In Iratta, each of the three officers at the scene had a potential motive for Vinod’s murder. Vinod had assaulted Inspector John while he was investigating a home disturbance, but ultimately chose not to press charges because of how close he was to retiring.
Inspector Sandeep had reasons to believe Vinod was potentially inappropriate with children. The two got into a fistfight after Vinod picked up Sandeep’s daughter from school without her parents’ knowledge.
The third inspector, Bineesh, caught an intoxicated Vinod raping a 17-year-old girl after a disturbance at an inn where they were gambling. Of course, the incident was swept under the rug by Vinod’s colleagues.
When they ask the murdered man’s wife, Malini, who could have hurt him, she quietly points towards Pramod, as the two brothers despise each other.
Vinod and Pramod
As children, the two twins were raised by a violent and alcoholic father, who also happened to be a police officer. When their mother finally left him, he forcefully kept a young Vinod in an attempt to avoid paying her child support.
Abandoned by his mother and twin brother, Vinod stayed with his abusive father until one day, the man tried to rape an underage girl from the village.
In retaliation, several other men (presumably the girl’s family members) killed him, a crime the young boy witnessed.
When the mother and Pramod returned after the father’s death, it was too late. The relationship between the two siblings was permanently damaged.
Who killed Vinod?
When the investigating officer finally allowed Pramod to help, he spoke to the suspects again. All three had a convincing alibi, even if one tried to hide he was having an affair with a fellow officer.
After taking a closer look at the footage captured by reporters, Pramod notes two children who were playing rugby in the field next to the police station. The boy’s testimony reveals that no one murdered Vinod. Instead, he turned the gun on himself.
Pramod and all the other officers were struggling to grasp the suicide theory. By all accounts, Vinod was a changed man and happy in his new marriage.
While trying to figure out why his brother took his own life, Pramod learns that, at the time of his death, Vinod was watching the TV show Swetha was competing in. On-screen, he recognized his former sister-in-law in the audience and realized that the 17-year-old girl he raped was his niece.
Unable to live with himself for committing such a horrific act, Vinod shot himself three times. As it turns out, incest was one line even Vinod couldn’t morally cross.
The film ends with a broken Pramod trying to make sense of his brother’s death and actions. When his wife calls him and suggests they meet, the man tells her never to mention him to their daughter and never to call him.
After all, how could he ever have a relationship with his estranged child when he shares the same face as a man who hurt her?
