Drishyam

Plot synopsis:
Georgekutty (Mohanlal) is an orphan who had dropped out of school after his 4th grade. Now he is a businessman running a cable TV service in a rural area. He is married to Rani (Meena) and they have two daughters, Anju (Ansiba Hassan) and Anu (Esther Anil). His only interest apart from his family is watching films. He spends most of his time in front of the TV in his small office.
During a nature camp, Anju gets photographed in the bathroom by a hidden cell phone. The culprit, Varun (Roshan Basheer), is the son of police inspector general Geetha Prabhakar (Asha Sarath). Varun is accidentally killed by Rani and her daughter when he comes to blackmail them. They hide his body in a compost pit, which is witnessed by Anu. Rani tells Georgekutty about the incident and he devises a way to save his family from the law. He removes the broken cell phone and disposes of Varun's car, which is seen by Constable Sahadevan (Kalabhavan Shajon), who has a grudge against Georgekutty. Georgekutty takes them out on a trip to Thodupuzha to pray in a church, watch a movie and eat at a restaurant. Geetha, seeing that her son has gone missing, starts an investigation.
After a preliminary investigation, Geetha calls Georgekutty and family for questioning. Georgekutty, who had predicted that this would happen, had already taught his family how to change their alibi at the time of murder. When questioned individually, they give the same replies. Georgekutty also presents the bill of the restaurant, the movie ticket and the bus tickets as proof of their alibi. Geetha questions the owners of the establishments they have been to and their statements prove Georgekutty's alibi. However, Geetha realizes later that Georgekutty had faked the evidence and established his alibi on the owners by going on a trip with his family to the same establishments later.
Geetha arrests Georgekutty and family and Sahadevan uses brute force to beat the truth out of them. Eventually, Anu gives in and reveals the place where the body is buried. After digging the compost pit, they find the carcass of a dog, indicating that Georgekutty had moved the body. Anu reports to the media and complains against Sahadevan. The constable is suspended and Geetha resigns from her post.
Later, Geetha and Prabhakar (Siddique) meet Georgekutty to ask forgiveness for their rude and violent behavior. Prabhakar asks Georgekutty if he can tell them about their son. Georgekutty then reveals indirectly that his family has committed a crime. Now in remand, Georgekutty signs a register at the newly constructed local police station. As he leaves, a flashback shows him leaving the incomplete police station with a shovel in hand, indicating that he has hidden Varun's body in the foundations of the police station itself.

Tags: murder

Review:
Casting – 4/5Acting – 4.5/5Story – 5/5Screenplay – 5/5Editing – 5/5Cinematography – 4/5Background Score – 4/5Wow, finally a good thriller movie after a long time.
The protagonist is a middle-class Goan Vijay Salgaonkar( Ajay Devgn) for whom his family's well being is paramount.Ajay plays the role of a 5th class school-dropout who runs a local cable-service provider shop.
The coziness of his family is shattered one night following an offhand chain of events.Vijay's character development is myriad throughout the film and it compels you to think away from the extreme principles of black vs white,  right vs wrong, yin vs yang.
His strong will and steadfastness to protect his family at all costs forms the backbone of the story.The unfateful night's chain of events leads to a massive police search headed by the stern and steely IPS Meera Deshmukh (Tabu).Tabu's acting is top-notch in multiple interrogation  scenes throughout the movie with a distinct no-nonsense persona on display at all times.Ishita Dutta is remarkable in her Bollywood debut with a wide palette of emotions.
Mrinal Jadhav plays the role of the innocent and adorable younger daughter splendidly, generating a few interspersed audience laughs.Rajat Kapoor has a knack for playing the upper-class, businessmen –roles and is casted perfectly as Tabu's husband.
However his character is a bit monochromatic, probably due to the script.The movie has multiple twists arousing the curiosity of the audience culminating into a superb climax.Even though the film is 2 hours and 43 minutes long, it binds the audience to their seats till the very last scene.I strongly recommend this film, especially to the thriller genre lovers.P.S. The film also teaches you why watching movies can impart you with paramount life-skills.
The trailers of this Hindi remake with powerful existence of Ajay Devgan (or Devgn, as he writes it now) and Tabu, motivated me to go for this movie after a tiring Thursday in office, (mentioning the tiring day as disappointment was the last this I was willing to accept after the day, Glad I chose this movie).
