Kutty played a major role in popularizing the Mappilappattu genre through experimenting with the traditional music stream.

[5][6] He won Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award under the category Keraleeya Kalakal in 1997.

[6][1] Kutty had imbibed the first music lessons from his paternal uncle Unneen and aunt Pandikasala Ottappilakkal Fathimakutty.

[3] For Kerala’s Muslim women, it was compulsory to learn the songs written in Arabi Malayalam.

The songs were traditionally sung in the households of Muslims of Eranad in connection with occasions such as birth, marriage and death.

Kutty was reportedly the first to popularise the songs outside the community and sung them at public events.

[11] Kutty began his Mappilapattu career by singing for All India Radio, Kozhikode in 1954.

[6] The funeral was held at the Pulikkal Juma Masjid buriyal ground after the body was kept for public homage at Mahakavi Moyinkutty Vaidyar Mappila Kala Academy.