Drishyam 3, the closing chapter of Jeethu Joseph’s franchise that turned a quiet Kerala family man into Indian cinema’s most famous criminal, begins streaming on Prime Video on June 18. The film will be available in its original Malayalam and in dubbed Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada versions, less than a month after its May 21 theatrical release.
The timeline is unusually short for a film of this scale. Drishyam 3 crossed Rs 141 crore worldwide within its first four days and went on to finish its theatrical run at Rs 237.25 crore, with Rs 125.55 crore from India and Rs 111.70 crore from overseas markets. The decision to bring the film to streaming within 28 days suggests Prime Video paid a premium for an early window, banking on the franchise’s built-in audience.
Mohanlal returns as Georgekutty, the cable operator whose methodical cover-up of a crime in the original Drishyam (2013) made him one of the most debated characters in Indian thriller cinema. The second film, released in 2021, added layers to the deception and became the highest-grossing Malayalam film of its year. Both predecessors are already streaming on Prime Video, making the platform the exclusive home of the entire franchise.
Director Jeethu Joseph has described the third instalment as a story about psychological cost. “The film delves deeper into the mind of George Kutty,” he said, noting that Drishyam 3 examines “what those decisions have cost him” years after the events of the first two films. The shift from external suspense to internal reckoning marks a tonal departure for a franchise that built its reputation on plot mechanics.
Meena reprises her role as Rani, Georgekutty’s wife. The film is produced by Antony Perumbavoor under Aashirvad Cinemas, the banner that has backed Mohanlal’s most commercially successful films of the past decade. Pen Studios and Panorama Studios handled the pan-India theatrical distribution.
Mohanlal, for his part, has framed the franchise’s appeal as something beyond its genre. “It is a deeply human story about family, love, and survival,” the actor said, a description that could apply to any domestic drama but carries a specific irony when the family in question has been living with a buried secret for over a decade of screen time.
The Drishyam franchise has already proved its value on streaming. The Hindi remake starring Ajay Devgn became one of the most-watched Indian films on Prime Video’s global library, and Jeethu Joseph’s production Dridam recently arrived on JioHotstar, extending the director’s streaming footprint further. Drishyam 3’s arrival on Prime Video completes the trilogy under one digital roof and gives the platform one of its strongest Indian-language offerings for the month.
The Rs 237 crore theatrical haul makes Drishyam 3 the highest-grossing Malayalam film of 2026 so far. Its overseas number, Rs 111.70 crore, underscores how far Prime Video’s investment in Indian-language content has expanded the audience for films that once played exclusively to regional markets. On June 18, that audience gets to watch it again from the beginning.
