The Drishyam movies found life in a few nail-biting Malayalam thrillers but over the years, the Mohanlal starrers have spawned many other remakes in languages like Hindi, Tamil and even Chinese and Korean. If you wish to watch the Drishyam movies in order, we have got you covered with a guide that not only gives you all the streaming platforms to watch the original franchise but the many remakes as well.
How to watch the Drishyam movies in chronological order
The original Malayalam-language Drishyam and its sequel Drishyam 2 can be watched in the same order as their release date.
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Drishyam (2013)
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Drishyam 2 (2021)
The same can be said for the two Hindi-language remakes starring Ajay Devgn, the Telugu remakes directed by Joseph again with Venkatesh in lead, and in Kannada with Ravichandran as the hero.
Hindi:
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Drishyam 2 (2022)
Telugu:
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Drushyam (2014)
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Drushyam 2 (2021)
Kannada:
Additionally, the first part was also remade in Tamil as Papanasam with Kamal Haasan in Mohanlal’s role and in Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese language as Dharmayuddha and in Chinese as Sheep Without A Shepherd.
Ranking among the best Mohanlal movies, Jeetu Joseph’s cerebral 2013 thriller Drishyam found Mohanlal playing an ordinary video store owner who must defend his family from a vengeance-seeking policewoman after her son goes missing.
Building nail-biting tension from everyday situations with some splendid plot twists, Drishyam broke new ground in mainstreaming Malayalam thrillers and spawned several frame-to-frame remakes in other languages. A Korean remake was also announced in 2023, making Drishyam the first Indian movie to be remade in Korean.
In 2021, the cult hit received a direct sequel with the Prime Video release of Drishyam 2. The movie continued Mohanlal’s protagonist saving his family as the murder case from the first film is investigated further. The sequel was soon remade in Hindi, Kannada, and Telugu.
Will there be a Drishyam 3?
While Drishyam 2 wrapped up the first movie’s arc, both director Jeetu Joseph and lead actor Mohanlal have occasionally stated their interest in joining forces for a third time. Joseph has also revealed that while he has figured out the climax of Drishyam 3, the scripting and production might take him a few years.
Where can you watch the Drishyam movies and remakes?
Drishyam and most of its remakes (Hindi, Kannada) are available to stream on Hotstar. The Hindi-remake in particular is also available to watch on Netflix and Jio Cinema (for free).
Drishyam 2, on the other hand, is an Amazon Prime Video original, the OTT service also being the home for its Hindi and Telugu remakes. Papanasam and Drushyam are on Sun NXT. The Kannada sequel Drishya 2 is available to stream on ZEE5.
