Awards

In 1997 He Has won the Silver Lotus Award (best Actor) Tied with Balachandra Menon for Samantharangal (1998). "Kannan Perumalayan" a role that he played in "Kaliyattam", a screen adaptation of "Othello" by William Shakespeare for which he got the Bharath Award for best actor in the same year

In July, 2005, he was nominated for the Malayalam Cinema Best Actor Award for his portrayal of a mentally distressed person in 'Ullam' (Inside) and as a Doctor in 'Makalkku'(For the Daughter), but lost out to Mammootty. These two are considered to be among his best performances the other being in 'Kaliyattam'.