Parvathy Thiruvothu’s cop character in the Malayalam thriller outsmarts investigators by melting a bullet into a ring, according to the film’s climax breakdown.
In Pradhama Drishtya Kuttakkar, Parvathy Thiruvothu steps into her first cop role in a two-decade career, playing Aleena Abraham — a woman thrust into the police force after her husband is killed by an officer on duty. She’s posted to the Nattakam Police Station as a CPO handling the women’s help desk, where she joins ASI Dasan (Sidharth Bharathan), CPO Divya Abhilash (Unnimaya Prasad), and CPO Sreenath Ayyappan (Matthew Thomas).
The film, directed by Shahad, unfolds as a tense crime thriller built around a single night that spirals out of control. While on duty, the four officers accidentally shoot a man inside the station during a chase. He’d tried to evade a check, was brought in, and attempted to escape when they were inspecting his car.
In the struggle, the gun fires, four hands on it, one trigger pulled. No one knows who fired it. But the body is there. And so is the cover-up.
They face two choices: confess and go to prison, or find a way out. The film doesn’t let them rest. DySP Harris Meeran (Vijayaraghavan), head of Crime Branch, grows suspicious. His investigation into another murder leads him straight to the station.
He’s confident ballistic evidence will expose them. He seizes Divya’s gun. Eight bullets still in it, and prepares for testing. The real bullet from the scene must match the gun.
That’s how it works. But when the test comes back negative, Harris is baffled. The bullet didn’t come from Divya’s weapon. He assumes tampering.
Then he tries narco analysis on Aleena, believing she’ll crack under pressure. But she doesn’t. Her preparation is deeper than he knows. She’d studied Harris’s book. a real-life account of his investigations, and noted his reliance on narco analysis in past cases. She found a loophole: MDMA, a substance known to interfere with the process.
She used it before the interrogation. And she had already planted a fake bullet. Melted down and hidden, in the very book Harris wrote. The real one?
Turned into a ring she wears. The film quietly establishes earlier that her father ran a welding workshop. Skills passed down. She used them in the garage.
The twist lands not just as a plot device but as a critique of overconfidence. Harris’s public sharing of tactics gave Aleena the blueprint to stay ahead. The film doesn’t confirm whether MDMA actually blocks narco tests. Koimoi notes this claim is unverified.
Still, the narrative rewards attention. Every detail, every glance, every shift in tone builds toward the final reveal. It’s not just about escaping justice. It’s about outthinking the system.
And in that, the film holds its own.
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