Overview

• Mammootty reached Hyderabad with his wife to begin the new schedule of the espionage thriller Patriot and was welcomed at his hotel by filmmaker Anurag Kashyap.
• The actor announced his comeback on X with the message “The camera is calling,” marking his first on-set return since a health-related hiatus that began in March.
• Producer Anto Joseph confirmed he resumes work on October 1 in Hyderabad, with key scenes planned alongside Mohanlal before the unit moves to the UK.
• Director Mahesh Narayanan said the hiatus did not disrupt production as the crew shot other sequences and kept the star involved through at-home edit viewings.
• Roughly 65–70% of the multi-starrer is complete after shoots in the UAE, Sri Lanka and parts of India, with medical guidelines shaping his phased return to set.