On 2013 December 19, a film released starred by Mohanlal and directed by Jeethu Joseph in Mollywood. There was not much hype or the film apart from the usual anticipation a film gets if it has Mohanlal in it. The film released around 80 screens all over Kerala and the morning shows in many centers showed only around 70% status. But after the first show is over, the film had begun a dream run that had shattered all the existing collection records in Kerala and created new ones within days which even now remains unbeatable and unbreakable. Jeethu Joseph shows us what is called real craft as a writer and director and Mohanlal once again proved that when it comes to the star value and the influence among the people of Kerala, he is far ahead than all his contemporaries.
It had become the first Malayalam film to enter the 40 cr, 50 cr, 60 cr club of Mollywood and its total business is above 75 crores. It had become the highest collected Malayalam film in north Indian states and almost everywhere it released in North India, it had successfully completed at least 80 days of theater run. It had become the Malayalam film which has highest number of shows in Kerala with more than 26000 shows in Kerala alone. In UAE it had broked the record of epic Hollywood film named Titanic by running more than 100 days there and it is the highest by a foreign language film in UAE.
The Kerala gross of the film is around 44 crore rupees and it is still the top till date. The flick had completed 100 days in more than 40 screens in Kerala and that is also an all-time box office record in Kerala. It also created record in satellite right at that time bagging 6.5 crores from Asianet. The film had crossed 1 crore collection from all major cities in Kerala and that too is a great record. It has been remade
It has been remade in to 4 different languages and all the version become success there but Malayalam version is hailed as the best due to the colossal presence of the acting legend Mohanlal. Even in overseas market like USA and UK , it had become he highest grossing and running Malayalam film as well. There are many and many records created by this film and still the impact created by the film such big that each film releasing here is comparing with this and people asks question that whether it will break Drishyam record or not.
Mohanlal is considered as a wonder in Indian screen and his film Drishyam is also a wonder for all. Now the date December 19 had become a Drishyam daay for Mollywood.
