Drishyam, directed by Nishikanth Kamat, is in a perpetual loop of rise and fall. Seldom has an Indian film trundled along its runtime with such a cycle of offering promising elements, tripping over those very elements, getting up unscathed and falling again, only to rise yet again, and so on.
The only person who has a bone to pick with him is the corrupt cop Gaitonde( Kamlesh Sawant), because Vijay has a tendency to belittle Gaitonde for his corrupt ways. So when a freak murder takes place and Vijay seems to be involved, Gaitonde takes it upon himself to put Vijay behind bars.