Owner of the renowned Uma studio. Also founded the extremely successful
Saraswathi Vidyalaya school, in Trivandrum, to educate college
students.
Probably best known for his performance as "Pareekkutty" in the film
Chemmeen (1965). His lines from that film are often quoted, particularly by
mimicry artists.
Was an English College lecturer prior to becoming an actor in the
Malayalam Cinema in the sixties. He joined the National school of Drama
in order to learn acting.
While his real name is Madhavan Nair, actor Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair,
a fellow actor, decided to give him a new, shorter name: from then
onwards he become known as simply "Madhu".