So the movie starts with a small happy family of Vishal Salgaonkar which is living happily in the ever happy town of Goa, there family was disrupted because of an unwanted person entering into their lives who happens to be the son of the Inspector general of Goa, Meera Deshmukh, then an accident happens which changes the life of this family for ever.
So the movie is about how actually Vishal safeguard his family and himself against powerful Meera and her Police Department.My special suggestion is to have patience and sit for the first half of the movie as nothing much will happen but the story will be built up.
After the interval when you come back with that tub of popcorn, its then the real investigation and the never ending plot of Vishal to safeguard his family starts, the proceedings will sometimes give you goose bumps and at times you will expect something to happen which will not happen and hence the tag line of the move "Visuals Can Be Deceptive" The Camera work of the movie is good.
Overall, Its 100% worth a watch on this weekend, so go ahead book your tickets and go for it, I am sure you wont be disappointed, specially people who like Ajay Devgn on screen should go for this movie for sure..
So, definitely the expectations would be high at least by the people who have seen it.The movie is super entertaining and comes off as a new genre.
The climax is brilliant.Ajay makes up for the time he was away from serious movies and excels scene by scene, Shriya is gorgeous and does well too.
A must watch if you are a fan of thriller and suspense moviesI have seen this movie in Tamil as well but I would give an extra star for the Hindi version.
Last but not least, Mr. Devgan has done a good job as a father who goes out of his ways to protect his family.If you are a Tabu fan, you would regret if you miss this movie.
Music wasn't much needed for movie,still 1 song after interval is situational which plays important role to make scene much tight.
Even though it is a remake of a Malyalam movie, there is no loss of quality and it delivered emphatically.The essence of the movie is that due to some unexpected turn of events, a normal middle-class family gets itself involved in the missing case of the son of Senior Police Officers.
As they never intended to do anything wrong, they decide to forge a story to dupe the police and save themselves.Ajay Devgan and Tabu are the two established actors in this movie, and both of them prove their mettle.
It is a welcome change for Ajay Devgan as he has made one bad movie after another despite possessing great acting talent.
She once again proved that she is the finest actress in Bollywood with a menacing, layered performance that will leave people spellbound.Drishyam is a suspense movie and the director does well to include several trademark techniques that are used in such movies.
The movie explores several elements of Indian life such as the rampant corruption of police officers, unyielding devotion to family, and the longing for revenge.
Best Family Thriller Movie In Bollywood.
A great family drama cum thriller cum suspense movie cum crime movie, filled the stuff of police brutality, innocent child acting, burning problems faced regularly by the teenager daughter and their parents-we are reading of news papers and seeing in all medias-mms scandal, blackmailing, etc.
A must watch family drama cum thriller cum spine-chilling suspense movie.
starting to end movie is great ...how a man who is 4 class fail done things that amaze you every time differently...
he done so many great serious role movie but every time he is different in his acting..
He loves watching action movies, law and crime dramas, and the accumulated wealth of knowledge help lay the path of deceit and red herrings for the police.
Rajat Kapoor looked wasted as he didn't have much lines but he has that upper class appeal and looked good with Tabu as her husband.They could have avoided the first song in the movie and just keeping the Rekha Bhardwaj song (which made sense).Otherwise,The story is 10/10.
So when it is time to protect our family anyone will do what Vijay has done in this movie.Kudos to the directer and all the cast and Crew.
Tabu and Ajay Devgan proved one more time, they are one of the finest actors in Bollywood..
i think a movie like DRISHYAM can never be made again in Bollywood film industry, this is something new for Indian cinema.
Start is little slow but after 30 mins movie really picks up and maintain great suspense till the end.Script is very strong, acting of co-starts(Ajay devgans wife, daughters) is great.
But this one is a master piece and it has the perfection of Hollywood level.In short great movie and must watch.
If you thought Ajay Devgan and Tabu's riveting performances would be a reason sufficient enough to watch this movie,then let me tell you.It is the film's story which wins in the end.
With all honesty, the Hindi version of DRISHYAM gives me no energy to write about it in details being the weakest 4th remake of the original Malayalam film featuring Mohan Lal in the lead.
