It stars Mammootty and Nayanthara with a supporting cast of J. D. Chakravarthy, Sanoop Santhosh, Anikha Surendran, Janardhanan, Kalabhavan Shajon, Harisree Ashokan, and Saju Navodaya.

The music was composed by Deepak Dev[4] with cinematography by Vijay Ulaganath and editing by K. R. Gowri Shanker.

[8][9] The film was remade in Tamil as Bhaskar Oru Rascal starring Aravind Swamy and Amala Paul reprising the roles done by Mammootty and Nayanthara.

His father Sankara Narayanan Pillai was also a businessman once, but when his business failed, he had to go through the financial crisis, resulting in his relatives and friends abandoning him.

Shivani's mother Hima, who is also a single parent, and Bhaskar were involved in a small fight in Aadhi's school.

Acting on the advice of his father, Bhaskar tries to set things right by meeting Rani's love interest and settling the misunderstanding.

The boy's mother Dr. Malini makes an issue of it, but thanks to Bhaskar's timely intervention, the matter is resolved without much hassle.

Hima discovers that Sanjay is an assassin and he had been using her to gain access to a party and had killed her friend's father, who is a scientist and had stolen a research hard disk containing locations of plutonium mines in the country.

Hima and Shivani finally cancel their trip to Canada and reunite with Bhaskar and Aadhi.

In August 2014, the flick was titled "Rascal" and it was planned that filming will commence in December 2014 and it will be released in April the next year.

Deepa Soman of The Times of India rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and said, "A vacation release, Bhaskar The Rascal is pure escapist cinema at its best.

It's not another film with morals woven into the script, hoping to see the audience in tears, but a light-hearted, slick urbane entertainer.

"[13] Lauding performances of the child actors, Master Sanoop and Baby Anikha, Mythily Ramachandran of Gulf News called the film "a light-hearted entertainer".

[14] Nelson K. Paul of Malayala Manorama rated the film 2.5 out of 5 and said, "The carelessness of Siddique, who has made us laugh to tears with his dialogues, is very palpable in this flick, unfortunately.

"[15] A reviewer from Indiaglitz.com rated the film 7 out of 10 stars and said, "One shouldn't keep high hopes of it being unique or exceptional, since the theme and execution are quite run of the mill.

However, the movie is a decent attempt at the comic genre and Siddique — Mammootty combo does strike again, added to Nayanthara's charm and grace.

"[16] Sify' called the film "a well-oiled, formula family entertainer," and wrote: "Bhaskar The Rascal may not have many surprises in store but is a nice option for sure this festival season.

The only redeeming fact about the two and a half hour long film is the highly agreeable combination of its four lead actors — Mammootty, Nayanthara, Sanoop and Baby Anikha - all of whom desperately struggle to bring in some sense into an otherwise bizarre storyline.

The critic felt that the film "lacks focus, not to mention a strong theme" but also remarked: "for a hard-core Mammootty fan, it is a treat to watch.

Film director Siddique stated: Yes, the visuals are inspired from the Arabic song I Love You Mamma.