he has written over 26 malayalam plays, many adapted from classical sanskrit drama and shakespeare, mainly "madhyamavyayogam" (1979), kalidasa's "vikramorvasiyam" (1981, 1996), "shakuntalam" (1982), "karnabharam" (1984, 2001), bhasa's "uru bhangam" (1988), "swapnavasavadattam" and "dootavakyam" (1996).