertainment events.

Growing up, he had a few conflicts with his father, Vareed, because his brothers continued to have an excellent education and became successful doctors, lawyers, and judges.

In the long span of his career, Innocent has worked in more than 700 films, mostly in comedy roles, predominantly in Malayalam.

His popularity can be gauged from the fact that many frontline directors in Malayalam (like Priyadarshan, Satyan Anthikkad, Fazil and Kamal) rarely made films without Innocent.

[20] Other films include Kabooliwaala, Gajakesariyogam, Mithunam, Mazhavilkavadi, Manassinakkare, Thuruppugulan, Rasathanthram,Naran and Mahasamudram.

Innocent has authored seven books: Njan Innocent, Cancer Wardile Chiri, Irinjalakudakku Chuttum (memoirs), Mazha Kannadi (collection of short stories), Chirrikku Pinnil (autobiography) and Kalante Delhi Yathra Anthikkad Vazhi are some of them.

[26] On 3 March 2023, Innocent was suddenly hospitalised after feeling ill.[27][28] He was placed under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support after his condition turned for the worse.

He died at VPS Lakeshore Hospital in Kochi, Kerala, on 26 March 2023, at the age of 75[29] of complications from COVID-19 as confirmed by Dr. V. P. Gangadharan who was treating him.