He is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the state of Kerala for the Pala constituency.

Mani C. Kappan defeated Jose Tom Pulikkunnel of UDF during by-election in September 2019.

[1] He is the producer of Meleparambil Aanveedu, one of the highest grossing Malayalam films of the early 1990s.

It made the list of "14 Greatest Malayalam Movies Ever" as compiled by Manorama News.

He was also the producer and director of Mannar Mathai Speaking, a popular Malayalam movie.