Vishal reviews Drishyam 3, directed by Jeethu Joseph and starring Mohanlal, for The Hollywood Reporter India. Vishal finds the third and final Drishyam film most satisfying as a deeper morality tale about the isolation of being Georgekutty than as a clever story full of twists and turns. He notes that Mohanlal is in his element as a man who has carried the weight of secrets for over a decade, and that Jeethu is back to his strongest best after a series of duds. Set six years after the second film, the movie picks up with Georgekutty having parlayed his decoy film into a Rs.100 crore hit, completing a rags-to-riches arc that has shifted him from being one of the locals to one of "them." Vishal observes that this is what makes Drishyam 3 more than a thriller — Georgekutty's drift to the dark side has become so obvious that taking a position is no longer easy, with the franchise edging from self-preservation into selfishness. He highlights how much Mohanlal has to convey without a single character he can confide in, and praises the writing for being aware of its own morality through encounters with characters like Rajan (Dinesh Prabhakar) and Anju (Ansiba Hassan). While the film loses some energy when it introduces an obvious antagonist to counter Georgekutty's greyness, and exhausts itself explaining complex plans like they're being told to children, Vishal notes that it still pulls the rug from under you in ways you don't expect. It might be the weakest of the three films, but there's just enough going on to understand that we will never fully understand Georgekutty.