'Drishyam' gets 8th remake; to be made in Korean with 'Parasite' actor Song Kang-Ho

Korea’s Anthology Studios and India’s Panorama Studios have partnered for the remake of the Drishyam franchise in Korea.

Panorama Studios is backed by producer Kumar Mangat Pathak, while Anthology Studios is founded by former Warner Bros. local Korean production head, Choi Jae-won (aka Jay Choi), Parasite actor Song Kang-ho and acclaimed director Kim Jee-woon.

The two studios will join hands for the Korean remake of the Drishyam franchise. The announcement was made at the India Pavilion in Cannes on Sunday by the two studios with Pathak and Choi present.

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Written and directed by Jeetu Joseph, the Malayalam-language Drishyam (2013) was headlined by superstar Mohanlal. It followed a cable TV operator whose simple world splinters after an accidental death involving his family, and his desperate measures to shield them from the law. 

The massive success of the film spawned hit remakes in several languages – in Kannada as Drishya (2014), starring Ravichandran, in Telugu as Drushyam (2014), starring Venkatesh, in Tamil as Papanasam (2015), starring Kamal Haasan, in Hindi as Drishyam (2015), starring Ajay Devgn and in Sinhala as Dharmayuddhaya (2017), starring Jackson Anthony. A Chinese remake Sheep Without a Shepherd (2019), starring Xiao Yang, also became successful.

It was reported an Indonesian remake is also in the works