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Drishyam 2 Review: On Friday, one of the most awaited crime thrillers, starring Ajay Devgn, Tabu, and Akshaye Khanna, debuted in theaters (November 18). The plot picks up after Vijay Salgaonkar (Devgn), who commits a crime, is acquitted due to a lack of evidence. Tabu (Meera Deshmukh), who returned in a more violent manner to exact revenge on Vijay in the sequel, teams up with Akshaye to investigate the murder of her teenage son. So, the question is, was Vijay successful in concealing the crime? Hidden truths were revealed as the story progressed in time after seven years.
The film, directed by Abhishek Pathak, is based on the plot of its prequel, which generated a lot of buzz. There are numerous references throughout the sequel that remind viewers of how good the first film was. Vijay Salgaonkar resides in Goa with his wife Nandini (Shriya Saran) and daughters Anju (Ishita Dutta) and Annu (Ishita Dutta) (Mrunal Jadhav). After Nandini and Anju accidentally kill a young boy, Sam, who happens to be Goa IG Meera Deshmukh’s (Tabu) son, Vijay comes up with new ways to protect his family every day and ends up telling a hundred lies to hide one. Drishyam concludes with the case being closed and Sam’s death established.
Tarun Ahlawat (Akhaye Khanna), a new IG in town, reopens this file and wants to find Sam’s body as well as any other loose ends that will help him put Vijay behind bars. Is Drishyam 2 able to solve this puzzle? Will Vijay put himself in danger to save his family? Will his wife and daughters follow Vijay’s lead and deceive the cops once more?
The brilliant story belongs entirely to Jeethu Joseph, who wrote and directed the Malayalam original. Drishyam 2 is packed with commercial potboiler ingredients, such as dialogues, punchlines, expressions, and even subtly placed humour.
Each track opens a new can of worms and defies comprehension. Justifying the story, an equally engrossing screenplay by Aamil Keeyan Khan and Pathak gives Drishyam 2 a competitive edge and keeps it on track. The slo-mo and close-up shots of the characters heighten the tension, and the action never stops. While the first half has some slow patches, the second half picks up the pace, and the final 30 minutes have you clapping, cheering, and even blowing whistles. Drishyam 2 unapologetically throws fully filmy dialogues after another, and you don’t mind because they never look away.
Ajay is in top form, and he appreciates how realistic the filmmakers kept his character. Given that he’s not playing a cop here, but rather a regular middle-class man, he appears to have gained weight over the course of seven years and looks effortlessly convincing in all those brooding scenes. To be honest, you don’t miss his lack of expressions. One look is all that is required. Shriya’s personality hasn’t changed much, and she’s still the scared wife. Salgaonkar’s younger daughter has grown up and, unlike in the first installment, has little to do in the sequel. I can’t recall any of the lines she was given. Because of the traumatic events, Ishita’s Anju has developed epilepsy. She gives a good performance.
After Section 375 (2019), Akshaye Khanna makes an impressive comeback on the big screen, though I couldn’t get past his wooden expression in most scenes. Unfortunately, Tabu was reduced to a cameo in the sequel, and I wish her role had more weight. Laxmikant Gaitonde (Kamlesh Sawant) returns to make you hate him even more. Saurabh Shukla, the new addition, appears in the beginning and then disappears, only to reappear in the climax with the big reveal.
Nonetheless, Drishyam 2 checks most of the boxes on Bollywood audiences’ wish lists and is a must-see. Only if you don’t ask too many questions, this is your typical masala film that you’d enjoy watching on the big screen.
Source:HT
