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.

rahulkrishz Undoubtedly One of the best family crime thriller movie ever made in malayalam. Excellent script by Jeethu Joseph and Mohanlal's performance make the movie far better that usual cliché thrillers in malayalam. Each and every actor of the movie deserves applause. Its a kind of movie that no one will regret after watching and will remain in memory for a lifetime. The first half of the movie is a family comedy drama which become an edge of the seat thriller in later half. Background score of the film is also good. Altogether the movie is one of the finest movie with finest title; Drishyam - Yes, Visuals can be deceiving

stackoverflowsiva-06164 I first saw the trailer and I was not that impressed. Still I went ahead and watched the movie just because my friends and relatives compelled me. As the movie started I was able to guess the story and screenplay. It is surely not edge of the seat thriller at all. Any one with common sense and regular movie goer will guess what's going to happen next. This could happen in normal mas-ala entertainers, but they call it as edge of the seat thriller, but actually it is not. After the movie ended, I came up with two points which were logical loop holes. But no one was ready to listen because the whole society accepted the movie and declared it as a blockbuster. But later I came across this article where the director himself accepts that there are logical mistakes (Source : HTTP:// timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/Malayalam/movies/news/J eethu-Joseph-admits-an-error-in-Drishyam/articleshow/35212168.cms ) and he escapes by flattering the audience saying "Kerala audience are really sharp". Lol.. THis is a good movie, but definitely not a edge of the seat thriller and definitely not worth its praise. In Hindi, Whatever crap Slaman khan and SRK acts it hit, in Tamil whatever Rajni acts (Linga , Baba) they call it as hit, same with Malayalam whatever Lalchetta acts its hit and we call him a complete actor. He may be, but this movie definitely not worth the praise and hype.

Nitin Anand a decent movie which will hold you for 2 hrs n 44 minutes... Absolutely masterpiece, don't remember if i have seen any better movie.... Glad to see, even if i followed full movie with subtitles. a must watch n i highly recommend to all. I am a big fan of bollywood but in recent years bollywood is concentrating and is ranked according to its box office collection n sadly not by the film content. Soon bolloywood will showcase a copied version of Drishyam with the same name starring Ajay Devgan. I recommend you watch this before losing the chance to watch the amazing direction on this movie.... Each n every inch of the film is not to be missed, even the songs are worth watching n not less than anything the everygreen beauty of Kerala displayed to its perfection. Don't miss it