Drishyam

Jul 30, 2015

2h 43m

★ 7.5

Visuals Can Be Deceptive

Overview

When his family stares down the barrel of criminal charges, a commoner channels his street smarts and knowledge of action films to tie the long arm of the law into an investigative Gordian knot.

Genres

Mystery

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Panorama Studios

Viacom18 Studios

Drishyam Trailers

Cast

Vijay Salgaonkar

Ajay Devgn

IG Meera Deshmukh

Tabu

Nandini Salgaonkar

Shriya Saran

Anju Salgaonkar

Ishita Dutta

Anu Salgaonkar

Mrunal Jadhav

Mahesh Deshmukh

Rajat Kapoor

Sub-inspector Laxmikant Gaitonde

Kamlesh Sawant

Sameer 'Sam' Deshmukh

Rishab Chadha

Inspector Vinayak Sawant

Yogesh Soman

Sr. PI Shrikant Prabhu

Prasanna Ketkar

José

Prathamesh Parab

Martin

Sharad Bhutadiya

As far as he can remember Harinarain Singh alias Hariya has no knowledge of his birth, parents nor of a family home. During a skirmish with some of Thakur Balram Singh's hoodlums, he lies unconscious at the entrance of a temple with the Poojary in attendance, and an elderly unhinged woman praying to God for his sake. When he wakes, the Poojary tells him that the woman, known as "Pagli" (madwoman) is his very own mother, his father was a farmer, Ram Singh, who died of shock when his land was taken away by Balram and his men. Shortly thereafter Pagli passes away, and Hariya swears to take back his land from Balram. A wily Balram transfer this land in his nephew, Balraj's name, who is known to be a close friend of Hariya's with hopes of creating a misunderstanding between the two friends. When Balraj returns home he accepts this land from his uncle and decides to oppose Hariya with all his might, especially when he finds out that the love of his life, Sharda, is living with Hariya.

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6.4

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6.1

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6.2

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5.1

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7.5

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6.3

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6.4

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7.5

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6.7

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10.0

Bahar

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8.3

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6.3

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6.3

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6.9

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