Drishyam

Drishyam (2015)

दृश्यम्

Visuals Can Be Deceptive

When his family stares down the barrel of criminal charges, a commoner channels his street smarts and knowledge of action films to tie the long arm of the law into an investigative Gordian knot.

Date of release
2015-07-30
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (526)
Runtime
2h 43m
Genres
Mystery, Thriller, Drama, Crime
Director
Nishikant Kamat
Collection
Drishyam Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Drishyam

Drishyam (transl. Visual) is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Nishikant Kamat and produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Panorama Studios. A remake of the eponymous 2013 Malayalam film of the same name, the film stars Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Shriya Saran. Ishita Dutta, Mrunal Jadhav, Rajat Kapoor, Kamlesh Sawant, and Rishab Chadha.

Production

In November 2014, it was announced that Ajay Devgn would star in the Hindi remake of the 2013 film Drishyam, produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures in association with Panorama Studios and directed by Nishikant Kamat. Tabu was cast to play the role played by Asha Sharath from the original while Shriya Saran was cast as Devgn's wife.

Principal photography was scheduled to commence in February 2015. Devgn had been in Canada to shoot snow scenes for his film Shivaay, but light snow conditions had him reschedule that film and return to India to instead begin Drishyam. The first schedule began on 13 March 2015 in Goa and concluded on 1 April 2015. The second schedule began in April 2015. The first look of the film was unveiled on 29 May 2015.

On the announcement of the Hindi remake, producer Ekta Kapoor sent a legal notice to the Malayalam filmmakers. Ekta Kapoor acquired the movie rights of Japanese author Keigo Higashino's book, The Devotion of Suspect X, and her legal team claimed that Drishyam is a film adaptation of the novel, for which they purchased rights.

Drishyam was declared tax free in Uttar Pradesh.

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