On Sunday, the makers of Mohanlal-Lijo Jose Pellissery's Malaikottai Vaaliban announced that the film's first look poster will be out on April 14. Comedian and actor Danish Sait, who is a part of the film's cast, took to Twitter to pen a note about the film. 

He wrote on the social media site, "Beautiful! Very excited for everybody on the team. I’ve never done a film where there is a teaser for a poster that’s a teaser. Magic! So excited. Thanks Lijo Jose Pellissery and Mohanlal sir." (sic)

Malaikottai Vaaliban marks Mohanlal's first collaboration with the director Lijo Jose Pellissery. As both personalities are phenomenal in their respective fields, the collaboration makes the film one of the most ambitious projects among the recent Malayalam films. Speculations are rife that, in the film, Mohanlal will be playing the role of a wrestler from the pre-Independence era. 

Malaikottai Vaaliban is produced by John & Mary Creative, Amen Movie Monastery, Century Films, and Max Lab. The film also features Manikandan Achari, Hareesh Peradi, and Sonalee Kulkarni. The film's technical crew includes cinematographer Madhu Neelakandan, music composer Prashanth Pillai and editor Deepu Joseph. Malaikottai Valiban is scripted by PS Rafeeque, who earlier wrote Lijo's Nayakan (2010) and Amen (2013)