Thankfully they use only two songs out of four (in the soundtrack) as required but fail to en-cash on the emotional aspect of the script that should ideally have been its key feature becoming a 'family- thriller'.As a bitter truth, the theme of the film didn't require any kind of philosophical soundtrack both Vishal and Gulzar are known for.
Moreover the most disappointing feature remains Tabu, who doesn't come up with anything even close to what was being expected quite surprisingly, whereas Kamlesh Sawant as the cruel sub- inspector scores the most.In comparative terms, it seems DRISHAYM (Hindi) has been made hurriedly in some kind of available time with the star or team, without giving any major emphasis on solid characterizations as seen in the original.
In clear words, where in all the four regional films, the actors seem like sinking deep into their given characters, the Hindi version has them all doing it as another of their professional assignment standing in front of the camera with no home-work done of any sort to play their given roles.
Made in all South regional languages, Ajay & co make another remake of a successful script in Bollywood and hardly anything goes wrong here .A powerful script that build up a bit slowly in the 1st half but once it starts , keeps you intrigued right till the end and has elements in store even in the very last scene.
Good acting by Tabu and Ishita as Anu.We must appreciate the director of this movie.
Ajay Devgan also suited for the role as calm, sharp till innocent Vijay./ I am sure that watcher will be spell bound till the credit scene comes.
About direction, NIhsikant Kamat delivered his best for what any thriller movie needs.
Best scene of art direction is when police come for first time to Vijay and his daughter was about to face them.
when you will leave the theater you will certainly appraise yourself saying yes you watched a movie .and thanks to the acting of all the characters.
they had given full justification to the roles they had played.yes you have to wait and watch the story to build as you know real man story cannot be build from starting , enjoy the base and then let rest part to be done by movie itself..
one hell of a movie u cant match Tabu and specially Ajay in their acting skill.
Tabu at its best..other actors did the acting pretty well its a must watch film and a sure shot winner.
After Baby Piku Tanu weds Manu and Bajrangi Bhaijaan now comes Drishyam...i have not watched the Malyalam Drishyam but this movie cannot be compared with other remakes...and i seriously don't have worlds to express my view on this movie as it is a class movie and a family drama movie with one of the best script and actors..
All characters are well performed specifically #Annu ,and Gaitonde will be recognize by directors in future , movie s fabulous, whole credit goes to Director , don't underestimate the power of uneducated man From the starting we know what happened ,why happened ,even after that known all these things the culprit is right there in your face from the word go, but the catch here is how will you prove it.
The movie rocks.It has many twists and turns.Ihave really enjoyed this movie and this movie keeps me at the edge of the seat from start till end.The story is superb and the suspense is terrrific and mastermind.The direction is good by Nishikant kamat.The screenplay was good.The by editing is nice.The acting was simply superb and outstanding from Ajay Devgan.He really get into the character and acted and behave like a ordinary guy.Tabu acted well.The Dialouges were good.It's like the shawshank redemption of bollywood.Bollywood should make more movies like this.Overall the movies is a must watch.And it will be a blockbuster.My opinion watch this movie to enjoy your weekend.Your will definitely like this..
I wouldn't say its the "Shawshank Redemption of Bollywood"; however It really is one of the best Bollywood movies i have ever seen.Don't think, just go and watch some of the best performances by Ajaz, Tabu and other actors..
One more act of crime follows, and that is when one gets the vibe of a thriller coming into form.The 50 minute second half, which is also the most engaging minutes for any Bollywood film this year, steals the show and keeps us on the edge of our seats as we are smothered by a series of twists.
BOTTOM LINE: Drishyam, as an edge-of-the-seat thriller, does not tell you how to act during time of brutal crimes, but it finely creates a story so charming that you will want to talk about it with your friends just to understand what is right and what is wrong.VERDICT: 6 stars out of 10.
Ajay Devgan and Tabu both gave top notch performances in this movie.
This movie presents us with a loving father, a middle class man who makes the best of efforts to defy political power by using just his mind.
A suspense drama, good thriller movie.
This is one of the best movie, and a must watch film.
You should watch this movie to understand what life is and a crime done to save lives of our loved ones is better than anything else..
The unfateful night's chain of events leads to a massive police search headed by the stern and steely IPS Meera Deshmukh (Tabu).Tabu's acting is top-notch in multiple interrogation scenes throughout the movie with a distinct no-nonsense persona on display at all times.Ishita Dutta is remarkable in her Bollywood debut with a wide palette of emotions.
