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Pradhama Drishtya Kuttakkar is a Malayalam police procedural thriller directed by Shahad and written by P. S. Subramanian and Vijesh Thottingal. The title translates to "prima facie guilty," capturing the film's core exploration of how quickly evidence can point toward a suspect and how trained professionals attempt to navigate or subvert that reality.
The plot centers around Aleena Abraham, played by Parvathy Thiruvothu, who joins the police force as a constable on compassionate grounds following the death of her husband. Set primarily within the Nattakom police station in Kottayam, the narrative takes a sharp turn during a tense night shift when Aleena and her fellow on-duty officers—played by Sidharth Bharathan, Mathew Thomas, and Unnimaya Prasad—bring in a shifty individual named Jayaprakash under suspicious circumstances. A sudden scuffle breaks out inside the station, resulting in the man's accidental death. Fearing the severe institutional and legal consequences, the four officers make the desperate collective decision to cover up the incident, erase CCTV evidence, and hide the body rather than report it as self-defense.
The tension escalates when a seasoned Crime Branch officer, Harris Meeran, played by Vijayaraghavan, takes over an investigation involving the same criminal for a separate, violent offense. This sets up a gripping cat-and-mouse game where Harris attempts to piece together the truth, while Aleena uses her sharp intellect and knowledge of investigative methods—partly inspired by a book written by Harris himself—to keep her team a step ahead of the law. The film also features performances by Vinay Forrt and Azeez Nedumangad, blending moments of dark tension with grounded, naturalistic performances. While drawing stylistic and thematic comparisons to suspense dramas like Drishyam and Nayattu, the movie leans heavily into the psychological grey areas of self-preservation, institutional power, and the terrifying vulnerability of law enforcement officers finding themselves on the wrong side of the law.