Drishyam (2013)

A man goes to extreme lengths to save his family from punishment after the family commits an accidental crime.

Director:

Jeethu Joseph

Writers:

Saeid Shahi, Jeethu Joseph

Stars:

Asokan, Mohanlal, Kalabhavan Rahman

Top Rated Movies #151 | 15 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Asokan
Mohanlal	...	George Kutty
Kalabhavan Rahman	...	Bus Conductor
Balaji Sarma	...	Restaurant Owner
Sreekumar	...	Rani's Father
Meena	...	Rani
Ansiba	...	Anju
Baiju V.K.	...	Soman
Esther Anil	...	Anu (as Esther)
Kalabhavan Shajohn	...	Sahadevan
Asha Sharath	...	IG Geetha Prabhakar
Siddique	...	Prabhakar
Roshan Basheer	...	Varun Prabhakar (as Roshan Pundayoli Basheer)
Neeraj Madhav	...	Monichan
Pradeep Chandran	...	New Sub Inspector

Storyline

Georgekutty (Mohanlal) is a cable TV network owner in a remote and hilly village in Kerala. He lives a happy life with his wife and 2 girls. The first half revolves around the depiction of their happy family. Anju (Ansiba), Georgekutty's daughter goes to a school trip in between the proceedings. After a few days a guy who had been at the school trip with her meets Anju. He blackmails her with a video of her that he had captured during the school trip. In the course of events he is accidentally killed by Rani (Meena) and Anju. Georgekutty on returning home is appraised of the events and thus begins a cat and mouse game as the murdered person is the son of IG Geeta Prabhakar (Asha Sharath) and Prabhakar (Siddique). How the family weathers the storm that ensues during the murder investigation forms the rest of the story leading to a deeply satisfying and unexpected climax.

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Plot Keywords:

murder investigation | investigation | blackmail | man missing | corpse | 

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Taglines:

Visuals can be deceiving

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Malayalam English

Release Date:

19 December 2013 (India)

Also Known As:

Visuals

Filming Locations:

Rajakkad, Idukki, Kerala, India

Box Office

Budget:

INR35,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$13,076,265

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aashirvad Cinemas

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Drishyam completed 100 days run in Tamil Nadu, Mumbai, Bangalore, UAE etc, other than Kerala. Drishyam also became the first Indian film to complete 100 days in the UAE.

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Goofs

Varun is seen using a Galaxy smart-phone which uses mini/micro Sim. But when cleaning the room, Georgekutty finds a normal Sim.

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Connections

Remade as Dharmayuddhaya (2017)

User Reviews

An Unexpected Outstanding movie on the year end

A family, their joy, their pain, their emotions, and their struggle. There are nail-biting scenes that will blow your mind. There are sizzling moments which makes you think overnight. There are Heartbreaking plot twists which makes you upside down. This is an amazing story. A great movie which can be included in the top of any lists. Jeethu has proved his ability once again. And, of course Mohanlal proved once again he is the real 'superstar' of the industry. This movie has some great performances. This is Mohanlal at his peak, Jeethu Joseph at his best. The rest of the crew especially, Meena, Siddique, and Kalabhavan Shajohn, they seem really bonded to their respective characters and are really amazing. The movie can be considered as the best of this year. This is really out of box, and i am completely out of my words.