Achievements

   Enacted in different roles for about 400 films, played lead roles and other    characters, mostly in Malayalam films. Displayed an impressive performance in    two Tamil films, one 'Bharatha Vilasom' with Shivaji Ganeshan and the other    'Dharmadurai' with Rajinikant's father. He also acted in J. Abbas's Hindi    film'Saath Hindusthani' with Utpal Dutt.

   Later started directing films and the first film in that endeavour was 'Priya' in    1968. He started making his own films, and the first such film was 'Sathi', in    which he played an important role, apart from being its producer and director.    Also made an English film, 'A Sunrise in the West' which was shot in New    Jersey. It was translated to Malayalam under the title 'Udayam Padinjaru' and    telecast by Doordarshan.

   In the name of his daughter, he founded the Uma Arts Studio, Trivandrum in    1975, but was closed down owing to political pressures and controversies. In    1991, it was sold to Asianet, a private Television channel.

   He was associated with a charitable society, which was running a school,    'Saraswathi Vidyalaya'. With the sudden death of N.C. Nair, the then Principal    of the School, Madhu was entrusted the responsibility and is presently the    Chairman of the society.

   Apart from making serious films, he also created Children's films and film 'Mini' is    a proof of his penchant for that. It won the State Award and National Award    in 1994. Another children's film in the making is 'Robo' a science fiction on    Robotics.