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* EvenEvilHasStandards: While not ''evil'' per se, IG Geetha Prabhakaran and her fellow officers are ruthless and more than prepared to use any means necessary, including [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique custodial torture]], to force a confession from George Kutty and his family. However, even Geetha, and most of the other officers, cannot stomach Constable Sahadevan's [[WouldHurtAChild brutalization of a young girl]].
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* AccidentalMurder: The murder of Varun by [[spoiler: Anju]] is this. [[spoiler: She only intended to smash Varun's cellphone, which contained a video of her naked, to prevent him from blackmailing her (or her mother) for sex...but ended up hitting him on the head and cracking his skull instead.]]
** In the sequel, we're introduced to Jose George, who accidentally killed his brother-in-law and spent six years in prison for it. He was fleeing from the police after committing manslaughter when [[spoiler: he witnessed George Kutty emerging from the construction site of the new police station, after burying Varun's body during the events of the first film.]]
** In the sequel, we're introduced to Jose George, who accidentally killed his brother-in-law and spent six years in prison for it. He was fleeing from the police after committing manslaughter when [[spoiler: he witnessed George Kutty emerging from the construction site of the new police station, after burying Varun's body during the events of the first film.]]
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** His plan in the sequel verges on a XanatosGambit. [[spoiler: Anticipating that the police would uncover the body buried beneath the police station someday, George Kutty spends ''years'' preparing for that eventuality. Enlisting the aid of a renowned screenwriter, he plans to produce a film (loosely based on his family's murder of Varun and subsequent cover-up), and has a novel based on the proposed script published under the latter's name for 'copyright purposes'. He also befriends a local gravedigger (who digs up the body of a youth matching Varun's age and build for him) and a security guard at the local forensics institute (which gives him access to the place). Thus, when the police discover Varun's skeletal remains and send it to the forensics institute, George Kutty substitutes it for the remains the gravedigger provided him with. Under police interrogation, he confesses to Varun's manslaughter (claiming he mistook him for a burglar), and agrees to provide evidence that proves he acted alone. In court, he then recants his confession, claiming it was coerced. His lawyer is able to use the novel published by the screenwriter to claim that the police cooked up a false case against him based on a fictitious work. And the DNA results for the skeletal remains prove that they are not Varun's, causing the case to collapse. Even if the gambit with the substitution of the body had failed, George Kutty would have taken the fall for the murder on his own, with his family safe from prosecution, leading to a positive outcome for him either way.]]
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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: While he works towards creating a false alibi for the family, George Kutty's masterstroke lies in his disposal of Varun's body. He expected the police to extract a confession, sooner or later, from his youngest daughter Anu, that the body is buried in his backyard. So he removes the body from there (replacing it with a dead calf to account for what Anu saw) and buries it elsewhere (in the foundations of the town's new ''police station'' of all places!) So when the police dig up his backyard and find nothing but the calf's corpse, this not only effectively exonerates the family, but embarasses the police and leads to a wave of public anger against them for [[WouldHurtAChild brutalizing a young girl]].]]
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* ForeignRemake: In addition to adaptations in multiple other Indian languages, ''Drishyam'' was remade in China as ''Sheep without a Shepard'' and in Sri Lanka as ''Dharmayuddhaya''.
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* TimeSkip: Six years pass in-universe between the events of ''Drishyam'' and ''Drishyam 2''.
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* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini]]: [[spoiler: Played with. George Kutty and his family succeed in getting away with committing and concealing Varun's murder. However its clear that the case will continue to cast a shadow over their lives - the police, embarassed by their failure, will continue their investigations, and the burden of keeping the dark secret itself will take its toll on the family. By the time of the sequel, six years later, Anju suffers from seizures brought on by PTSD, Rani lives in perpetual fear that they will be discovered, and the family has lost much of the public sympathy they once enjoyed. It is clear that George Kutty is condemned to spend his life being CrazyPrepared to safeguard his family against the police's next move.]]
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* OpenSecret: [[spoiler: By the time of the sequel, George Kutty and his family's involvement in Varun's murder has become this, with the townsfolk freely gossiping about his motives, and mocking the authorities for their failure to get a conviction.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: Constable Sahadevan is not above brutalizing George Kutty's minor daughters (including his younger daughter Anu who's a ''sixth grader'') in order to force a confession from them. This ultimately backfires on the police investigation, leading to a welspring of sympathy for the family.
