After being remade in several Indian languages and Sri Lanka's Sinhala, Mohanlal-starrer Malayalam thriller Drishyam has now caught the imaginations of the Chinese. The Chinese remake of Drishyam—titled Sheep Without A Shepherd—directed by Malaysian Sam Quah, is expected to be released across China on December 20. The Malayalam Drishyam was released on December 19, 2013.
The trailer of the movie, released last month, hints that the Chinese version will be a scene-by-scene remake of the Malayalam movie directed by Jeethu Joseph. Going by the trailer, the audience can expect a power-packed performance from the cast, including Yang Xiao, Zhuo Tan, Joan Chen, Philip Keung, and Paul Chun Pui.
This will be the first time a Malayalam movie, or perhaps an Indian movie, has been remade into a Chinese film. Apart from Mohanlal, the Malayalam movie saw actors Meena, Ansiba Hassan, Esther Anil, Asha Sarath, Siddique, and Kalabhavan Shajon playing key roles. The movie has been remade into various Indian languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada. The film was also remade in Sinhalese under the title Dharmayudhaya.
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A Chinese production house had brought the rights of the movie in 2017.
