The Drishyam saga reaches its end this week as Drishyam: The Conclusion opens in cinemas worldwide tomorrow, October 2. Ajay Devgn returns as Vijay Salgaonkar, the everyman whose desperate measures to protect his family have powered one of Hindi cinema’s most gripping thriller franchises.

Director Abhishek Pathak, who also helmed Drishyam 2, has developed an original screenplay for the finale rather than remaking the Malayalam Drishyam 3. “It beats Drishyam 2,” Ajay said at FICCI Frames, positioning the film as the definitive closing chapter. The makers have pitched it as the end of the story, not a bridge to another sequel.

The big new threat is Jaideep Ahlawat as Rajveer Singh Tomar, a determined police officer who takes on a case that appears almost impossible to solve. Prakash Raj also joins the cast. Returning faces include Tabu as Meera Deshmukh, Shriya Saran, Rajat Kapoor, Kamlesh Sawant, Ishita Dutta and Mrunal Jadhav. Panorama Studios and Zee Studios are handling global distribution, and advance booking opened on September 27 to a strong early response.