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* DirtyCop: Sahadevan is a classic example, frequently extorting money from the townfolk, and more than prepared to indulge in PoliceBrutality.
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: The police, under Geetha's orders, are more than prepared to engage in this in a bid to force a confession from George Kutty and his family.
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* UndercoverCopReveal: [[spoiler: In the sequel, George Kutty and Rani's new neighbours, Saritha and Sabu, turn out to be undercover officers keeping an eye on the family and trying to gather evidence against them.]]
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''Drishyam'' (lit. Visual) is a 2013 crime thriller written and directed by Jeetu Joseph starring Mohanlal, Meena and Asha Sarath. Remade in at least six languages from its original Malayalam, including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Sinhala and Chinese, it is one of the most famous Indian movies in the new 10s.
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A sequel, Drishyam 2, ''Drishyam 2'', was released in 2021. Six years after the death of Varun Prabhakar, the events of that fateful night return to haunt Georgekutty and his family.
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* TheChessmaster: George Kutty is this through and through, he has a plan and a back up plan for every possibility.
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* GenreSavvy: Georgekutty, who has watched enough mystery movies and shows from his work to outsmart the police.
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* StreetSmart: Georgekutty, having never studied beyond the fourth standard, is able to foresee the steps taken by the local police force to an impressive extent. A rare case where this trope is not accompanied by BookDumb, as it was his financial circumstances that prevented him from studying further, and not his actual performance in school.
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* StreetSmart: Georgekutty, having never studied beyond the fourth standard, is able to foresee the steps taken by the local police force to an impressive extent. A rare case where this trope is not accompanied by BookDumb, as it was his financial circumstances that prevented him from studying further, and not his actual performance in school.school.
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** The sequel has one as well. [[spoiler: Bastin is ordered to stop any investigation into Varun's death, and Georgekutty and his family are let go again, seemingly for good. However, Georgekutty anonymously sends Geetha and Prabhakar Varun's remains to conduct his last rites, with Bastin convincing Geetha that Georgekutty's life is his punishment as he will forever have to fear the law finding him (and an eavesdropping Georgekutty seems to agree), and the whole film has made it clear that the family's life will never be the same again.]]
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** The sequel has one as well. [[spoiler: Bastin is ordered to stop any investigation into Varun's death, and Georgekutty and his family are let go again, seemingly for good. However, Georgekutty anonymously sends Geetha and Prabhakar Varun's remains to conduct his last rites, with Bastin convincing Geetha that Georgekutty's life is his punishment as he will forever have to fear the law finding him (and an eavesdropping Georgekutty seems to agree), and the whole film has made it clear that the family's life will never be the same again.]]]]
* StreetSmart: Georgekutty, having never studied beyond the fourth standard, is able to foresee the steps taken by the local police force to an impressive extent. A rare case where this trope is not accompanied by BookDumb, as it was his financial circumstances that prevented him from studying further, and not his actual performance in school.
* StreetSmart: Georgekutty, having never studied beyond the fourth standard, is able to foresee the steps taken by the local police force to an impressive extent. A rare case where this trope is not accompanied by BookDumb, as it was his financial circumstances that prevented him from studying further, and not his actual performance in school.
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* AssholeVictim: Varun, obviously - it's hard to get more asshole than threatening to leak a video of your naked classmate unless said classmate (or her mother) sleeps with you. Deconstructed as the film goes on, however - Geetha still loved him and is driven to find him or his killer. Deconstructed even further in the sequel - the death has remained traumatic to the whole family, with Anju suffering from epilepsy and untreated PTSD.
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A sequel, Drishyam 2, was released in 2021. Six years after the death of Varun Prabhakar, the events of that fateful night return to haunt Georgekutty and his family.family.
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* BittersweetEnding: More bitter or more sweet depending on who you find more sympathetic. [[spoiler:After massive public pressure against the interrogation of Georgekutty's family, Geetha has to resign as Inspector-General and Sahadevan is suspended. Georgekutty and his family are effectively exonerated, as Varun's body has been buried underneath the newly built police station.]]
