Drishyam (film series)

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Drishyam
Directed by Jeethu Joseph
Written byJeethu Joseph
Produced by Antony Perumbavoor
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Running time
317 minutes (2 films)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget ₹35 million−50 million [a]

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 as Georgekutty, Rani George, Anju George and Anu George. 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.

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The first installment to the film series, Drishyam , was released on 19 December 2013 met with widespread critical acclaim and was a major box office success. 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 critically acclaimed, claiming it 'One of the best ever sequels in Indian cinema'. [5] [6]

Development

Drishyam

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]

Drishyam 2

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]

Drishyam 3

Director Jeethu Joseph revealed that Drishyam 3 is in early stages of development. [19]

Cast and crew

Cast

Drishyam

Drishyam 2

  • Mohanlal as Georgekutty – A movie theatre owner and aspiring film producer
  • Meena as Rani George – Georgekutty's wife; Anju and Anu's mother; a homemaker
  • Ansiba Hassan as Anju George – Georgekutty and Rani's college-going elder daughter; a PTSD patient
  • Esther Anil as Anu George – Georgekutty and Rani's school-going younger daughter
  • Murali Gopy as IGP Thomas Bastin IPS – Geetha’s friend
  • Asha Sharath as Geetha Prabhakar – Varun’s mother; former Inspector General of Police (resigned)
  • Siddique as Prabhakar – Varun's father; Geetha's husband
  • Saikumar as Vinayachandran – A screenwriter
  • K. B. Ganesh Kumar as Philipp Mathew – Circle Inspector of Police; member of Bastin’s Investigation Team
  • Anjali Nair as Saritha – Georgekutty's neighbor-Sabu's wife;an undercover cop; member of Bastin’s Investigation Team
  • Sumesh Chandran as Sabu – Georgekutty's neighbor-Saritha's husband;an undercover cop; member of Bastin’s Investigation Team
  • Ajith Koothattukulam as Jose George – An ex-convict sentenced for homicide
  • Santhipriya as Advocate Renuka – a defense lawyer appearing for Georgekutty
  • Dinesh Prabhakar as Rajan – Kottayam Medical College's Forensic Medicine block security whom Georgekutty befriends with him
  • Antony Perumbavoor as Antony Joseph – Sub Inspector of Police
  • Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Sulaiman – A tea shop owner who is a sympathiser of Georgekutty
  • Raghu as Raghu – Sulaiman’s assistant in his tea shop
  • Adam Ayub as Judge of District Court, Thodupuzha
  • Krishna as Police Forensic Surgeon
  • Joy Mathew as Advocate Janardhanan – The public prosecutor appearing for police
  • Boban Samuel as DySP Raghuram
  • Rajesh Paravoor as Tehsildar
  • Krishna Praba as Mary – Jose's wife
  • Pauly Valsan as Jose's mother
  • Renjini as Dr. Renjini P. Dev – Anju's doctor
  • Murali Kannur as DGP V. Jayakrishnan IPS
  • Shobha Mohan as Rani's mother
  • Aneesh G. Menon as Rajesh, Rani's brother and local politician
  • Jayashankar as Pathrose – A gravedigger whom Georgekutty befriends with him.
  • Kalabhavan Shajon as Constable Sahadevan Ramkant (mentioned only)
  • Neeraj Madhav as Monichan, George's aide (mentioned only)

Crew

OccupationFilm
Drishyam (2013) Drishyam 2 (2021)
Director Jeethu Joseph
Producer Antony Perumbavoor
WriterJeethu Joseph
Cinematography Sujith Vaassudev Satheesh Kurup
EditorAyoob KhanV. S. Vinayak
Music Anil Johnson,
Vinu Thomas		Anil Johnson

Remakes

Drishyam

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]

LanguageNameCastDirector
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)TBATBA

Drishyam 2

The film was remade in Kannada as Drishya 2 (2021) directed by P. Vasu [24] and in Telugu as Drushyam 2 (2021) by Jeethu Joseph himself. [25] The Hindi remake titled Drishyam 2 (2022) was directed by Abhishek Pathak. Jeethu had plans to direct a Tamil remake. [26]

LanguageNameCastDirector
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

Notes

  1. ↑ Gautaman Bhaskaran of Hindustan Times claims the film's budget as ₹35 million, [1] while IANS claims it to be ₹50 million. [2] Sify claims the budget of the film to be ₹45 million. [3]

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