'Drishyam' becomes a globetrotter: After Chinese remake, Ajay Devgn-starrer is now set for Korean adaptation

‘Drishyam’ has become a global phenomenon.

The Malayalam cult classic that gave birth to a slew of successful remakes in various languages (including Chinese) will now be remade in Korean!

A Variety report revealed that South Korea’s Anthology Studios have teamed up with India’s Panorama Studios (owned by Bollywood star Ajay Devgn’s manager, Kumar Mangat Pathak), to remake the successful franchise into Korean.


The film will reportedly be helmed by ‘Cobweb’ director Kim Jee-Won, and Song Kang-ho (of ‘Parasite’ fame) will star as the titular character.

Film critic and box-office tracker Taran Adarsh took to Twitter to break the news to his followers.
While South Korean films have been frequently remade in India (for example, ‘The Chaser’ and ‘I Saw The Devil’ were remade into ‘Murder 2’ and ‘Ek Villain’ respectively), this is the first time an Indian film is being adapted in South Korea! In an interview with Variety, Pathak said, “I’m excited that the Drishyam franchise is being made in Korean. All these years, we have been inspired by Korean fare, and now they have found a muse in one of our films. What can be a bigger achievement for the Indian film fraternity?”

Directed by Jeethu Joseph, this 2013 Mohanlal starrer went on to be a box-office phenomenon as well as a critical success. After a series of successful remakes in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada, the film went beyond Indian borders and was remade in Chinese. The Chinese adaptation titled ‘Sheep Without A Shepherd’ became a huge BO success in China, grossing $199.2 million!

The film revolves around a humble cable operator, who is forced to engage in a game of cat and mouse with the police to save his family from a sticky situation.

The original starred Malayalam superstar Mohanlal as George Kutty, a semi-literate film buff who gradually finds himself on the wrong side of the law when one of his daughters ends up killing her harasser in self-defense. Kutty runs a race against time (and the law) to save his loved ones from getting arrested.