He was known as Dakshan Kuttan as he was popular in the role of Daksha.
Kuttan Asan was born in 1938 to Kuttappa Panikar and wife Ammukuttyamma at Adakkaputhur in Cherpulassery, Palakkad district.
[2] In Kathakali, Kuttan Asan excelled in Pacha and Kathi roles, as well as in Kattalan, Brahmin, Balabhadra and Roudrabhima roles.
[3] For forty years he performed the role of Vibhishana in Sreerama Pattabhikam (consecration of Lord Rama) kathakali on the stage at the Koodalmanikyam temple festival.
[3] Kuttan Asan and his wife Leelavati had three children, Usha Madhumohanan, Sati Radhakrishnan and Geetha Madhu.