After Joseph, director M Padmakumar had recently begun work on his new thriller headlined by Indrajith Sukumaran and Suraj Venjaramoodu.

Bankrolled by UGM Entertainment, the film is titled Pathaam Valavu. The makers launched the title on Friday, describing the film as a "family suspense thriller."

Written by Abhilash Pillai, the film has Aditi Ravi and Swasika Vijay playing the female leads. Ratheesh Ram, who worked under cinematographer Shaji Kumar, is behind the camera while Shameer Muhammed handles the editing. Ranjin Raj is working on the music.