A brilliant sequel

Drishyam 2, The Resumption (Malayalam; 2021)

Movie buffs would generally agree that sequels of hit movies rarely do well in the box office, more so with Indian movies—the sequels of 'Koi Mil Gaye', 'Dhoom' and 'Munna Bhai'comes to mind. Somehow, the magic of the original film is lost. 

Six years previously, Drishyam, a murder thriller, was released. It was then something of a revolutionary in storytelling where all the loopholes which are usually overlooked were patched and viewed had a chance to appreciate expert movie making at its best. Poetic justice was served when a peeping Tom, son of a high ranking police officer, meets his end at the hands of an outraged mother. The crime is concealed, and the victim was never found, leaving the deceased's parents with no closure. Georgekutty, then, had buried the victim in the place least suspected by the police - under a newly constructed police station!

Meanwhile, Georgekutty is now an owner of a movie theatre and plans to make a movie, much against his wife's approval. Life is not all hunky-dory as his daughter suffers from PTSD and seizures whilst the villagers still gossip about the murder. The victim's parents are still in mourning, and the new Inspector-General takes renewed interests in the case.  A newly released criminal professes that he saw Georgekutty living the then building site of a police station. Unbeknownst to Georgekutty's family, a husband-wife neighbour close to Georgekutty's wife is actually undercover cops.

The rest of the story is about how Georgekutty is arrested for his crimes, but all the collected evidence indicates no wrongdoings on Georgekutty. Even the body excavated from station premises was forensically reported as belonging to someone else.

Someone sent me a presentation about leadership qualities that one can learn from Georgekutty's way of handling the whole imbroglio. He took charge; he kept an eye on the pulse of things while assuring his down lines. He never assumed or left things to chance. He never rested on his laurels. He thought out of the box, strategise and execute effectively. He kept secrets close to his chest - secrets that can easily crumble the gameplan if too many people have access to them. He had no qualms about engulfing new technologies to his advantage. The most vital tool that was useful to him was his networking skills. He had contacts at different levels, and he knew how to keep felt needed. He spent time to gain trust.

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