Abhishek Pathak says there’s demand for Drishyam 3: ‘It shall happen, we will think about…’

Drishyam 2 director Abhishek Pathak said that there’s a demand for Drishyam 3 and ‘it shall happen’. In a new interview, he also said that he will think about what the team is going to do in the next part, once they have some time off. (Also Read | Drishyam 2 team shares BTS clip: Akshaye Khanna shows his funny side, Ajay Devgn stays serious)

Drishyam 2, which released on Friday, has so far earned ₹96.04 crore at the domestic box office. The film stars Ajay Devgn, Shriya Saran, Tabu, Rajat Kapoor, Ishita Dutta and Akshaye Khanna. The film takes forward the story of Ajay’s Vijay Salgoankar and his family – wife Nandini (Shriya) and daughters Anju (Ishita) and Anu (Mrunal Jadhav).

In an interview with ETimes, Abhishek spoke about Drishyam 3 and Drishyam 4, and said, “People are excited, so they are going to make theories on part 3 and 4. But we’re just about to close our first week now. For sure there’s a demand for part 3, and it shall happen, but we are just happy to be crossing the 100-crore number at the moment. Once we have some time off, we will think about what we’re going to do in the next part but as of now we’re just enjoying every bit of feedback that we’re getting.”

Speaking about his next directorial, Abhishek added, “I have a couple of scripts already in place. I’m thinking what to take next. I need to put my brain to it because after delivering this one, I want to take a story which is loved by people and accepted the way this one was received.”

Drishyam 2 is a sequel to Ajay’s 2015 crime thriller Drishyam, which was the Hindi remake of the Mohanlal-starrer Malayalam movie of the same name. The sequel to the Malayalam film released in February 2021. It is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Kumar Mangat Pathak, Abhishek Pathak and Krishan Kumar. The film is presented by Viacom18 Studios, T-Series and Panorama Studios.