None of Mohanlal‘s recent films have been as successful as expected. Some of the films were not only not successful but also subjected to huge criticism and trolls. Aaraattu is a film that has received a lot of trolls. Screenplay by Udayakrishna B. After the release of the film directed by Unnikrishnan, Mohanlal, who became the hero, was also trolled a lot. Now director B is openly admitting that they made a mistake. Unnikrishnan. He responded in an interview with Film Companion. Aaraattu was originally meant to be a spoof film. When he heard the idea, Mohanlal also showed interest in it. But Unnikrishnan said that the story was changed due to concerns that came later.
Aaraattu was not a movie in my zone. Uday Krishna was approaching me with the role of Neyyatinkara Gopan, Unnikrishnan clarified. He asked me if this character is not fun and why not work on it. What I wanted to do was a full-length spoof. I felt that it would be interesting to spoof the films that made Mohanlal stardom. If you go and tell this to another actor, they probably won’t agree. I asked him if we could do this. The answer was why not.