Development In 2020, a film on
Variyankunnath Kunjahammad Haji was announced by
Ali Akbar (later rechristened as Ramasimhan) in the centenary year of
Malabar rebellion of 1921. Capital for the film was sourced through
crowdfunding from public. Ramahimhan said he based the incidents in the screenplay from books about Malabar riots by
K. Madhavan Nair,
Appu Nedungadi, and also from
The Mopla Rebellion, 1921 by C. Gopalan Nair, the then
Deputy Collector of
Malabar. He was prompted to do the film after director
Aashiq Abu and actor
Prithviraj Sukumaran announced a film about Variyankunnath Kunjahammad Haji depicting him as a heroic figure.
Filming Principal photography began on 20 February 2021 in
Wayanad. Beside, the film was shot in
Palakkad, interior scenes shot in
Kozhikode,
Nilambur, and
kovilakam scenes in
Manjeri. In September 2021, Ramasimhan said that they have raised ₹1.5 crore through crowdfunding and the film's budget is ₹3 crore and 60 percent of the filming has bee completed by then. Shooting was then postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic crisis. By that time, Abu and Prithviraj had already backed out from their project. ==Soundtrack==