| Director | Nishikant Kamat |
|---|---|
| Genre | drama film |
| Runtime | 163 min |
| Country | India |
| Budget | ₹38 crore |
| Box office | ₹107.9 crore |
Vijay Salgaonkar is an orphan who dropped out of school at the fourth grade. He is now a businessman running a cable TV service in Goa. He is married to Nandini and has two daughters: Anju, his adopted elder daughter and Anu, his youngest daughter. His only interest, apart from his family, is watching films.
During a school camp, a nude video of Anju gets recorded by another student, Sameer "Sam" Deshmukh, who is the son of the Inspector-general of police Meera Deshmukh. Sam uses the video to blackmail Anju for sexual favors. That night, he turns up at her house and when Nandini arrives, she pleads with him to delete the video and leave Anju alone. He agrees on the condition that Nandini sleep with him. Anju while trying to knock the phone with the video out of Sam's hand, strikes his head accidentally with a rod, killing him. Anju and Nandini bury Sam's dead body in a compost pit, and this act is witnessed by Anu.
The next morning, when Vijay comes home, he is informed of the incident by Nandini, and he devises a way to save his family from the police. He constructs an elaborate "drishyam" (or visual) to cover up the murder and create an airtight alibi for the family. He constructs their alibis by taking a trip after the fact to Panaji for a religious sermon, which of course they miss because they go there the day after. However he returns for the same trip a week later and reinforces their earlier visit - with just the dates changed so the witnesses will corroborate their presence on the day of the murder. Then he removes Sam's broken phone and disposes of his car in a lake, which is seen by Sub-inspector Laxmikant Gaitonde, who holds a grudge against Vijay.
Meera, realizing that her son has gone missing, starts an investigation. She begins to suspect Vijay and his family and they are called in for questioning. Having predicted that this would happen, Vijay coaches his family on how to explain their alibis to the police. When questioned individually, the family stick to their alibis. Meera questions the owners of the establishments that Vijay had met during his trip. Their statements prove Vijay's alibi. A CCTV camera footage of Vijay being at a bank ATM in Panaji on Sunday, October 3, proves Vijay's alibi and as an evidence. Meera deduces that Vijay had gotten acquainted with the owners, and manipulated them into lying.
Meera arrests the family and Gaitonde uses force to try to extract the truth out of them. Meera learns about the video that Sam made about Anju from Sam's friend Alex. When Gaitonde threatens to hit Anu, she discloses the truth out of fear. Anu reveals the place where Sam is buried. The police dig up the compost pit where Sam is buried, only to find the remains of a calf. The crowd gathers at the scene, and Vijay tells them that Gaitonde had hit Anu. Gaitonde attempts to attack Vijay, but is stopped by an angry mob who thrash him.
Following the incident, Gaitonde is suspended and Meera resigns. Meera and her husband, Mahesh, summon Vijay and ask for his forgiveness over Sam's perverted behavior. They also reveal that they are going to live with Meera's brother in London. They ask Vijay to disclose the truth behind their son's disappearance, to which Vijay hints about killing him. He reveals that he would go to any lengths to protect his family and asks them for forgiveness.
In the present, Vijay is called to sign a register at the new police station. As he walks out of the station, flashbacks are shown of Vijay walking out of an unfinished police station (the new police station that was being constructed at the time of Sam's death), implying that he buried Sam's body beneath the police station while it was being constructed.