The film stars Shweta Menon and Reem Kadem, alongside Adil Hussain, Anu Sithara, Alen Matters Cyriac Alencheril, Anjali Nair, Sudheer Karamana, and Paris Laxmi.

It won two awards at the 2018 Amsterdam International Film Festival—Best Actress (Kadem) and Best Original Score (Eddie Torres).

Renjilal Damodaran, who co-produced and directed the film, co-wrote the screenplay with V. K. Ajith Kumar.

[1] The film explores the theme of arabi kalyanam, a tradition in Kerala where a minor Muslim girl is married to an older Arab man, leading to her subsequent estrangement.

[2] For the title role, American actress of Iraqi origin, Reem Kadem was cast.

Music of Malayalam songs was composed by M Jayachandran, with lyrics by Rafeeq Ahammed and Kavyamayi Renjilal.

[citation needed] Meera Manu of Deccan Chronicle rated 3.5 out of 5 stars and stated, "the movie simply reminds us no matter how loud we boast about freedom, for women it is a far cry".

[9] Asha Praksh of The Times of India gave 2.5 out of 5 stars, and wrote that "the film does have a brilliant story, no doubt, with an unpredictable twist at the end but the way it is executed leaves a lot to be desired", adding that the film would have been better if it had "stuck consistently to a realistic mode of story-telling sans drama".