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Directed by | Jeethu Joseph |
Written by | Jeethu Joseph |
Produced by | Antony Perumbavoor |
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Running time | 317 minutes (2 films) |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Budget | ₹11 crore [lower-alpha 1] |
Drishyam is an Indian crime thriller film series, written and directed by Jeethu Joseph, produced by Antony Perumbavoor under Aashirvad Cinemas. It stars Mohanlal, Meena, Ansiba Hassan and Esther Anil in the lead roles. The film series follows the struggle of Georgekutty and his family who come under suspicion when Varun Prabhakar, the son of the inspector-general of police, goes missing.
The first installment to the film series, Drishyam , was released on 19 December 2013 and was received very well at the box office. The film was an industry hit and was the highest-grossing Malayalam film at that time. [4]
Jeethu had given no thought to a sequel to the movie until the producer suggested it. Later, he started to write the screenplay to the sequel of the film. The film, Drishyam 2 , was shot completely in the Covid-19 pandemic and was released through Amazon Prime Video on 19 February 2021. The sequel was well received and appreciated by the critics and audience, claiming it 'One of the best ever sequels in Indian cinema'. [5] [6]
In July 2013, it was reported that Jeethu Joseph will be directing a film titled My Family with Mohanlal in the lead. [7] In August 2013, Jeethu clarified that the film was titled Drishyam. [8] A thread similar to that of Drishyam has been with the director since the early 1990s. He was inspired by a conversation he had overheard about the plight of two families involved in a legal battle. [9] Jeethu had penned the story of Drishyam even before Memories (2013). [10] He says, "I started working on the subject some two years back. But I wanted to stick to the planned order and hence postponed the project till I finished Memories". [11] The script was initially planned to be filmed by another director but since that director could not find a producer, Jeethu took back the script and decided to direct it himself. [12] Drishyam contrasts from the director's previous films. He says, "Different films require different treatment. I toiled hard while filming Memories as the film was full of twists and turns and the handling of the subject mattered a lot. But Drishyam is a complete script-oriented film that does not require any special effort. We shot the film sticking completely to the script, and the shooting was completed effortlessly." [13]
Jeethu Joseph and Mohanlal were filming for Ram prior to the COVID-19 lockdown in India, however the shooting of the film was stalled as some sequences they want to film in foreign locations, such as London and Cairo. As the crew realised that the filming would take time to continue, Jeethu decided to start the works for Drishyam 2, a sequel to their 2013 film Drishyam which he had plans for some time. As the shooting of the film would only take place in Kerala, Jeethu realised it was most appropriate film to shoot after the lockdown ends. [14] The film was officially announced by Mohanlal on his 60th birthday on 21 May 2020. It was intended to start filming soon after the government allows permission to begin film shootings. [15] Mohanlal said during an interview that he has read the script, and shooting might begin after lockdown. [16] Antony Perumbavoor who produced Drishyam returns as the producer. Jeethu said that it is a direct continuation of the last film and for that he has retained the principal characters along with some new additions in the secondary cast. [17] In the turn of events, Georgekutty and his family now leads an affluent life and Georgekutty has opened a cinema theatre and is also planning to produce a film. [18]
Director Jeethu Joseph revealed that Drishyam 3 is in early stages of development. [19]
Occupation | Film | |
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Drishyam (2013) | Drishyam 2 (2021) | |
Director | Jeethu Joseph | |
Producer | Antony Perumbavoor | |
Writer | Jeethu Joseph | |
Cinematography | Sujith Vaassudev | Satheesh Kurup |
Editor | Ayoob Khan | V. S. Vinayak |
Music | Anil Johnson, Vinu Thomas | Anil Johnson |
Drishyam was remade into several languages. The Indian remake rights of the film were sold for ₹155 million. All the versions were commercially successful. [20] [21] The film was remade in Kannada as Drishya (2014), in Telugu as Drushyam (2014), in Tamil as Papanasam (2015) by Joseph himself, in Hindi as Drishyam (2015), in Sinhala as Dharmayuddhaya (2017) [22] and in Mandarin Chinese as Sheep Without a Shepherd (2019) with a different ending. [23]
Language | Name | Cast | Director |
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Kannada | Drishya (2014) | Ravichandran, Navya Nair, Asha Sharath | P. Vasu. |
Telugu | Drushyam (2014) | Venkatesh, Meena, Nadhiya | Sripriya |
Tamil | Papanasam (2015) | Kamal Haasan, Gautami, Asha Sharath | Jeethu Joseph |
Hindi | Drishyam (2015) | Ajay Devgan, Shriya Saran, Tabu | Nishikant Kamat |
Sinhala | Dharmayuddhaya (2017) | Jackson Anthony, Dilhani, Kusum Renu | Cheyyar Ravi [22] |
Mandarin Chinese | Sheep Without a Shepherd (2019) | Xiao Yang, Tan Zhuo, Joan Chen | Sam Quah [23] |
Indonesian | TBA (2022) | TBA | TBA |
The film was remade in Kannada as Drishya 2 directed by P. Vasu [24] and in Telugu as Drushyam 2 (2021) by Jeethu Joseph himself. [25] The Hindi remake titled Drishyam 2 directed by Abhishek Pathak was released on theatres on 18 November 2022. Jeethu had plans to direct a Tamil remake. [26]
Language | Name | Cast | Director |
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Kannada | Drishya 2 (2021) | Ravichandran, Navya Nair, Asha Sharath | P. Vasu. |
Telugu | Drushyam 2 (2021) | Venkatesh, Meena, Nadhiya | Jeethu Joseph |
Hindi | Drishyam 2 (2022) | Ajay Devgan, Shriya Saran, Tabu | Abhishek Pathak |
Puriyaadha Puthir is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language mystery thriller film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar in his directorial debut. It is a remake of the 1989 Kannada film Tarka which was based on Agatha Christie's 1958 play, The Unexpected Guest. The film, produced by R. B. Choudary, was released on 7 September 1990.
Aashirvad Cinemas is an Indian film production company based in Kochi, Kerala. It was established in 2000 by Antony Perumbavoor, since then, it has produced over 30 Malayalam films, starring Mohanlal. Since 2009, the company co-operates with the distribution company Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments co-founded by Mohanlal and Antony Perumbavoor for distributing films. It is one among the most active and leading production houses in the Malayalam film industry.
Malekudy Joseph Antony, better known as Antony Perumbavoor is an Indian film producer, distributor, cinema exhibitor and actor, who works in Malayalam film industry. He began his career as a chauffeur to Mohanlal in 1987 and started appearing in brief roles in Malayalam films in 1990s. In 2000, he established the film production house Aashirvad Cinemas, which exclusively produces Mohanlal films. Antony owns the multiplex theatre chain Aashirvad Cineplexx and co-owns the film distribution company Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments. He is the president of Film Exhibitors United Organisation of Kerala (FEUOK).
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