Iratta 2023

52-year-old Vinod Kumar, the twin brother of Pramod Kumar, is found murdered, kicking off a tense investigation at Vagamon’s police station. The case is complicated by three suspects who once worked closely with Vinod: ASI John [Manoj K U], CPO Bineesh [Abhiram Radhakrishnan], and SCPO Sandeep [Sabumon Abdusamad]. Each man carries a personal grievance against Vinod, shadows that color every alibi and motive the team unearths. The trio’s stories are laid out in separate, gripping vignettes that gradually reveal Vinod as a man with a volatile temper, a penchant for heavy drinking, and a tangled past with both men and women.

As the investigation deepens, the film shifts to Pramod’s backstory. Pramod Kumar is a recovered alcoholic who has rebuilt his life as a respected Deputy Superintendent of Police, but his past is not easily left behind. He lives with the memory of a fractured family: his wife, Sreeja, left him and moved to Mumbai with their newborn daughter after Vinod’s behavior strained their relationship. The brothers’ childhood unfolds in a shared home shadowed by an abusive father who was himself a police constable. A violent incident ends with their father’s death, an event that fractures the family and sows envy, resentment, and a lasting rift between the two brothers.

This history informs the present tension when Satheesh Chandran [Srikant Murali], a DYSP with close ties to Vinod, leads the inquiry. He is initially wary of Pramod, aware of the brothers’ long-standing enmity, and he relies on a mix of official procedure and old loyalties to steer the investigation. The plot thickens as a crucial clue appears: a security camera clip from a local field shows Vinod with a camera crew nearby, watching a moment that seems ordinary at first but becomes catastrophic in hindsight. A group of children playing with a dog in the same frame later reveals Vinod’s most damning choice: he took his own life after firing three shots to his chest, an act witnessed by one of the children who had been nearby.

The mystery grows when a separate stream of footage surfaces, showing Vinod watching a reality show just before his death. Pramod notices his own grown daughter, Swetha, among the performers, a revelation that sends the investigation down a grim path. The team confirms a deeply troubling link: the minor girl Vinod raped years earlier, in the lodge, was Swetha. The revelation reframes Vinod’s suicide as a reaction to unthinkable guilt and the burden of a crime he could not atone for, a darkness that gnaws at his relationships and triggers a cascade of consequences for everyone around him.

With this new motive, Pramod pieces together a more comprehensive picture. He discovers that Vinod’s violence wasn’t a standalone flaw but part of a pattern extending through their family’s history, including the trauma endured by their mother [Sruthi Jayan] and the weight of a father’s abuse. The once-strong bond between the brothers is shown to have dissolved under pressure, with Pramod’s honest policing career standing in stark contrast to Vinod’s street-smart, impulsive methods. The investigation pinpoints how the past still governs the present, shaping decisions and fueling guilt.

In the end, the story resolves around the consequences of hidden truths. Sreeja’s attempts to reconnect with Pramod test the balance between forgiveness and accountability, and Pramod makes a stern demand: Swetha must not be told about her grandfather’s face or the night at the lodge. He carries the weight of Vinod’s sins, their father’s violent legacy, and the mistakes he himself made in the past, choosing a path of atonement that acknowledges the damage done while seeking some measure of justice and reconciliation for those left to pick up the pieces. The film closes on a note that is sober and reflective, underscoring the way trauma echoes through generations and the heavy burden of repairing a family fractured by crime, guilt, and silence.