Drishyam (2015)
10/10
The psychological duel fought between a layman n a top cop is heart pounding.
30 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
My earlier review which i posted on 31st July 2015 and which got more than 100 likes got deleted. Must be some blind bhakt who aint fond of this movie or my review or must be some fan boy who must hav got pissed off thru my imdb reviews.

Unfortunately, there r countless blind bhakts n countless fan boys in my beautiful India.

I saw this movie with my entire family in a theatre n that too, first day, first show.

This aint ur regular Bollywood trash as there aint no songs, no dance, no unnecessary shirtless stuff, no gravity defying badly choreographed action, no jingoism n no melodrama.

This one is a taut thriller with a superb performance by Ajay Devgn. He lost all his muscles n got into the skin of the character.

His plain shirt, trouser n slippers act is convincing as a common person. Devgn is terrific n he nailed the character.

The other guy who played Gaitonde is superb too.

Audiences were cheering when he gets a beating. Such was the impact of his devilish act.

It reminded me of a real life incident i read about.

I read that many fellas in real life were very angry due to John Carradine's character shooting Jesse James (1939 version) at the movie's end. They say a young boy kicked John Carradine on his shoe during the premiere.

Coming back to this film, it is full of tension n suspense throughout n the twist in the end makes it a top notch cerebral film.

The saddest scene is the one where the character of Tabu n her onscreen husband anticipates their son's arrival whenever the door bell rings.

Check out Suspect X (2008), Perfect Number (2012) n The Devotion of Suspect X (2017).

All are based on the 2005 novel The Devotion of Suspect X (2005) by Keigo Higashino.
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