Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

prince 'Lalettan proved once again why he is the best actor of this generation. Jeethu Joseph proved he has talent to become the next big director. Drishyam proved family thrillers can also strike gold at the box office.'Drishyam is one terrific film which I missed in theaters. I watched it for the first time when its TV premier got telecasted. I watched it with a lot of expectations. At the starting it looked like a typical family drama. Was I disappointed at first? I think so! But only after the first hour, I realised that director was setting up the plot. The slow narration increased pace. The result was an outstanding second half. A surprising climax concludes the film.Drishyam is about how Georgekutty(Mohanlal) hides a crime committed by his family and protects them from the dark side of law. Of course the first half didn't give single clue about what would be the story. The characters were introduced in the first half. Cable TV Georgekutty,his Rani(Meena),Georgekutty's 2 daughters(Played by Ansiba and Esther.), Constable Sahadevan(Shajon kalabhavan),local tea shop owner, Lal's assistant(neeraj) were the characters who appeared in the opening hour. The characters were also given interesting character sketches. Georgekutty is a school dropout who is a film lover.He is a loving familyman. But he is called a miser by his wife because he is hesitant to spend money. Rani is a honest housewife who wants to live a luxurious life. Sahadevan, a policeman has hatred towards Georgekutty for some reasons. The daily life of hero is depicted at the first half. At the closing 10 minutes of first half a spoiled youth Varun enters. Certain incidents ends up in the killing of Varun by the hands of hero's elder daughter. Georgekutty is informed about it. The pre-interval scene shows Georgekutty standing near the plot where Varun's dead body is buried by his wife and daughter. Varun is the son of an IG(Asha Sarath).Our hero is sure his family had landed in deep trouble. He valued his family more than anything. He uses his underrated brain to rescue his family from trouble planning a wonderful escape path. He plays a tricky cat and mouse game with the police and he ended up winning outwitting the police.Wow the second half has terrific scenes which will stick yourself to the sofaset . Lal changed all the truths to lies and all the lies to truth. The plan of Lalettan was decoded by IG at a point. Win was guaranteed for the police. But the hero had a surprise.The screenplay,storyline stayed terrific and one of the best. The dialogues were superb especially in the 2nd half.Mohanlal delivered a perfect performance. Each movements of him had a meaning if you observed.He is the best. Meena ,Ansiba and Esther played their roles very well. Asha Sarath excels in her job. Geeta Prabhakar IG was a perfect role for her. Siddique does a good job too. Special mention to Shajon for his terrific makeover from a comedian to a cruel policeman. His performance deserves a great applause.Rest of the cast also dos good job.Jeetu Joseph narration style looked very slow at the start. But he was actually setting up scenes which would lead to a mindblowing climax. He has done great job in sketching the mind games. Camera-work was good. Editing was also good. Music was melodious but the BGM was outstanding. It added intensity to the whole drama. The film is one of the best in Indian cinema. The second half is outstanding. Lalettan had scored 100 out of 100 for his role. The climax sequences stayed out of the world.You will stay happy when you see the hero and his family stay safe at the end even though you may feel sad for a heartbreaken Geeta.Overall This film is a must watch for all those who wanted an edge of the seat thriller.East or west Lalettan is the best.

Sathesh S The story starts with little slower phase exposing all the characters initially and the regular family, professional life and his fondness towards movies of GeorgeKutty. In the first half the story goes through the usual life of a middle class man who is cable operator leads his usual life until one of his daughters goes to a nature club event and falls a prey in the hands of Varun who is a son of higher police official. The real play starts when George's daughter happen to kill Varun and George starts planning how to conceal that and save his family from the law. With characters of Sahadevan and Geetha Prabhakar one side and how George on the other side breaking all their leads in investigation keeps us on edges. Its a clean plot with no unwanted characters. But one thing that we can say is the justification of concept how Geetha learns all that has happened is not explained so clearly.

krishnanmohit its been so long that Malayalam industry had a movie that rocked the box office after TWENTY 20(2009). Mohanlal who is one of the pillars of Indian cinema had a disastrous 2013 , till December. All his films were mere flops,but he just changed the outlook of the industry with his power packed performance in DRISHYAM,which emerged out to be the all time BOX OFFICE hit in industry. DRISHYAM was the first film to complete 100 days in UAE after TITANIC.The film which deals with crime and punishment,throws at a question to viewers "DO ALL CRIMES NEED PUNISHMENT?".The film has completed over 145 days ,still continues to run in packed houses Its also been remade to major languages in the country. Definitely its an answer to SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION ,from India

binducherungath Drishyam (ദൃശ്യം) is a 2013 family drama-thriller Malayalam film written and directed by Jeethu Jospeh starring Mohanlal and Meena in the lead roles. The film starts with a tag line that "Visuals can be deceiving" and it actually lives up to it. George Kutty (wonderfully essayed by Mohanlal) is an orphan and 4th class dropout who is running a local Cable TV network. He is a big movie buff who watches movies in a much focused manner and many of his decisions are influenced by the same. The movie portrays good family moments where George Kutty tries to be stingy (he has his own justifications for the same) and his wife Rani (Meena) occasionally demands of shopping, enjoying movie in a theater and food in a restaurant.George Kutty, Rani and their two kids Anju (Ansiba Hassan) and Anu (Esther) together form a beautiful family picture until an unprecedented event hits them. The audience gets completely absorbed in the twist of events that begin to unfold from the end of the first half. The second half is more like a thriller and is about how the family, despite the vengeful villainy of a corrupt cop Sahadevan (Kalabhavan Shajon), stands its ground even as the law takes its course. The psychological cat-and- mouse game that ensues between George Kutty and the lady IPS officer Geetha Prabhakaran (Asha Sarath) has several moments that thriller buffs will dig into with delight. What is appreciable however is the adversary's acceptance of defeat, and the eventual respect that the two develop for each other. Prabhakaran (Siddique), husband of Geeta Prabhakaran also plays a vital role who seems to have non-biased approach. The movie doesn't try to justify what is right and wrong. It showcases the journey of a head of the family who protects his family by all means.Sujith Vaasudev was successful in capturing the visual beauty of Rajakkad-Idukki. Music scored by Anil Johnson and Vinu Thomas was good. The editor's table was safe with Ayoob Khan. Overall, the movie Drishyam has been packaged well.