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Drishyam

2013 · 164 min

A slow-burning, intricately plotted thriller that keeps you on edge as a family's desperate cover-up unfolds, with a satisfying twist.

Directed by: Jeethu Joseph
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Starring: Mohanlal, Meena, Asha Sarath

Tagline: Visuals can be deceiving
Overview: Georgekutty lives a happy life with his wife and daughters. Things take a turn when his daughter gets indecently filmed using a hidden camera, by the son of a police inspector.

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Directed by: Jeethu Joseph
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Starring: Mohanlal, Meena, Asha Sarath

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
justice
deception
class
power
Places: small town
countryside
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: twist ending
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	8
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: thriller, crime, drama
Directed by: Jeethu Joseph
Written by: Jeethu Joseph
Starring: Mohanlal, Meena, Asha Sarath, Kalabhavan Shajohn, Ansiba Hassan, Esther Anil, Siddique, Roshan Basheer
Cinematography: Sujith Vaassudev
Runtime: 164 min
Country: India
Languages: Malayalam

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