Up to date on: Aug 23, 2025 01:55 pm IST
Filmmaker Jeethu Joseph expressed frustration at a current conclave that even when he goes to different movie industries, they anticipate movies like Drishyam.
Filmmaker Jeethu Joseph might need gained fame as a result of suspense thriller Drishyam, starring Mohanlal, however he’s uninterested in making such movies. On the Manorama Information Conclave 2025, the director mentioned the dominance of thrillers in Malayalam cinema with actors Asif Ali and Unnimaya Prasad.
Jeethu Joseph needs to attempt one thing totally different
When it was launched in 2013, Drishyam broke information. It grew to become the primary movie in Malayalam to cross the ₹50-crore mark on the field workplace. Whereas speaking about Drishyam 3, Jeethu acknowledged that the movie was not a thriller, however a ‘pure story’ that occurs to Georgekutty’s household. He additionally mentioned that he wouldn’t prefer to be boxed in anymore, even when his movies do not make him cash.
“I’m uninterested in thrillers, I need to attempt one thing new, even when it fails. I’ve made light-hearted movies like My Boss (2012) and Mummy & Me (2010), however as soon as I made Drishyam, I used to be boxed in. Even producers from different industries anticipate it now. I needed to do a mass movie in Telugu, however they requested for a twist ultimately. In Tamil, they anticipated logic,” mentioned Jeethu, reinstating that Drishyam 3 will probably be his try at extra.
About Jeethu Joseph
Jeethu debuted in 2007 with the police procedural movie Detective, starring Suresh Gopi. After the success of Drishyam in Malayalam, he remade it in Tamil with Kamal Haasan as Papanasam in 2015. Whereas the Telugu remake of the movie, Drushyam, with Venkatesh in 2014, was directed by Sripriya, he shot the Malayalam and Telugu variations of the sequel concurrently in 2021. The movie was additionally remade in Hindi with Ajay Devgn within the lead.
The 2024 Basil Joseph and Grace Anthony-starrer Nunakkuzhi was his most up-to-date movie. Jeethu is at the moment engaged on Drishyam 3 and Ram: Half 1 with Mohanlal, Mirage with Asif Ali and Valathu Vashathe Kallan with Biju Menon.
