Drishyam could be included in a family thriller genre which is very rare in any film industry. It tells the story of a fourth standard pass husband, tenth class failed wife,their two daughters and the life around them. The film starts of as a normal family movie and as it reaches the end of first half the movie gives a sudden shock to the audience and the second half is completely taken to a different layer in the form of an edge of the seat thriller which was never seen in malayalam before in which a whole family stand together for a cause and how they face all the challenges in their path intelligently which culminates in an hair rising climatic sequence. The credit goes to the air tight script written by the director himself which is so perfect that you would be forced to glued to the seat without moving your eyelid where you can only clap,clap and clap at the goose bumps created by the climax.Though the initial portions seems to be slow but those portions have to be paced in that manner to make the audience feel that they are part of that family .The succes if the film lies in the sentiments of the audience where they should feel that the actions of the family are justified and Jeethu Joseph just hit the bulls eye in this case as even families in the theatre were clapping at various scenes in the film where the family was actually doing a crime in normal case.
Technically this film availed what is required to be told for this story without any camera gimmicks or loud background score unlike much hyped thrillers in the recent past. Cinematographer Sujith Vasudev has just done what is just apt for the film using just straight shots and even cranes were used few times only.Also the re recording is so synced with the film that you don't feel that a bgm is played there.The editing is just perfect to provide the anxiety and tension in the minds of the viewer which was essential for the film.
On the performance side, every one has given their best for the film. And what to say about the leading man....well he was switched into the 'vintage Lal' mode where he had the opportunity to showcase various emotions with usual easiness and originality and this could be considered one of the best performances of the acting legend and may be the best in a decade.Kalabhavan Shajon is a revelation in this movie where he would have received the curse of every single viewer in the theatre and there lies his success as an actor, his best till date.Meena and the two children did their job as per their requirements. Asha Sarath was seen in a different avatar and Siddique too did a brilliant job.
Overall Drishyam could be easily called the defining movie of the year as well as the most talked about movie of the decade.Jeethu Joseph just mesmarizeed everyone with Memories and he cemented his place as one of the master story tellers in malayalam with Drishyam.He taught so called new gen directors that you don't need over used subject (human trafficking) or long chase sequences or trembling cameras or loud bgms or huge hypes for their overrated thriller series...you just need a family and a brilliant script to create a spell bounding thriller. A movie experience which could provide you with the cinematic orgasm rarely seen and a true movie lover would never want to miss that in a theatre.And this one definitely demands for repeat viewing.In a sentence:
മലയാളത്തിന്റെ നടന വിസ്മയം പ്രേക്ഷകര്ക്ക് വേണ്ടി നിറഞ്ഞാടിയ ദൃശ്യ വിസ്മയം - ദൃശ്യം .
Highly recommended !! Don't miss this one !!
