Octopus) is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language survival thriller film[1] directed and co-edited by Ajoy Varma from a screenplay by Saju Thomas, with Mohanlal in the lead role.

This movie was a box-office bomb Sunny George is a gemologist, working in Kandy.

His wife Molly is hospitalized back in their native place, as she has gone into labour, and they are expecting twins.

While driving hastily through a spooky forest area, Veerappan loses control of the vehicle, in an attempt to save a man on the road, he collides with a truck.

The jeep glissade, and is on the edge of a cliff, with the front tyres hanging in the air, above a deep sunken valley.

In the end, Sunny adopts Veerappan's daughter and hands off her the medals, her dad always wished to give her.

Neerali was financed by Santhosh T. Kuruvilla under his company Moonshot Entertainments, and co-produced by Praveen Kattukaran and Mibu Jose Nettikadan.

Ajoy Varma makes his directorial debut in Malayalam cinema with this film, having earlier worked as an editor and director in Bollywood.

[10] When asked, Varma told The Times of India that the film is a "drama-thriller" set in Mumbai, Pune, and Sri Lankan locales, and that principal photography would take place between December 2017 and January 2018.

Initially it was announced that south Indian actresses Meena and Trisha Krishnan would be playing the female leads but later the casting was changed.

By the start of filming, only Mohanlal, Parvatii, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Sai Kumar, and Dileesh Pothan were cast.

[20][non-primary source needed] Director John Matthew Matthan was invited to the first day of filming, and officially performed the switch on of the movie camera.

Costumes were designed by Himanshi Nijhawan, while Udai Prakash Singh oversaw the art department.

[25][26] The film features songs composed by Stephen Devassy; the score was by Ronnie Raphael.