Drishyam 2 (Malayalam) - A Worthy Sequel to a Giant Triumph

 DRISHYAM 2 (2021)

by

Jeetu Joseph



 Drishyam was a great film. Drishyam 2 is a greater sequel.

If Drishyam is sometimes labelled as an adaptation of The Devotion of Suspect X, Drishyam 2 reaches the next level.

D2 is top class as a police procedural, an investigation manuel, a standalone thriller and a worthy sequel to a great film. The accused family is forever anxious and full of guilt. But the patriarch, Mohanlal, is a man of different mettle. Rather than fretting over what shall happen, he prepares for the day when police shall come knocking. He makes himself ready. And when the time comes, delivers a crushing blow to the Department that takes wind out of their sails.

Jeetu Joseph has done a wonderful job as the Director. But it is the incomparable Mohanlal who provides the film with the necessary gravitas with his portrayal of Georgekutty. The face is always calm, body language gives nothing away. The cops do not catch him of guard. It is not they who keep eyes upon him, rather he who observes the Department. What a climax! What astounding triumph !
 

Mohanlal Vishwanathan take a bow, Sir. You are the best.

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