Just a day passed with Mohanlal announcing a new film under the direction of Anoop Menon and another announcement today came as a surprise. The Actor is set to act in the third part of the much acclaimed Drishyam series, Drishyam 3. The series is a sensational blockbuster and was remade into all the known languages of the Country.
Drishyam 2 was also planned theatrically, but this was halted due to Corona which had the film premiered directly on OTT. The film still received mind-blowing reviews and acclaim. Fans and Audiences expressed themselves that they missed the film’s release in theatres then. But, in Hindi, Drishyam 2 starring Ajay Devgan released theatrically and became a sensational blockbuster.
Director of the film, Jeethu Joseph has been working on Drishyam 3 for a long time and seems to have locked in the idea and script now. The film has been officially announced by Mohanlal on his official social media handles. But, there are doubts over how the film will be dealt with as a Pan India film since it has remakes in most of the languages. The cast and crew are also different in each language.
Issue with Malayalam version coming out first :
At present, many regional films are also getting nationwide recognition through the OTT space. So, with Drishyam 3 releasing in Malayalam will surely affect other language remakes as the story and twists will be out first with its release. Other language Audiences will watch the film when it comes out on the OTT platform.
It needs to be seen how the team tackles this issue. It would be good if the shoot of all the versions of the film commences at the same time and they must be released at a time. This will surely work big for all the film versions. And other plan is to release as a Pan India film with Mohanlal in the lead role for all langauges but Audience reception to this must be different because they may or not get connected with this plan. We need to see how the team manages this.