We had reported earlier about Mammootty collaborating for the first time with director Lijo Jose Pellissery on the latter's next project after Churuli, titled Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam (NNM). The actor has completed his work in the same.

NNM, scripted by Jallikattu-fame S Hareesh from a story by Lijo, is said to be a Malayalam-Tamil bilingual, which has Pazhani as the location. Mammootty is producing the film under his newly launched production house, Mammootty Company.

Mammootty, Ashokan, and Ramya Pandian are the principal cast members. Theni Eswar, who shot Peranbu and the upcoming Mammootty-Parvathy Thiruvoth-starrer Puzhu, is behind the camera.

Mammootty will work with Lijo again for a segment for an upcoming Malayalam anthology for Netflix based on the stories of MT Vasudevan Nair.

Mammootty will next join the sets of K Madhu's CBI 5 on December 10. The investigative thriller, which began filming recently, will see Mammootty reprising his iconic CBI officer character, Sethurama Iyer, again.