** The sequel has one as well. [[spoiler: Bastin is ordered to stop any investigation into Varun's death, and Georgekutty and his family are let go again, seemingly for good. However, Georgekutty anonymously sends Geetha and Prabhakar Varun's remains to conduct his last rites, with Bastin convincing Geetha that Georgekutty's life is his punishment as he will forever have to fear the law finding him (and an eavesdropping Georgekutty seems to agree), and the whole film has made it clear that the family's life will never be the same again.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: More bitter or more sweet depending on who you find more sympathetic. [[spoiler:After massive public pressure against the interrogation of Georgekutty's family, Geetha has to resign as Inspector-General and Sahadevan is suspended. Georgekutty and his family are effectively exonerated, as Varun's body has been buried underneath the newly built police station.]]
** The sequel has one as well. [[spoiler: Bastin is ordered to stop any investigation into Varun's death, and Georgekutty and his family are let go again, seemingly for good. However, Georgekutty anonymously sends Geetha and Prabhakar Varun's remains to conduct his last rites, with Bastin convincing Geetha that Georgekutty's life is his punishment as he will forever have to fear the law finding him (and an eavesdropping Georgekutty seems to agree), and the whole film has made it clear that the family's life will never be the same again.]]
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Drishyam (lit. Visual) is a 2013 crime thriller written and directed by Jeetu Joseph starring Mohanlal, Meena and Asha Sarath. Remade in at least six languages from its original Malayalam, including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Sinhala and Chinese, it is one of the most famous movies in the new 10s.
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Drishyam (lit. Visual) is a 2013 crime thriller written and directed by Jeetu Joseph starring Mohanlal, Meena and Asha Sarath. Remade in at least six languages from its original Malayalam, including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Sinhala and Chinese, it is one of the most famous Indian movies in the new 10s.
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Drishyam (lit. Visual) is a 2013 crime thriller written and directed by Jeetu Joseph starring Mohanlal, Meena and Asha Sarath.
Sarath. Remade in at least six languages from its original Malayalam, including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Sinhala and Chinese, it is one of the most famous movies in the new 10s.
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Drishyam (lit. Visual) is a 2013 crime thriller starring Mohanlal, Meena and Asha Sarath.
Georgekutty (Mohanlal) is a nice enough guy. An orphan who dropped out of school, he now runs a cable TV service in the town of Rajakkad, where he lives with his wife Rani (Meena) and their daughters, teenager Anju (Ansiba Hasan) and the younger Anumol "Anu" (Esther Anil). Apart from his devotion to his family, his main passion is movies.
On a school trip, Anju is filmed changing her clothes by Varun Prabhakar (Roshan Basheer), the spoilt only child of Geetha Prabhakar (Asha Sarath), the Inspector-General of Police. Varun uses this video to try to blackmail Anju into sex. On the night of August 2, Varun enters her house again trying to pressure her into sleeping with him; when Rani attempts to intervene, he says he is willing to sleep with her in exchange. A panicked Anju tries to smash the phone with the video...
...only to accidentally smash Varun's head in, killing him instantly.
The women, in a panic, hurriedly bury him t. When Georgekutty finds out, he knows that the police, led by Geetha, will be coming. How far would a GenreSavvy PapaWolf go to save his family?
A sequel, Drishyam 2, was released in 2021. Six years after the death of Varun Prabhakar, the events of that fateful night return to haunt Georgekutty and his family.
Georgekutty (Mohanlal) is a nice enough guy. An orphan who dropped out of school, he now runs a cable TV service in the town of Rajakkad, where he lives with his wife Rani (Meena) and their daughters, teenager Anju (Ansiba Hasan) and the younger Anumol "Anu" (Esther Anil). Apart from his devotion to his family, his main passion is movies.
On a school trip, Anju is filmed changing her clothes by Varun Prabhakar (Roshan Basheer), the spoilt only child of Geetha Prabhakar (Asha Sarath), the Inspector-General of Police. Varun uses this video to try to blackmail Anju into sex. On the night of August 2, Varun enters her house again trying to pressure her into sleeping with him; when Rani attempts to intervene, he says he is willing to sleep with her in exchange. A panicked Anju tries to smash the phone with the video...
...only to accidentally smash Varun's head in, killing him instantly.
The women, in a panic, hurriedly bury him t. When Georgekutty finds out, he knows that the police, led by Geetha, will be coming. How far would a GenreSavvy PapaWolf go to save his family?
A sequel, Drishyam 2, was released in 2021. Six years after the death of Varun Prabhakar, the events of that fateful night return to haunt Georgekutty and his family.
