Exclusive: Reports about ‘Drishyam 3’ being shot simultaneously fake: Director Jeethu Joseph

Entertainment By Arjun Ramachandran 14/06/2023 Read the article

On Tuesday night, 13 June, A news portal reported that both Hindi and Malayalam versions of Drishyam 3 would be shot together so the suspense element is not revealed.

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The source-based news said that Abhishek Pathak, the director of Hindi Drishyam (2015), and his team of writers have a core plot for Drishyam 3 which Jeethu Joseph and his team loved.

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They have taken the idea from the team of Hindi Drishyam and are now working on developing it into a screenplay for Drishyam 3.

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The source-based news said the shoot for both versions will be done together and released at the same date across India.

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Kerala will see the release in Malayalam with Mohanlal as George Kutty and the rest of India will see the journey of Ajay Devgn as Vijay Salgaonkar.

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Reacting to this, Jeethu Joseph, director of Malayalam Drishyam (2013) and Drishyam 2 (2021), clarified that the news spreading about Drishyam 3 is fake.

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“I haven’t met anybody and no discussions were held regarding Drishyam 3. I have a plan to write Drishyam 3. But how and when it will be ready can’t be said.”

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Drishyam was also to be made in korean recently. It was remade in the Sinhala language as Dharmayuddhaya (2017) and in Chinese as Sheep Without a Shepherd (2019).

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