Parvathy Thiruvothu takes her first Malayalam police role in Prima Facie Guilty
Parvathy Thiruvothu wears the Kerala police uniform for the first time in a Malayalam-language film, according to Variety.
She stars as Aleena Abraham in Pradhama Drishtiya Kuttakkar, which translates to Prima Facie Guilty. The film is directed by Shahad Nilambur and produced by Arjun Selva under 11 Icons Film Productions. The screenplay was written by P. S. Subramanian and Vijesh Thottungal.
Aleena does not join the force by choice. She receives a compassionate appointment, a post offered to the family of a government employee who dies in service, after the death of her husband, a constable. Much of the story stays inside a local police station, where Aleena works alongside fellow officers Divya, Dasan and Sreenath.
The film does not hold back its mystery. Its central crime is revealed within the first 10 to 15 minutes, according to Variety. The focus then shifts to what happens inside the station after that discovery.
Thiruvothu prepared for the part by studying the small details of police life. She learned the correct police salute. She also discussed procedure with Indian Police Service officer Ajeetha Begum.
It is her first time playing a police officer in Malayalam cinema, the Kerala-based film industry, but not her first brush with the uniform. She previously played plainclothes deputy commissioner Kranthi Shenoy in the Prime Video series Dhootha. She also dubbed the Malayalam-language version of a police officer played by Kareena Kapoor Khan in Daayra.
Her credits include Bangalore Days, Take Off, Uyare and Virus. Those roles built her reputation across Malayalam and wider Indian cinema.
Off screen, Thiruvothu has been a central voice on working conditions for women in film. She spoke out about misogyny in the Malayalam film industry in 2017 and has been active with the Women in Cinema Collective, an organisation that campaigns for gender equality on set. She has faced public scrutiny since 2017 after speaking out, according to Variety.
That campaign led to official action. The Kerala government formed the Justice Hema Committee in 2017 to investigate sexual harassment and gender discrimination in the Malayalam film industry. The committee submitted its findings in 2019.
Thiruvothu has said she feels lucky to have started her acting career in Malayalam cinema, according to Mathrubhumi.
What makes this stand out for fans is the contrast. A performer known for outsiders and survivors now plays someone inside the system, learning its rules station by station.
