Jeethu Joseph talks about people tagging him as thriller director

Hyderabad: Amazon Prime recently launched the trailer for its upcoming Telugu crime-thriller ‘Drushyam 2’ starring the super talented Venkatesh Daggubati reprising his role from the Telugu hit ‘Drushyam’. Director Jeethu Joseph now opens up about his journey with thrillers and what made him tag as a thriller director. He has films, where he has struck […]

Hyderabad: Amazon Prime recently launched the trailer for its upcoming Telugu crime-thriller ‘Drushyam 2’ starring the super talented Venkatesh Daggubati reprising his role from the Telugu hit ‘Drushyam’. Director Jeethu Joseph now opens up about his journey with thrillers and what made him tag as a thriller director. He has films, where he has struck a balance in creating nail-biting suspense thrillers and out-and-out comedy.  

On being asked about his relationship with thrillers, Jeetu shares, “I have done comedy films, I have done family dramas, but people tag me as a thriller director. Personally speaking, I like to watch mystery movies. Since my childhood, I have watched Agatha Christie novels, ‘Sherlock Holmes’, so, of course, I have inclination towards the genre. But as a filmmaker, I want to do all kinds of films.”  

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He further adds, “My first film was an investigation movie, my second film was ‘Mummy and Me’, which was a family film. I have also done a comedy film with Nidhi, but my 4th and 5th were thrillers – ‘Memories’ and ‘Drishyam’. So, two thrillers back-to-back, immediately people started expecting thrillers from me, along with the producers asking me for thriller subjects. So I like thrillers, and mystery… evrything for that matter.” 

Speaking about his future plans, Jeetu shares, “Actually I’m planning for a family comedy, a love story, because doing back-to-back thrillers is also boring, as in the making the shots are almost same. But I like thrillers.” 

Jeethu Joseph’s directorial, ‘Drushyam 2’, starring Venkatesh, Meena, Tanikella Bharani, Nadhiya, Naresh, Sampath Raj, Kruthika, Jayakumar and Esther Anil, is set to premiere on November 25 on Amazon Prime Video. 

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