Drishyam - Magnificent 100 Days - Exclusive Report

 So finally the day is here, 100th day since the film that changed Malayalam film industry for good hit the screens. Released on December 19th as a small scale family film for Christmas - New Year season in now, after 3+ months, 100 days, entering the Summer holidays season. As they big things do come in small packages. The difference between Drishyam and all the all time blockbusters of recent times in other languages is that its purely the victory of good old 'Word of Mouth'. It didn't trend on twitter before release, it still has only 50k likes in Facebook, the trailer songs didn't go viral in YouTube, but most importantly it delivered where it had to, at the Box Office, and that too in style. Everything about the movie was low key, not even 1% of extra gimmicks for commercial purpose. Even the director before release its a small simple family thriller. But boy, he did had a trump car under his sleeves.

Drishyam  today celebrates 100 days @ about 50 centers, which is about twice the number of theaters the previous best, Thenkashipattanam, had. But it was before the era of wide releases & Multiplexes, in which Ordinary did 100 in 1/4th or 1/5th the no. of screens. Plus the film is running is 25 odd other theaters including B, C class and late release A class making it a total of 75 theaters. Plus it wil lhit 100 in Chennai & Coimbatore. Its still running in Pune, Oman, Abu Dhabi.

Drishyam is the first Malayalam film to gross 25, 30, 35 crores from Kerala. The Kerala gross is about 38.50 crore in 100 days with a distributor share of over 16 crores. The Rest Of India gross is estimated to be around 11 crore mark The film also had tremendous run in overseas, especially USA, UK, UAE, where it grossed about 9+ crores. Within a few days the film will become the first Malayalam film to enter the 50crore club (India alone) and 60 crore club (Worldwide). The film which beat the record of 'Twenty 20' being the biggest grosser ever, in just 30 days, is also doing great business in Home Video Pre-Order sales.

The played more than 24, 000 shows in theaters across Kerala, which is 9,000 more than the previous best Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja.Rest of India show count is about 3200 and overseas show count of about 1000-1500. making it close to 29 K shows worldwide. 

So lets take a moment to celebrate the work of Team Drishyam and shower all the accolades on them that we could possibly get.
  

Crew

 Directed by     Jeethu Joseph
Produced by     Antony Perumbavoor
Written by     Jeethu Joseph
Music by     Anil Johnson
Vinu Thomas
Cinematography     Sujith Vaassudev
Editing by     Ayoob Khan
Studio     Aashirvad Cinemas
Distributed by     Aashirvad Release Through Maxlab

Designs Collins Leophil

Cast

Mohanlal as Georgekutty
Meena as Rani George
AnsibaH as san as Anju George
Baby Ester as Anu George
Kalabhavan Shajon as Constable Sahadevan
Siddique as Prabhakar
 Asha Sarath as IG Geetha Prabhakar
Aneesh G Menon as Rajeesh
Roshan Basheer as Varun Prabhakar
Neeraj Madhav as Monichan
Irshad as SI Suresh Babu
Kunchan as Madhavan
Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Sulaimanikka
BaijuV.K as Soman
P.Sreekumar as Rani's Father
Shobha Mohan as Rani's Mother
Koottickal Jayachandran as Murali
Kalabhavan Rahman as Bus Conductor
Kalabhavan Haneef as Theatre Operator
Antony Perumbavoor as Antony
Balaji
Pradeep Chandran

 Credits also to those uncredited in the Wiki page, the light boys, spot boys, drivers, caterers, make up man etc & also theaters, poster men, security, fans, audience, internet fans etc

Few articles about Drishyam

Drishyam sets another record !!

Drishyam completes 50 Glorious days - Exclusive Report

Drishyam - All Time Blockbuster - Exclusive 27 days Box Office Update

Jeethu Joseph clears the air about Drishyam controversy

PePsI Indian Premier League 2014 - Complete Schedule

PEPSI Indian Premier League 2014 -  Schedule


First phase of the  IPL 2014 season matches will be played in the UAE from April 16-30, where 20 matches will be played in 3 stadiums: Sheikh Zayed Stadium- Abu Dhabi, Sharjah CA Stadium, Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The Opening match will be between Mumbai Indians & Kolkatta Knight Riders in Abu Dhabi (8 pm IST/6:30pm local.

