His plays are noted for their bold experiments in form and technique as well as the uncommon vision inherent in many of the themes.
Pillai won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award twice: in 1972 for the play Pralayam and in 2010 for his overall contribution to Malayalam literature.
[1] After working in the Chief Censors Office and the Food Corporation of India, Pillai retired from the Central Service on February 1, 1989.
[1] Pillai wrote his first play Ee Velicham Ningaludethakunnu (This Light is Ours) at the behest of A. K. Gopalan who was then the Leader of Opposition in the Indian parliament.
Besides being a regular presence in Kerala's literary and cultural fields, Omchery was the Principal of the Delhi Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's College of Communication Management.