Drishyam

Jeethu Joseph originally wrote the screenplay for Drishyam for another director. When that director asked him to change the script so a younger actor could take the lead role, Joseph decided to direct the film himself.

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With a record run of 125 days, Drishyam became the longest-running film in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), breaking the previous record held by Titanic (1997) at 110 days. It is the only Indian film to cross 100 days in the country.

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Before Pulimurugan broke the record in 2016, Drishyam overtook Twenty20 to become the highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time.

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It was the first Malayalam film to gross 1 crore in the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Drishyam was first remade in Kannada by P. Vasu as Drishya (2014). The Telugu version, Drushyam (2014), directed by Sripriya, featured Meena reprising her role. Jeethu Joseph himself directed the Tamil remake, Papanasam (2015). A Hindi remake of the same name, directed by Nishikant Kamat, was also made in 2015. All of these versions were commercially successful. It was also remade in Sinhala as Dharmayuddhaya, directed by Cheyyar Ravi. Drishyam is also the first Indian film to be remade in Chinese, as Sheep Without a Shepherd (2019).

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Drishyam completed a 100-day run outside Kerala in places including Tamil Nadu, Mumbai, Bangalore and the UAE. Drishyam also became the first Indian film to complete 100 days in the UAE.

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It was the first Malayalam film to cross the 40 and 50 crore marks in ticket revenue.

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During filming, child actor Esther Anil, accompanied by lead actress Ansiba Hassan, auditioned for a role in the film Little Superman, and Ansiba Hassan later appeared in that film.

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Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Senkumar claimed that in February 2014 two people accused of murdering a woman from Nilambur admitted that their methods for destroying the victim's body and mobile phone SIM card were influenced by the film Drishyam.

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It was the first Malayalam film to reach 20,000 screenings in Kerala cinemas.

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After playing the hero's youngest daughter in this Malayalam film, Esther Anil reprised the same role in the Telugu and Tamil remakes, Drushyam (2014) and Papanasam (2015) respectively.

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Malayalam actress Nayanthara was the first choice to play the mother in the film, but due to a scheduling conflict the role went to Meena.

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It was the first Malayalam film to reach 10,000 screenings in 26 days.

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Drishyam grossed about 44 crore from Kerala alone and 75 crore worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing Malayalam film in history; Mohanlal's Pulimurugan surpassed it in 2016.

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Early in the film, a poster for the Tamil film Vishwaroopam, starring and directed by Kamal Haasan, is shown. Haasan reprises Mohanlal's lead role in Papanasam, the Tamil version of this film. Similarly, in the Tamil version, a nod to Mohanlal is included when Haasan watches the song "Chempoove Poove" from the film Kalapani on the office television.

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Drishyam will be the first Malayalam film to be remade in Indonesian.

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In one scene, Mohanlal is seen watching a scene from the film Wednesday (2008) on television. He appeared in its Tamil remake, Unnaipol Oruvan (2009).

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