Drishyam (Malayalam movie) review

                                                                         

           

Drishyam (Malayalam): For the first time, Malayalam Cinema goes completely grey with this film directed by Jeethu Joseph, who continues his successful run this year after the August release "Memories", ending 2013 perfectly and the best part is that it has only 2 songs without any dancing around the trees stuff and placed well in the film. The film, shows inspiration from films like 2012 Tamil hit "Vazhukku Enn 18/9" and the Mexican film "After Lucia", is indeed a winner all the way due to four reasons: Its brilliant screenplay (Joseph) which shows a transition from the film being a family drama in the first half to being a mystery thriller brilliantly, which successfully grips you well, then comes the humane characters who well-showcase their shades of grey and their emotions, then comes the technical part where the cinematography by Sujith Vaassudev and the background music score by Anil Johnson shine well and then last but not the least, comes a splendid performance by Mohanlal or "Lalettan" as he is fondly called by his fans, who carries the film brilliantly on his shoulders and does justice to his role well. Despite the film being quite lengthy in the second half, Jeethu succeeds in making the audience stick to the seats with the film, which is even worth watching by even a Non Malayali too.

 My rating would be:4/5.

                                                     Review By  - Yash Mishra