Arrora composed the background score and soundtrack, while Arvind Krishna and Vivek Harshan did the cinematography and editing.

Jagannathan (Mohanlal), an Indian politician is good at solving problems using his wit and unorthodox ideas.

To get rid of him, fellow politician Francis Kunjappan (Mukesh) offers him a task he has never done before in the United States which could give him enough money to fulfill his dream of owning a sports academy.

The film had a good opening at the box office however couldn't keep up the collections at the box-office and ended up an average grosser.

In California, Republican gubernatorial candidate John Kory is trying to raise his dismal poll numbers.

Sunny asks Francis Kunjappan, a Public Works Department minister in Kerala and his friend, for advice on hiring a political consultant.

Kunjappan recommends his friend (and political rival) Jagannathan, hoping to rid himself of a threat to his ministerial position.

Jagannathan must increase the Republican poll numbers, enabling them to win the election, and decides to use Indian political tactics; he influences the media, recruiting screenwriters to craft effective speeches.

Sunny tells him that a compromising video of Kory and a girl has been leaked; although all copies have been destroyed, the original is believed to be in Hope's vault room.

[1] Vaidyanathan got the idea for the script during his stay in the United States, when he watched a debate between two political leaders on television: "It was fun and something unheard of in India.

"[2] According to Vaidyanathan, Peruchazhi is an original script, although Cho Ramaswamy's 1971 Tamil political satire, Muhammad bin Tughluq, which he considers is still relevant and ahead of its time, influenced the kind of humour used in the film.

He describes Peruchazhi as a spoof about how a politician from Kerala ends up being the chief political adviser to a state election campaign in California and the havoc he creates while chasing success there.

[7] In October 2013, American actress, and former Miss India USA, Pooja Kumar was announced as the heroine, making her Malayalam film debut.

[11] In early April 2014, stand-up comedian turned actor Ashvin Mathew announced through his social networking pages that he had been cast in a small comic role.

Initially the producers approached a number of actors who fit the "requisites of a savvy Indian-American," but none of them was ready to afford the length filming schedule in the United States.

[14] Taiwanese-American actor John Wusah was cast as Dup Lee after attending an audition in the United States for the role.

[25] Two of the film's sequences—a fight and an item song, which take place in the U. S. were shot on a set created inside the compound of The Raviz Hotel, Kollam.

[31] Although Peruchazhi is mostly set in the U. S., the film opens and ends in Kerala, for which a number of scenes were shot in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.

[32] Peruchazhi was made using the Auro 11.1 sound format, making it the second Malayalam film to use it; the first was Swapaanam (2014), directed by Shaji N.

[41] The Middle East release was on 4 September 2014 — a premiere was held on the same day in the Golden Cinema theatre in Dubai.

[44] The first-look poster for Peruchazhi was unveiled at Dreams Hotel in Kochi in April 2014, in conjunction with the 111-day celebration of the Friday Film House venture Philips and the Monkey Pen.

[48] A full-length trailer was released on 1 August 2014 which, according to Zee News, "created a buzz in social media.

[52] The production team introduced a strategy game app, developed by Raklin, titled "Be a Peruchazhi" for the Android platform on 25 August 2014.

If you are a Mohanlal fan, the film will be a feast for you and Arun Vaidyanathan has nailed a good political satire for this festive season.

It's more like a mask over disfigurement, for there is hardly any scope for satire in a narrative riddled with superfluous acts of a star who has begun to show signs of insecurity.

"[56] Malayala Manorama critic Arathi Kannan also awarded it two-and-a-half stars out of five: "'Peruchazhi' is an exaggerated belief of a mediocre idea.

But as for undying loyalties, the star with his 'mundu' action, alternatively 'suited and booted' is quite hoot-inspiring," the director has "randomly put in some Mohanlal nostalgia from yonder.

The eleventh time, you'd start to think the movie has slowly transformed into an Onam cassette of sorts, a compilation of yesteryear Mohanlal gems.

"[58] Writing for The New Indian Express, Pramod Thomas criticised the script, saying "the sequences where the intelligence of the protagonist is shown as an election-winning tactic are difficult to chew ... the screening of yesteryear scenes from the popular Mohanlal starrers seems to be okay in the beginning, but with weary repetition, even the hardcore fans will lose patience.

[60] Peruchazhi had an opening-day gross of ₹3 crore (₹30 million), the highest worldwide opening for a Malayalam film till then.