Drishyam 2: film review

 Drishyam 2: Family before everyone 

Director: Abhishek Pathak

Produced by: Bhushan Kumar,Krishan Kumar, Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek Pathak 

Cast: Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Akshaye Khanna, Shriya Saran, Ishita Dutta

Music Director: Devi Sri Prasad

Language: Hindi

Release Date: November 18, 2022

Run-time: 140 minutes

A nail biting story of an investigation of a supposedly murder case which has been reopened after seven years. Threatened by the local police is the family of Vijay Salgaonkar living in Pondolem, Goa. The film answers the question of whether Vijay will be able to save his family from the hands of law ?

This movie has succeeded in keeping its audience always at their toes. It has changed the course of the movie at every point when the audience thought that they could guess the upcoming scene. This crime- thriller has the perfect mixture of suspense elements. The plot twists were incredible. It is not an usual thriller born from just the investigation. It can rather be referred to as a crime story in reverse. Everyone including the police, the people and Vijay Salgaonkar were well aware of who the murderer was but due to the lack of evidence they were unable to establish a link between the murder and the murderer. 

The acting of each of the actors was absolutely on point. They were so much into their characters that at few points the audience were even getting so attached that they were getting tensed at each point the Salgaonkars were being interrogated by the Goa Police. The ability of talking through the eye of Ajay Devgn has worked its magic this time as well. He did absolute justice to the demands of the character of having a calm and composed approach to even the worst of things. Be it while interacting with the police or answering his wife’s questions about the dead body. Tabu’s expressions were really intense and were able to leave a mark on its audience’s hearts. Her emphasis on the coldness while dealing with the Salgaonkars justifies her motherhood in the film. Akshaye Khanna’s acting was commendable as well. On the contrary, Shriya Saran had become a weak point amidst all these strong acting skills. Making her invisible at times, though her character had a really great scope. With the character of Anju, who has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Ishita Dutta could not match up to that level.

The editing job was really well done, but there is scope for betterment in that as well. Talking about the music, it could be said that the songs were nice but not that impactful. The duo of Vishal Bharadwaj and Gulzar was really missed.

Rating: 3.5/5