Character Relationship Map: Redrum

Characters

• Rashed (played by Afran Nisho) — protagonist
• Neela (played by Mehazabien Chowdhury) — supporting
• Shohel (played by Manoj Kumar Pramanik) — supporting
• Shohel's Step Mother (played by Shilpi Sarker Apu) — supporting
• Sohel's Father (played by Masum Basher) — supporting
• News Anchor (played by Saif Imam) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Sohel's Father → Shohel (Family Father) — Shohel's father becomes involved in the family's interpretation of the murder.

  Sohel's Father is identified as part of Shohel's family and joins the suspicion directed toward Neela.

• Shohel's Step Mother → Shohel (Family Stepmother) — She is Shohel's stepmother and a key source of information about the family meal.

  Shohel's Step Mother tells investigators that she prepared the family's food and discusses the anesthetics found in Shohel's body.

• Neela → Shohel (Family Wife) — Neela is Shohel's wife and is directly connected to the central murder investigation.

  The plot identifies Neela as Shohel's pregnant wife, present in the bedroom when he is murdered.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Sohel's Father → Neela (Conflict Suspect Accuser) — He supports the family's suspicion that Neela may be responsible.

  Sohel's Father joins Shohel's Step Mother in suspecting Neela after the murder.

• Shohel's Step Mother → Neela (Conflict Suspect Accuser) — She helps establish the family's suspicion against Neela.

  Shohel's Step Mother and Sohel's Father begin to suspect Neela, although they cannot identify another possible culprit.

• News Anchor → Neela (Conflict Public Accuser) — The News Anchor intensifies public suspicion by directly accusing Neela.

  The News Anchor confronts Neela with accusations that she killed Shohel for his property and was romantically involved with Rashed.

• Rashed → Neela (Conflict Investigator And Suspect) — Rashed's investigation places Neela under direct suspicion.

  Rashed questions Neela about remaining unaware while the killer entered the bedroom and murdered Shohel.

• Rashed → Shohel (Social Old Friend) — Rashed's prior connection to Shohel gives the investigation a personal dimension.

  Rashed is described as the investigating officer and an old friend during the investigation into Shohel's death.

Story Analysis

An apparent murder solution gradually becomes uncertain when planted evidence suggests that Neela may have been framed.

Plot Progression

1. Poisoned Birthday Toast — A birthday celebration is followed by private vodka drinking and sudden illness. One man survives while his business partner dies, creating an initial mystery.
2. False Leads And Shadows — Witness testimony introduces the dead man's distress and an alleged stranger near his house. The investigator later admits that the CCTV detail was fabricated as a bluff.
3. The Bedroom Murder — Shohel is found with his throat cut while Neela is present. Her claim that she was asleep becomes the central question of Rashed's investigation.
4. Family Suspicion — Evidence of anesthetic in Shohel's body points toward the family meal. Shohel's Step Mother and Sohel's Father begin to suspect Neela.
5. The Framed Solution — Neela is publicly accused and officially declared responsible after a blade is found in her locket. Rashed then discovers that the evidence may have been deliberately planted.