- He did notable roles in more than 300 films, including Snehaseema, Nayaru pidichapulivalu, Chemmen, Bharya, Vidarunna Mottukal.
- He shot to fame as a comedy actor after the superhit film Nalla Thanka (1951).
- He played the role of Paananar in almost all the Vadakkan Pattu films of Udaya.
- He joined professional theater companies and earned a reputation as a comedian.
- He won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor for his performance in Taxi Driver.
- Avasha was the founder president of Film Artists Union.
- His first released film was Jnanambika (1940), and Sanchari (1981) was his last film.
- He started his career as a supporting actor in stage plays.
- He was known as the king of laughter in Malayalam cinema.
- He has even sung the song Vayaranu Nammalkku Daivam for the movie Thaskaraveeran, in 1957.
- He led art and cultural activities in Etumanur.
- His first film, Appan Thamburan's Bhootharayar, did not release.
- He was an Indian film and stage actor, best known for his comic roles in Malayalam films.
- Due to the death of his parents in his childhood, he did not receive much education, that's why he started life as a newspaper vendor.
- Pillai lost his parents at a young age. He could not get basic education but obtained training in Ottan Thullal from Kalamandalam for a few years.
- He received the Mayoora Award.
- Actress Manju Pillai is his granddaughter.
- His father Shankara Pillai, was a police constable.
- As an inmate of the Kerala Kalamandal, he studied Ottenthulla and others.
- He was honoured with the Kalaratnam Award by the Travancore Devaswom Board.
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