1.
Realistic
Movies
Can
Earn
Blockbuster
Tags
Well,
there
was
a
belief
that
out-and-out
realistic
movies
don't
get
that
necessary
acceptance
at
the
box
office.
As
a
result,
film-makers
resorted
to
certain
overboard
stuffs
so
as
to
satisfy
the
taste
of
the
audiences.
But,
Thondimuthalum
Driksakshiyum
has
shattered
all
that
beliefs.
This
particular
film,
which
is
realistic
in
each
and
frame,
proved
that
such
movies
can
be
entertaining
as
well
and
are
worthy
enough
to
earn
the
'blockbuster
tag'
at
the
box
office.
2.
It
Is
Possible
To
Make
Brilliant
Works
In
A
Short
Theme
Take
a
close
look
at
the
storyline
of
Thondimuthalum
Driksakshiyum
and
you
would
understand
that
it
is
crisp
and
precise.
This
full-length
film
rallies
around
that
short
theme
and
kudos
to
the
writer
and
the
director,
for
the
brilliant
execution.
The
film,
once
again
underlines
the
fact
that
a
brilliant
film
doesn't
always
need
a
big
theme,
with
twists
and
turns.
What
matters
the
most
is
the
execution
of
a
novel
and
fresh
storyline.
3.
Choose
Actors
According
To
the
Demand
Of
The
Script
What
was
the
major
attraction
of
Thondimuthalum
Driksakshiyum?
Definitely,
majority
would
say
that
the
police
station
sequences
were
the
ones
that
made
the
maximum
impact.
How
did
those
sequences
became
so
realistic?
Dileesh
Pothan
and
team
did
hit
the
right
chords
by
selecting
real-life
police
officers
to
enact
those
roles.
Most
of
them
were
new
to
the
big
screen,
but
they
did
full
justice
to
their
roles.
And
this
shows,
how
important
is
to
choose
actors,
according
to
the
demand
of
the
script.
4.
A
Film
Is
Not
Just
About
Its
Lead
Hero
&
Heroine
There
was
a
time
when
Malayalam
films
rallied
around
its
lead
hero
and
heroine.
But
films
like
Thondimuthalum
Driksakshiyum
are
the
ones
that
would
take
the
industry
forward
in
the
right
direction.
In
fact,
each
and
every
character
of
Thondimuthalum
Driksakshiyum
holds
due
importance
in
the
movie.
Each
character
has
been
etched
to
perfection,
which
is
a
high
point
of
the
movie.
The
film
is
not
about
a
hero
and
a
heroine
but
about
the
character
who
travel
through
the
storyline
of
the
movie.
Spoonfeeding
Is
Not
Necessary
Always
Spoonfeeding
the
audiences
in
such
a
way
that
the
audiences
are
left
with
nothing
to
think,
was
a
common
style
in
Malayalam
movies
of
the
past.
More
or
less,
it
was
like
underestimating
the
ability
of
audiences
to
understand
the
symbolic
factors
in
movies.
But,
in
Thondimuthalum
Driksakshiyum,
nothing
much
has
been
revealed
about
Fahadh
Faasil's
character
in
the
film.
But,
there
are
certain
instances
in
the
film,
which
gives
us
some
insights
to
the
past
of
Fahadh's
character
in
a
symbolic
way.
In
fact,
such
brilliant
way
of
narration
does
a
lot
good
to
film
rather
than
adopting
spoonfeeding
methods.