1st Phase Schedule

Note: The schedule for the remaining 40 matches will be announced in due course.

Drishyam completes 50 Glorious days - Exclusive Report

 Drishyam which released on December 19, 2013, completes 50 days of run today in Kerala few centers outside Kerala. It has not only become the biggest grosser & hit ever in the 85 year long history of Malayalam Cinema, has also sort of created record for setting/breaking more records than any other movie.
What ever be the records, all of them were set in record time too.

Drishyam released in about 85 theaters in Kerala and is still continuing in about 71 theaters. The film has completed (or will by this weekend) about 21,000 shows worldwide.The film has crossed 3 crore mark in Ernakulam city alone, 2cr from Calicut city, 1cr from Trivandrum, Thrissur etc and close 1cr mark in Palakkad, Kollam, Kottayam etc. The film has set records in every single center that it has released.

Total Gross from Kerala alone has crossed 30 crore mark, with 5-6 crores expected from Rest of the world. Adding satellite, video & music rights the total revenue should be around 43-44 crores. Even though its still running in many theaters, can't expect the total revenue to touch 50 crore mark, or it might just do it, looking at the rush at main centers this past weekend. 

The remake's have already began pre- pre-production talks. Tamil version will directed by Jeethu himself with Kamal Haasan playing the lead. Crazy Star Ravichandran - P Vasu combo in Kannada. Victory Venkitesh will be doing the Telugu version and rumors says Ajay Devgn might do Hindi version.

Drishyam crosses 'T20' to become the biggest Malayalam grosser ever

Till December 19th, when compared to 2012, 2013 has been a little off color as far as Malayalam Industry was concerned. But a small film released on December 19th that created a havoc @ Box Office around the world. Which ever theaters started screening the film haven't stopped since.

When the last updates came in the film was already the 2nd biggest hit of all time. Today, exactly a month after its release the makers have come up with the official declaration that the film has indeed broken the record set by 'Twenty 20' [the mega multi starrer which featured the entire Malayalam film industry] in less than half the time. T20 had a distributor share of about 10.5 crore from Kerala alone which is what Drishyam over took. The film has also broke records at almost every center in Kerala, or will do in the coming few days.

The film got even bigger reception outside Kerala. Plenty of families returning due to the limited shows getting sold out within minutes. So more centers were added in UK, USA etc and the film also released in territories like Germany.

The film also leads in terms of the returns on investment, being made under 5 crore. The overseas [may be Rest of India too] are sold out right, so the producer won't benefit the fantastic run, but any way the film opens new markets, brought audiences who we never knew existed to theaters and more importantly became a lifeline for the B class theaters in Kerala who were on the verge of closure.

A truly remarkable feat indeed considering all the aspects .....

Exclusive interview with Shahid Afridi

Exclusive interview of Pakistan Cricketer Shahid Afridi by Sree Prasad Nair

Grew up watching his batting, bowling & his funny interviews. But never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine this would happen to me, An awesome 2 hour meeting with Pakistan Super Star Cricketer Mr. Shahid Afridi. Funny, Humble & Friendly to the core.... No wonder why he is an entertainer since 18 years, on & off the field. It was an eventful day for me to have Mr.Shahid Afridi on my first ever celebrity interview.

A BOOM BOOM EVENING WITH SHAHID AFRIDI

Great to have you here Shahid Bhai... How's the climate in UAE treating you?

Thank you. Well I used to come to Dubai often and as usual climate is very good here. Just back from net practise and really looking forward for the upcoming series.

2013 Performance-wise so far ?

Well it's been a great year for me so far. Missed out the ICC Champions Trophy but came back really well with an all round perormance against West Indies in their soil including my  career best bowling of 7/12! Insha Allah I will try to give same performances in my upcoming  matches.

Heard you have strarted a charity foundation in Pakistan?

Yes, Shahid Afridi Foundation.

Please tell me more about it?

Well it's a charity foundation I started for promoting education and health for undeserved communities. We launched the foundation on September and so far it's going smoothly. I'm proud that I am  a reason to their smile. I want to take my charity foundation to an international level. We , myself and my brother Mr.Javed Afridi (CEO Of Haier Pakistan, Dubai & Singapore) are planning to organise some events within two months. In different countries, for example Middle East, US & Europe.

