Neyyanttinkara Gopan's Grand Festival), is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film[3] co-produced and directed by B. Unnikrishnan and written by Udaykrishna.

The film stars Mohanlal with Shraddha Srinath, Ramachandra Raju, Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, Saikumar, and Nedumudi Venu in supporting roles.

The film was released on 18 February 2022, where it received mostly mixed to negative reviews from both audience and critics mainly criticising the direction and poor storyline leading to its underperformance at box office [4] In Muthalakotta, a village in Palakkad, people are financially recovering from the 2018 floods through gaining self-sufficiency via numerous farming ventures.

Mathai's sons questions Sathyasheelan, who introduced them to Gopan and reveals that Gopan's real name is Gopa Suryachandra Lal, who had lost his parents when they were killed in a train journey by Muthalakotta Battalion (4 youngsters and Guruji), who are involved in many crimes.

Gopan conducts a show with A. R. Rahman as the chief guest, where he defeats the group and gets them arrested by the NIA.

In May 2020, director B. Unnikrishnan shared a picture of him having a meeting with screenwriter Udaykrishna, cinematographer Vijay Ulaganath, editor Shameer Muhammed and some technical crew for revealing that they are in the pre-production work of a film amid the COVID-19 lockdown in India.

[8] Unnikrishnan said that ₹30 lakh will be allotted for COVID-19 precautions, and the film would have a larger than usual crew by COVID-19 pandemic standards, which would take 60 days to shoot.

[12] The film was produced by the production houses RD Illuminations, Hippo Prime Motion Pictures, and Movie Pay Media's.

Mohanlal plays Neyyattinkara Gopan, whom Unnikrishnan describes as a "loud character from the get-go".

[22] Mohanlal completed his portion by 11 February 2021, with one day shoot left to be shot in March second week.

[29] Originally scheduled for 20 August 2021, the premiere was postponed due to closure of theatres in Kerala because of COVID-19 pandemic in India.

[32] Sanjith Sidhardhan of OTTplay gave 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "All-out Mohanlal show works only when it doesn't take itself too seriously" [33] The Times of India rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Aaraattu is not a clever film, but if you are looking for a 'return to the theatre' family entertainer, this might serve your purpose.

[36] The Week gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and called it "unoriginal mish-mash of classic 'Mohanlal moments' and tropes.

[37] Sowmya Rajendran of The News Minute gave 1.5 out of 5 stars and called it "loud, bombastic and boring.