Biography

Inspired by mimicry artists of the time such as Jayaram and Zainuddin, he and his brother Niyas developed a keen interest in mimicry and began performing on stage. Navas later joined Kalabhavan, where he started doing professional mimicry shows. Eventually, he became independent and, together with his brother Niyas, founded Cochin Arts, under which they continued performing mimicry.

Navas used to imitate his father's role in the movie Vatsalyam on stage.

After beginning his career as an artist, he moved to his mother's ancestral home in Ernakulam and lived there for twenty years.

He was also a singer.

His father, Aboobacker, was a theatre and film actor who had appeared in several Malayalam films, while his mother, originally from Ernakulam, was a homemaker.