Padayaatra, Mammootty's upcoming film with Adoor Gopalakrishnan, has been confirmed to hit screens on December 5. The release date was officially announced on Wednesday with a poster featuring Mammootty, Grace Antony, and Indrans. The film marks Mammootty and Adoor's third collaboration after Vidheyan and Ponthan Mada, both widely regarded as classics.

Padayaatra also brings back Adoor to direction a decade after his last release, Pinneyum. The film, billed as a social drama, has Mammootty playing a doctor posted in a tribal hamlet. KV Mohan Kumar has scripted the film, which also stars Alencier Ley, Janardhanan, Jagadish, Sudheer Karamana, Zeenath, Nandu, Aliyar, Santhosh Keezhattoor, Sreeshma Chandran, and P Sreekumar, among others.

Produced by Mammootty Kampany, the film has composer Mujeeb Majeed, cinematographer Shehnad Jalal, editor Praveen Prabhakar, and production designer Shajie Naduvil as part of the technical crew.

Mammootty next has the Tamil film Om, co-starring Dhanush, gearing up for release. Directed by Amaran-fame Rajkumar Periasamy, the film is set to hit screens on November 20.

In Malayalam, the veteran is currently working on Mela, directed by Falimy-fame Nithish Sahadev.