Name: Paathirathri
Director: Ratheena PT
Genre: Film
Released: 2025-10-17
Cast: Soubin Shahir, Navya Nair, Sunny Wayne, Ann Augustine, Athmiya

Synopsis

Paathirathri

Paathirathri is a crime thriller drama, where Hareesh and Jancy Kurian are cops. During a routine night patrol, police officers Jancy and Hareesh encounter a suspiciously parked car. As they approach, a man flees into a nearby swamp. Hareesh, fearing a bureaucratic backlash if an accident occurs on their watch, convinces a hesitant Jancy to abandon the chase and report nothing. Shortly after, they are diverted by their Circle Inspector (CI) to investigate the suicide of a young girl in Manthara. Returning to the swamp out of guilt, Jancy is unsettled to find the area recently covered with sand. Her anxiety is compounded by a deteriorating marriage to her husband, Felix, who has become emotionally distant through a spiritual obsession to Tibet. Similarly, Hareesh faces a personal crisis as his wife files for divorce and seeks sole custody of their daughter. The situation escalates when a missing person’s report is filed for Ansar, a journalist whose body is eventually discovered in the pit. Realizing the man they chased was Ansar, Jancy and Hareesh find themselves in a precarious position. The investigation is assigned to DySP Suresh, a cunning officer known for framing innocents. Suspecting Jancy and Hareesh were at the scene, Suresh discovers a link between the victim and Felix, who had contacted Ansar multiple times.

Director: Ratheena PT
Release: 17 Oct 2025
Run time: 128 min
Language: Malayalam

Cast & crew

Soubin Shahir Cast

Navya Nair Cast

Sunny Wayne Cast AN Ann Augustine Cast AT Athmiya Cast PO Pooja Mohanraj Cast AC Achyuth Kumar Cast

Harisree Ashokan Cast

Shabareesh Varma Cast

Indrans Cast RA Ratheena PT Director SH Shaji Maraad Writer DR Dr KV Abdul Nazar Producer AS Ashiya Nazar Producer JA Jakes Bejoy Composer SH Shehnad Jalal Cinematographer SR Sreejith Sarang Editor

Reviews

Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.

Critics' consensus

Mixed

Across 2 available source-linked Indian-media reviews for Paathirathri, reception is mixed.

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Reception Order

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OTTplay Gayathri Krishna

Similar to other recent films like Ronth, Paathirathri examines the brutal dynamics of power struggles in different levels of law enforcement. Meanwhile, Ratheena also portrays loneliness, betrayal, love, and a sense of accountability in the most unvarnished way possible without focusing only on this theme. Every character has been structured to ensure that their portrayal of their vulnerabilities and determination to learn the truth is deeply moving. Although the film moves quickly and does not devote much time to exposing the case or the culprits, the question of whether justice has been done is still open.

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The New Indian Express Vignesh Madhu

When two cops are pitted against their influential and scheming superior, you expect a battle of wits, but Ratheena's typically old-fashioned filmmaking fails to build any tension or interest in what lies ahead. With crucial evidence 'coincidentally' landing one after the other, the film neither lends the excitement of a nail-biting investigation nor emotional gravitas. After a point, it's just characters repeating the same set of information, making one wonder why the editor was so liberal. When you think the film is somehow dragging itself to the end point, Indrans appears with an emotional monologue. This whole stretch is dedicated only to underlining the ruthlessness of a particular character whose intentions are evident right from the beginning. The artificiality in dialogues only makes things worse.

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