Ottakkomban

Mathews with the help of his mentor and director Johny Antony approached producer Tomichan Mulakuppadam, who got interested in the film and agreed to produce it.[4][5] Suresh Gopi himself revealed it as his 250th film and announced it through social media.[6] It is written by Shibin Francis, who had earlier worked on Paavada (2016), Comrade in America (2017) and Under World (2019). According to Francis, the film is an action-based family drama which takes place in Pala, Kerala. He adds that it is a fictional story based on Suresh Gopi's fictional character Kuruvachan who is a family man and a trader by profession, having his issues. The film will show how the traders and businesses in and around Pala have evolved over the period and the main character will reflect its changes.[7][8]

The filming commenced by shooting brief portions in December 2019.[9] Arjun Reddy's composer Harshavardhan Rameshwar and cinematographer Shaji Kumar were also added to the technical team.[10][11] The character look and motion poster of the film were revealed on 26 June 2020, on the occasion of Suresh Gopi’s 62nd birthday.[12] Tomichan met Mathews and Gopi at the latter's residence on 14 January 2021 and estimated the film's budget as ₹25 crore.[1] By January 2021, Biju Menon was reported to play a major part in the film.[13] Its filming was confirmed to take place at Pala, Kochi, Mangalore and Malaysia. Namitha Pramod, Mukesh, Vijayaraghavan, Anant Mahadevan, Renji Panicker, Johny Antony, Sudhi Koppa, Ashish Vidyarthi, Suresh Krishna and Jaffar Idukki were also added to the film's cast.[14][7] On the occasion of Suresh Gopi's 63rd birthday, the makers revealed his second look from the movie.[15]