Padmavyooham is a 2012 Malayalam mystery-thriller film written and directed by Bijoy P. I. and produced by a team of IT professionals in Technopark under the banner "Mega Wave Productions".

The story is presented in the backdrop of Travancore royal palace and brings out the ideas behind the construction of the temple and the significance of the placement of the idol of Vishnu.

[1] "The film intends to pan camera on how king Marthanda Varma could have envisaged a complex defence mechanism in the temple in order to protect it by creating a "Padmavyooham" like structure in the epic.

In July 2012, the certification and the release of the movie were stayed by the Kerala High Court, following a petition filed by the executive officer of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple.

It was also mentioned that the making of the film was against the Supreme Court order that the media should not issue baseless reports about the temple wealth.

[5] Later, a special screening was arranged for the court, temple authorities, and the titular king of Travancore to convince them that the story did not contain anything controversial.