Netflix has acquired the digital rights to Detective Ujjwalan, Dhyan Sreenivasan’s Malayalam thriller. Though the release date isn’t confirmed, it’s expected to stream by mid-July.

Directed by Indraneel Gopeekrishnan and Rahul Ghave, the film follows a local investigator uncovering murders tied to a ‘Boogeyman’ in Plaachikkaavu. It was released in May alongside Narivetta (streaming on Sony LIV from July 11) and Azadi (now on Manorama Max & Sun NXT).