Drishyam (2013)

Georgekutty runs a cable-television business in a small hill-town in Idukki, left school early and spends his nights watching films. He lives contentedly with his wife Rani and their two daughters until a young man with a dangerous secret enters their lives, and one night something happens that could destroy the family. When a powerful police officer begins investigating, Georgekutty sets about building a wall of alibis, using every trick he has picked up from cinema. Drishyam ("visual") is a superbly constructed family thriller that became the first Malayalam film to gross more than 50 crore rupees. Its story was remade in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Sinhala and Chinese, and was followed by Drishyam 2 in 2021.