The film was made in 19 days.
As the COVID-19 pandemic made the re-opening of cinema halls in doubt, Lijo Jose Pellissery had plans of releasing the movie as a virtual reality experience, using a matchbox cinema headset. He inquired about the technical and commercial feasibility of releasing the movie as a virtual reality movie. But as 2021 came and restrictions became more relaxed, Churuli had it's world premiere at the Thiruvananthapuram edition of The 25th International Film Festival of Kerala, at Tagore Theater on 11th February 2021.
Malayalam films have controlled profanity due to it's large number of family audience. This film breaks that rule and has the largest number of profanity till date.
Churuli translated to Spiral in English
The movie will start streaming on Sony Liv from 19th November, 2021.