Hollywood to Remake Drishyam, A First for Any Indian Film

Mumbai: Hollywood is all set to remake Jeetu Joseph’s Drishyam. This iconic 2013 Malayalam movie already has numerous remakes in Indian languages and a Chinese adaptation.

The original movie had Mohanlal, Meena, Ansiba Hassan and Esther Anil in the lead roles.

Bollywood trade analyst Ramesh Bala wrote on X, “The cult franchise #Drishyam is all set to go global after garnering massive success in the India and China markets. Producers Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek Pathak announced the Korean remake of the thriller franchise at the Cannes Film Festival 2023, and now they announce the franchise’s new milestone.”

The cult franchise #Drishyam is all set to go global after garnering massive success in the India and China markets. Producers Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek Pathak announced the Korean remake of the thriller franchise at the Cannes Film Festival 2023, and now they announce the… pic.twitter.com/J7klzfsnjZ

— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) February 29, 2024

“Panorama Studios have joined hands with Gulfstream Pictures and JOAT Films to make Drishyam in Hollywood, a first for an Indian film! (sic)”, he added.

Sreedhar Pillai also shared on X that Panorama Studios has acquired the international remake rights to Drishyam 1 & 2 from the original producers, Aashirvad Cinemas.

In 2014, the Drishyam was remade in Kannada as Drishya and in Telugu as Drushyam with Ravichandran and Venkatesh in the lead roles, respectively. In 2015, it was remade in Tamil as Papanasam and in Hindi as Drishyam with Kamal Haasan and Ajay Devgn, respectively.

In 2017 it was remade in Sinhala as Dharmayuddhaya and in 2019 as Sheep Without a Shepherd in Chinese. Indonesian and Korean remakes are already in the works.

Drishyam 2 was released in 2021. The sequel was remade in Telugu, Kannada and Hindi also.