A five-year-old boy Aravindan was abandoned by his mother on Navarathri day in the year 1996 at Mookambika Lakshmi Devi's Sanctum.

Varada, an uptight Bharatanatyam student with her family comes to Mookambika temple to mark her beginning in career as a dancer.

Varada slips and breaks her leg and is forced to stay and rest at the lodge and thereby she gets to know Aravindan better.

Varada is still determined and with help from some of her friends and Rasheed, searches the whole of Udupi tracing out the pincodes from the drawings and gets to know from a Government office that his birth was registered, and his mother is Geethalakshmi and father is Dr. Balakrishnan.

They then trace out the house that they used to rent and an old postman reveals that Balakrishnan had abandoned them, and Geethalakshmi was a nursing student, who after leaving the place sent the rental dues as money order later on.

Varada discovers that Geethalakshmi is married now to another family and is not willing to take back her son, even though she is resentful about leaving him at a Children's home (from where Aravindan strays away in search of his mother) before leaving for home, as she was then a student from a low class family and whose parents refused to accept that she has a child.

[10] With the help of a production controller and a project coordinator he approached director M. Mohanan who found the script interesting and agreed to make it as a film.

Instead of his regular cinematographer P. Sukumar and music director M. Jayachandran, he chose Swaroop Philip and Shaan Rahman for those positions, respectively.

[17] On 13 April 2018, the official trailer of the film was jointly released on Facebook by actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Nivin Pauly, Tovino Thomas and Anoop Menon.

[18][19] Onlookers Media wrote, "from what we gather from the trailer, Aravindante Athidhikal promises to a clean feel good entertainer aimed at families".

[22] Later, Vineeth Sreenivasan accompanied by the lead actress Nikhila Vimal were seen in the celebrity talk show Badai Bungalow hosted by Ramesh Pisharody on Asianet as part of their film promotions.

[26][27] Aravindante Athidhikal's music launch had taken place on 12 April 2018 at the hotel Gokulam Park in Kochi.

The film's soundtrack was composed by Shaan Rahman and had been listed at the first position on the iTunes Regional Indian Chart.

Deepa Soman of The Times of India wrote about the tracks mentioning, "Aanandhame" "becomes a soothing semi-classical melody when it gets wonderful accompaniment through the gifted voice of its singer", "Endhe Kanna" has a "mesmerising rendition and the matching orchestra, wrapped deliciously in raag Meghamalhaar, makes it one with a great repeat value, especially in an evening in which it rains", "Kripaakari Devi"'s written by Manu Manjith" mood is vibrant and not just religious, singing is decent, and all elements are opulent enough to give that adrenaline rush while listening to such a number", "Kanne Thaai Malare" is "like a lullaby with a melancholic air to it, which seems to be intended to prepare you for a few scenes to tug at your heart strings", and "Rasathi" "as compared to the rest of the numbers, it comes across as an average fare".

It was released across the Gulf Cooperation Council territories on 24 May 2018 by Phars Films and across the United States and Canada on 25 May 2018 by Omega Movies.

[35] Sify has written that "Aravindante Athidikal is a nice journey that would make the viewer come out of the theatres with a smile", and praised the cinematographer and music director, saying that "the film succeeds in giving an experience of visiting the holy temple and the premises, with its nice visuals" and "one of the highlights of the film is its superb music by Shaan Rahman".

[36] Deepa Soman of The Times of India gave the film a rating of three out of five and has written that "Aravindante Adhithikal can impress those looking for a nostalgic, vintage-style movie and those who strongly believe that a story doesn’t have to raise further questions".

[38] Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost wrote, "Aravindante Athidhikal’s lack of inventiveness gives it a dated feel that is redeemed somewhat by the music.