M T Vasudevan Nair and Hariharan have commenced work for Pazhassi Raja featuring Mammootty in the role of a freedom fighter.

Hariharan says, “We felt that Pazhassi Raja had not got the recognition he deserved, especially outside Kerala, for his contribution to the freedom movement”.

'The 1857 Sepoy Mutiny is considered the first freedom fight, but Pazhassi Raja fought the British 50 years before that, in the jungles of Wayanad. My film is about how he fights the British by organizing a tribal force in Wayanad and how he gives up his life for the cause”.

Kanika plays Pazhassi's wife and Padmapriya plays the other major female role in the film.

Tamil film actor Sarath Kumar is also in the cast. Music is by Ilayaraja.