Ishita Dutta, Mrunal Jadhav, Rajat Kapoor, Kamlesh Sawant and Rishab Chadha play supporting roles.

He constructs an elaborate Drishyam (or visual) among all connected witnesses' minds by skillfully lying to them just the right amount.

He re-constructs their alibis by taking a trip after the fact to Panaji for a religious sermon, which of course they miss because they go there the day after.

However he returns for the same trip a week later and reinforces their earlier visit - with just the dates changed so the witnesses will corroborate their presence on the day of the murder.

Then he removes Sam's broken phone and disposes of his car in a lake, which is seen by Sub-inspector Laxmikant Gaitonde, who has a grudge against Vijay.

In November 2014, it was announced that Ajay Devgn would star in the Hindi remake of the 2013 film Drishyam,[5] which will be produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures in association with Panorama Studios and directed by Nishikant Kamat.

[9] On the announcement of the Hindi remake, film producer Ekta Kapoor sent a legal notice to the Malayalam filmmakers.

[10] Commentator Nandini Ramnath noted how the denial of even slight inspiration by the Japanese novel is parallel to the inside movie storyline as "Jeethu Joseph's achievement lies in lifting an intelligent concept and localising it so effectively that the links (to the Japanese novel) appear tenuous unless closely investigated.

[13] Meena Iyer of The Times of India gave the film four out of five stars, describing it as "A suspense drama with a nail-biting finish."

"[14] The Indian Express, however, gave the remake two and a half out of five stars and found fault with the chemistry between Devgn and Shriya Saran, who plays his character's wife.

[15] Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times rated the film three and a half out of five stars, describing it as "Stunning, gripping, edge-of-the-seat, shocking, engrossing".

[17] Sen described Tabu's character as Inspector General Nair as a "badass superstar", but overall felt "the film is clumsily written, with dialogue that sounds wooden.

"[18] Martin D'Souza of Glamsham gave it four out of five stars and stated "Drishyam is a spot-on crime thriller that has some 'heart-in-your-mouth' moments.

Jha gave it four and a half out of five stars and stated "Nishikant Kamat's Drishyam is an outright winner.

"[20] Suchitra Bajpai Chaudhary of Gulf News gave it four and a half out of five stars and stated "There are no loose ends in the plot; every character, every situation is well planned and visualised to perfection.

"[21] The Free Press Journal (FPJ Bureau) Said, "The climax is just awesome and worth watching and waiting for.

[24] It attained a total gross of ₹91.97 crore (US$11 million) (India)[25] in the Indian box office by the end of its run.

[30] Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Shriya Saran, Ishita Dutta, Mrunal Jadhav and Rajat Kapoor, reprise their roles.