The twist that launched Jeethu Joseph's obsession with making you distrust everyone.
Reshmi, the wife of a young political leader, Mohan Kumar, commits suicide just when he is gearing up for a by-election. An inquiry team led by Shyam Prasad is tasked to find out the reason behind it.
Writing
Jeethu Joseph's debut blueprint for Drishyam's puzzle-box structure
Acting
Suresh Gopi's weathered detective against his own polished politician
Director
Jeethu Joseph
Suresh Gopi
Shyam Prasad / Mohan Kumar
Sindhu Menon
Rashmi
Devan
D.G.P
Prajod Kalabhavan
Sumesh
Saikumar
SP James Joseph IPS
Subair
John Samuel
Cochin Haneefa
Opposition Leader Shivaraman
Jagathy Sreekumar
Detective Chandrachoodan
Prem Prakash
CM Narayanan
Augustine
Thankachan
Babu Namboothiri
Prabhakaran Thampi
Baiju Santhosh
Suresh
Koottickal Jayachandran
Ashokan
Joju George
Detective Shekhar
Madhupal
Kumbalam Jose
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Jeethu Joseph's directorial debut, and he cast Suresh Gopi in dual roles after the actor's commercial peak—essentially rebuilding him as a serious performer before Drishyam made him a household name as a writer-director.
The Rashmi-Mohan marriage mirrors real Kerala political dynasties where wives of rising leaders often died under suspicious circumstances in the 1990s-2000s; Joseph was reportedly influenced by a specific unsolved case that journalists whispered about but courts never touched.
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