As per as the remake phenomenon is there (movie is remade from Malayalam Drishyam), I would love to see these kinds of remakes instead of silly commercial ones.Both Tabu and Ajay Devgan were spot on in their part.
Not inspired of-course but both these movies are definitely a must watch.Overall, an astonishing script supported with great cinematography and direction..
Ajay Devgan portrays a character of a common middle-class man, Vijay Salgaonkar, who has a small family.
It's a great character to learn from throughout the movie.It's a much watch for everyone looking to watch an entertaining thriller in Hindi..
I have watched several remake South's movies made by Bollywood.
Like the trailer shows Vijay(Ajay) is a very good man , with a golden heart , but somehow his family is being caught by the police to prove that they have kidnapped the son of Meera Deshmukh (Tabu) a cop.
This movie has some of the best interrogation scenes which Bollywood haven't shown us till now.
The thing i said for PIKU i would like to repeat for this is that there exist no reasons why should anyone not watch this movie except in case you have seen the original one.
Coming to the story, it is about the family of Vijay Salgaonkar (Ajay Devgn) ,his wife (Shriya Saran) ,his elder daughter Anju (Ishita Dutta) and the younger daughter Anu. Vijay is a 4th fail illiterate (as has been emphasized a lot in the movie) who lives a happy and satisfied life.
Best Thriller Movie Of Bollywood.
Talking about the stars:- Ajay is fabulous in the role n I'm happy to see him doing such movies as i was very much disappointed by Action Jackson(It was one of his worst movie after Himmatwala), Tabbu n Shreya has done their part well n in fact everyone in the movie acted so well(including the little girl) that u will feel that everything is happening in real...special mention to Kamlesh Sawant(Inspector Gaitonde) he has done a great job...he was one of the main reason movie looked so interesting...!!
Its the best thriller movie i have watched in bollywood...
Its the best thriller movie i have watched in bollywood...
Please Bollywood come with some more movies like this one...
Watch it for one the best engaging screenplay, powerful script, great direction n brilliant performances...!!
When Vijay Salgaonkar (Ajay Devgn) decides that he'll pull out all the stops to protect his family, the intrigue and suspense mounts in this rather offbeat thriller.The other facet of this story that baffles me somewhat is why teenage daughter Anju (Ishita Dutta) became so distraught over the cell phone video.
Since all evidence from the time her son goes missing, points to the Salgaonkars, she bays for their blood, like a wounded lioness.Interestingly enough, the unassumingly 'innocent' Vijay matches her with his quick wit and sharp moves.A suspense drama with a nail-biting finish, Drishyam holds the viewer by the eyeballs till its' engaging climax.Ajay, who is the prey here, shines in his role of the protective father.
While his family definitely needed to be cast in a more discerning fashion, half a star in this review is reserved for Tabu, who is outstanding as his predator.If Kahaani was the last memorable mainstream Hindi suspense thriller you watched, then Drishyam will be a grand new entry to that list.
DRISHYAM, despite a few slack strokes of imperfections in various fields remains a desirable thriller for the most in its 2 hour 43 minutes long duration; and that's an achievement in itself.Vijay Salgaonkar (Ajay Devgn) is an almost illiterate middle-class family man with a questionably 'decked-up all the time' wife (Shriya Sharan, a complete misfit) and two lovely daughters by his side.
Running a local cable network for his living, Salgaonkar is a street-smart fellow who loves to learn from the movies he watches at his office in leisure.One dark night, his family accidentally falls for a crime that could lead them all to the pit of death but a good family man would never let that happen.
but i don't know whether my sixth sense was on at the time of watching the movie cause 80% of the suspense was predictable and the guesses i made 20-25 sec getting right(i'm not a criminal lol) except of the last scene where Ajay Devgn reveals the dead body was disposed in the police station itself(provided that i have not seen the Malayalam Drishyam nor even the trailer of this movie) and it truly gives a "thrill" factor.
This movie starts with a flash back to the past days of Vijay Salgaonkar (Ajay Devgan).
Drishyam is one of the best movies that came out India in the recent times, it is gripping, intense and keeps you engaged.
i think a movie like Drishyam can never be made again in Bollywood film industry, this movie is really fantastic By stretch of the imagination.