Also we opened a restaurant, 'Splice By Shahid Afridi' in Pakistan for my people.

Good to see cricketers like you working for charity... Heard Sachin Tendulkar also planning to work for charity after retirement.

Very good decision by him. I'm happy that he is working for a good cause.

Any reason for starting this charity foundation?

My father. My father was very helpful for others. After my father's death I realised that now it's  my turn to help others.

Are you happy with the success of Pakistan film 'Main Hoon Shahid Afridi' ?

Great to hear that film was a huge success. But for me movie was just about average. I was happy that makers were using my name for the title, however I didn't like some of the scenes in it.

You watch Bollywood films?

I used to watch before... but these days very rare.

Favorite actors?

Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan & Aamir Khan

Actress?

Kajol. Aaj kal ki heroines ki acting mein dum nahi hain!

Any Song ?

Har Kisiko Nahi Milta Yahan Pyar Zindagi Mein....

Khush Naseeb Hai Hum Jinko Hai Mili Yeh Bahar Zindagi Mein... (Smiles)

Any plans to join Bollywood?

Cricket hi kaafi hai. I know my limitations.

Family?

Happily married, have four daughters.

Your favorite ODI, Test & T20 innings?

ODI - 42 ball 102 against India in Kanpur & 37 ball 100 vs Srilanka in Nairobi

Test - 141 vs India in Chennai

T20 - Semi Final & Final innings of World Cup T20 2009 in England

Favorite Players?

Sachin, Lara, Ponting, Saeed Anwar, Inzamam & Wasim Akram

About Sachin Tendulkar's retirement?

Well I think this is the best time. Little upset that I can't see him playing on the field. I have many wonderful memories with him. I think we have played maxim matches against each other. No doubt Cricket World will miss his game, I will miss his game too...

You have played many matches with Mr.Mohammed Yousuf. Are you upset with his bad remarks about your on going series performance?

Not at all, that's his view about me or my game. It's easy for others to blame you for your team's bad performance . But before commenting or judging me some people should understand that it's not Shahid Afridi vs South Africa. It's Pakisatan vs South Africa. 

Shahid Afridi scored the fastest 100 with the bat Waqar Younus gifted to him. Any truth?

Completely wrong. Actually it was Sachin's bat. Sachin wanted few bats from Pakistan. He scored fastest 100 in my first international innings.

It's been 5 years since Pakistan players participated in IPL? Your views?

It's hight time. I think India should allow our players too in IPL. We played the 2011 World Cup Semi Final in India. We played three ODI's and Two T20's last year in India. It's really sad that after supporting India-Pakistan relation through cricket, still we are sidelined in IPL.

Rohit Sharma just created record of most sixes in a single match. Are you looking forward to beat that record?

Not exactly because I don't look for records and all when I'm batting. I need my team to win the matches. I prefer my team's win over my individual records.

Any idea about your own records?

I think out of 10 fastest 100's, 4 of them are my 100's. Then fastest 100. Then... (thinking) You tell yaar.

Fastest 100, Third Fastest 100, Second Fastest 50, Most Man Of The Match For Pakistan (4th Overall) Second Leading Wicket Taking Spinner, Third Bowler With Maximum 5 Wicket Haul, Second Best Bowling Figures, Highest Batting Strike Rate, Youngest Player To Score 100, Most T20 Matches, Most T20 Man Of The Matches & Ofocurse Maximum Number Of Sixes :)

Wow... Not bad right ? You are so updated.

And 1 more, second highest ducks in ODI'S after Jayasurya.

(Smiles) Which part of India you are from?

Kerala.

I have been there twice. Beautiful place with beautiful food.

Thanks Lala

When are you planning to retire?

Well I think I'm playing quite good cricket these days, atleast with the ball. I'm fit and can play more for my country. My target is to play 2015 World Cup. If I can contribute to my team with my good performance, then I will definitely play 2015 WC!

Thanks a lot Lala for your time. Wishing you plenty of years for your team and all the best for your performances. Pleasure to have you here.

Thanks a lot Sree . My Pleasure :)

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