Officer on Duty is a 2025 Indian Malayalam-language crime action thriller film directed by Jithu Ashraf (in his directorial debut) and written by Shahi Kabir.[3] It stars Kunchacko Boban, Vishak Nair, Jagadish and Priyamani. The film was positively received by critics and audiences, with its performances (particularly by Kunchacko Boban, Jagadish and Vishak Nair), story, and music garnering praise and turned out to be commercial success.
In Bangalore, Police Inspector Joseph Chembola of the Karnataka Police hangs himself in his house after leaving a suicide note orchestrated by a group of drug addicts led by Christy Savio.
Eight months later, in Kerala, Harishankar alias Hari is a hot-headed and impulsive officer who was recently demoted from his DYSP rank to CI after assaulting his superior officer by accident. Hari is subsequently assigned as the SHO of the Aluva police station. He receives a complaint about a KSRTC conductor named Chandrababu attempting to mortgage an imitation gold chain. This seemingly minor case leads him to investigate a series of gruesome crimes, which are revealed to be connected to his own past personal tragedy.
Hari suffers from PTSD following the suicide of his elder daughter, Nila, which causes him to express his trauma violently, particularly toward his wife, Geetha. One day, Chandrababu reports to the police station that his gold chain was replaced with fake gold when he attempted to pawn it for his wife's surgery. Upon investigation, Hari discovers that Chandrababu’s daughter had switched the chain herself after being sexually exploited by an unknown perpetrator. Hari attempts to file a POCSO case, but before he can proceed, the girl commits suicide by hanging. Chandrababu blames Hari for his rude behavior and his daughter's death. Witnessing her death triggers Hari’s buried trauma, revealing that Nila had also been sexually exploited in the same way as Chandrababu's daughter. In a fit of rage, Hari kills a drug addict named Shyam in custody after discovering a sex tape of Nila on his laptop. Overcome with grief, Hari attempts to confront Nila, but she had already hung herself. The trauma causes him to suffer amnesia regarding the incident.
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