After losing weight for Mamangam, Unni Mukundan is putting the pounds back on for his next film, Meppadiyan. The film will have him playing a garage owner named Jayakrishnan.

Unni, who prepared for 11 months to develop a lean physique for Mamangam, said he has been working for the last four months to develop a slightly paunchy appearance. While sharing a picture of his transformation, Unni wrote that he will be playing a "very normal guy" in the film and that it will have no action sequences. "It’s a movie for the youth and the family alike," he wrote.

Meppadiyan, written and directed by debutant Vishnu Mohan, will have TG Ravi playing a central character. Sreenivasan, Saiju Kurup, Lalu Alex, Kundara Johny, and Vijayaraghavan are also among the cast.