Pathaam Valavu

Pathaam Valavu

SI M. Sethunath is eager to go on leave for his wife Suja's delivery. He is 43 and Suja's first two pregnancies were miscarriages. He and his family are extremely worried. On the day when his leave was supposed to start, his superior Shihab Ali asks him to track down and capture Solomon who is out on parole and hasn't returned after his return date. Being an honest and straightforward officer who gives primary importance to duty, he readily takes up the task. Sethu goes to Solomon's house but Solomon runs away. Later in the day, Solomon tries to kill a guy but he's beaten up by the public. Sethu arrives on scene and arrests Solomon. On the way back to the police station, they halt at a local tea stall due to traffic block. While they were having tea, the teastall owner who knows Solomon very well, narrates his story to the police. He was an orphan and a well loved man in his village. He had fallen in love with a Hindu girl Seetha, and they both had eloped and gotten married. They had a daughter named Lachumol. One day during the local church festival, Lachu goes missing. The next day, Lachu's corpse is found, and the postmortem report tells that she was raped before death. The villagers assume that Head Constable Varadhan, who had wanted to marry Seetha was the culprit. SI Antony asks Varadhan to take time off as only he had a problem with Solomon and everyone is under the impression that he killed Lachu and for that reason villagers might attack him.

Director

M. Padmakumar

Release

13 May 2022

Run time

122 min

Language

Malayalam