Malayalam actor-filmmaker Dileesh Pothan has played police officers several times in films like Gangster, Aby, Pokkiri Simon, Kumbalangi Nights, Unda, among others. But cop-turned-filmmaker Shahi Kabir’s Ronth is, perhaps, the most realistic of the lot. In the film, which is now streaming on JioHotstar (via OTTplay Premium too), Dileesh is Grade SI Yohanan, a seasoned cop, who smells trouble from a mile away and knows just how to sidestep it, while also discharging his duties under morally ambiguous circumstances.

He is paired with rookie cop Dinnath (Roshan Mathews), with the latter unsure what to make of his superior officer’s policing, as they go about attending to various issues during their night patrol sessions. The turning point in the tale revolves around a missing person’s report they investigate. A young girl’s gone missing, according to her father, but when Yohanan and Dinnath turn up to speak to the family, they are firmly told that there’s been a misunderstanding and that she’s at home after all.

Unbeknown to Yohanan and Dinnath at the time, the family was actually on the hunt for the girl Jincy, the boy they suspect she eloped with, as well as her friends Arun and Naveen, who they suspect helped her get away. Jincy’s brother and friends find both Arun and Naveen and torture them for information about her whereabouts, but Naveen manages to get away from them, albeit after sustaining an injury during his escape.

Later, when Naveen is discovered murdered, the narrative is twisted to implicate Yohanan and Dinnath as members of Jincy's family after CCTV footage reveals the two talking to her brother and a call recording of Yohanan offering to help them bring Jincy back. Of course, Yohanan is aware that he may escape punishment if he sticks to his account of events, but the naive Dinnath believes the idea that his coworker would probably betray him in order to protect himself.

Dinnath attempts to flee the police station in a fit of rage when he understands that Yohanan had his back the whole time and that his conduct implicates them as suspects in Naveen's murder, but he is struck by a speeding car as he tries to flee. The movie comes to a close when Yohanan and the other perpetrators are taken away to face trial.

Shahi Kabir has been quoted as leaving out the fact that Yohanan and Dinnath did not speak after the news of Naveen's death broke, in his effort to demonstrate that the system is rotten from within. Dinnath would not have been duped or ended up dead if they had talked to one another and straightened out their tale.
Read Also: Nivin Pauly Set to Lead in Weekend Blockbusters' Upcoming Zombie Thriller 'Jambi'
Get the latest Bollywood entertainment news, trending celebrity news, latest celebrity news, new movie reviews, latest entertainment news, latest Bollywood news, and Bollywood celebrity fashion & style updates!