In A First, Mohanlal’s 'Drishyam 2' To Get A Theatrical Release Next Month
The second part of the superhit franchise had released directly on streaming in 2021
In an unprecedented move, Mohanlal has announced that his film Drishyam 2: The Resumption will release in theatres for the first time on April 10. The sequel, directed by Jeethu Joseph had premiered exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in 2021 during the heights of Covid 19 pandemic.
This will be the first time in Malayalam that a movie that was sold exclusively to an OTT platform would find a theatrical re-release, giving audiences the chance to experience the film on the big screen.
Mohanlal posted a new poster of the second film announcing the re-release and called it the film’s “Big Screen Debut”.
April 10 was the originally slotted date for the release of Drishyam 3: The Conclusion. But this date had to be pushed to May 21 owing the crisis in West Asia. Drishyam 2’s release is expected to take a portion of the screens that were allotted for the third film in the franchise. It would also be getting a wider, India-wide showcasing on this date.
The franchise, which began with the success of the first film in 2013, features a cast which includes Meena, Ansiba Hassan, Esther Anil, Siddique, Asha Sarath, Murali Gopy and Sai Kumar. It was then remade in several languages across the world, including a hit version in Chinese as well as Hindi, which starred Ajay Devgn and Tabu.
According to industry buzz, Drishyam 3 has closed its pre-release distribution sales at a whopping cost of ₹350 crore, which is ₹50 crore more than the total collection of Kalyani Priyadarshan’s Lokah Chapter One: Chandra, currently the highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time.
The Hindi version of Drishyam 3 will release in cinemas on October 2; it also stars Shriya Saran, Ishita Dutta, Mrunal Jadhav, Kamlesh Sawant, and Rajat Kapoor.
In other news, it was recently announced that director Priyadarshan and Mohanlal are teaming up again. The film is being produced by Mohanlal’s Aashirvad Cinemas with Anthony Perumbavoor and Binu George Alexander as co-producers.