The movie Drishyam 2 with Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Akshaye Khanna, Shriya Saran, and Ishita Dutta was recently released and did well at the box office. The movie is based on a 2021 Malayalam film of the same name and was directed by Abhishek Pathak. Drishyam 2 surpassed all expectations in the middle of discussions about how remakes are no longer successful at the box office. The movie had a successful run at the box office, and there were rumors that Drishyam 3 will be released simultaneously in Malayalam and Hindi. Abhishek Pathak, the director of Drishyam 2, recently discussed remakes and the film's success in an interview.
Abhishek Pathak claimed that the popularity of Drishyam 2 was due to the audience's interest in learning more about them because they were familiar with Vijay Salgaonkar's story from the first film. He said, “With Drishyam 2, I think there is a benefit to it also. The audience has seen Drishyam 1, and they relate to Vijay's story. So they want to go on the journey with that story, that face, that family and that’s a big benefit with the franchise”.
But he went on to say that it's equally crucial to rewrite the movie with the audience in mind. Abhishek Pathak claimed that rather than doing a blind remake, they worked on the script and rewrote the movie. He added, “I think when you talk about remake, you need to re-write the film for a certain set of audience. It has been made for a certain set of audience, usko Dobara likhna bahut important hai dusre nazariye se. Woh time spend kiya humne is picture pe tabhi woh dedh saal ka gap laga hai. (Re-writing it from another perspective is very important. We spent that time re-writing the film, which is why there’s a gap of 1.5 years). I think that it is very important to give time to the screenplay".
He continued, “Because the Malayalam audience is a different audience. Hindi and Pan India are different from a Gujarati or Maharashtrian audience. It’s a very different taste in watching cinema, so I think that re-writing is important. Remake working or not working is not the question. How you present, how you mount it, how you pitch to the audience is very important.”
Abhishek Pathak also stated that strong material will eventually work, no matter what. “We are seeing so many remakes not working also. Even right now, people are saying ‘pandemic hai, people are not moving out of their homes to watch’. Aisa kuch nahi hai, I think. There are films that are working. Kantara is working. Give good content, it will work eventually. Drishyam has worked, and Kantara, Bhool Bhulaiyaa, everything is working. So I think, we just need to work on everything,” he concluded.
