--- title: '‘Drishyam: The Conclusion’ Puts Ajay Devgn Between Revenge and a New Cop' type: 'blog post' section: 'Away From Set' format: 'Editorial feature' standfirst: 'Abhishek Pathak’s final chapter brings back Vijay Salgaonkar on October 2, 2026, with Tabu seeking revenge and Jaideep Ahlawat’s crime-branch officer closing in. The director says the film was built backward from its climax, raising the stakes for Ajay Devgn’s last turn as the protective father.' author: 'Marcus Reid' published: '2026-09-09' updated: '2026-09-09' about_people: - 'Jaideep Ahlawat' - 'Ajay Devgn' tags: - 'Drishyam The Conclusion trailer Ajay Devgn' - 'Ajay Devgn Vijay Salgaonkar final film' - 'Jaideep Ahlawat Rajveer Singh Tomar Drishyam 3' - 'Abhishek Pathak Drishyam The Conclusion climax' - 'Drishyam 3 release date October 2 2026' sources: - 'https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/drishyam-the-conclusion-director-on-ajay-devgns-darker-turn/ar-AA2bRytA' - 'https://www.bollywoodshaadis.com/articles/drishyam-3-what-to-expect-84324' - 'https://newsable.asianetnews.com/entertainment/drishyam-the-conclusion-trailer-out-ajay-devgn-faces-new-foe-articleshow-zhkxbiv' - 'https://www.millenniumpost.in/entertainment/ajay-devgns-drishyam-is-now-retitled-as-drishyam-the-conclusion-673405' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/blog/drishyam-the-conclusion-puts-ajay-devgn-between-revenge-and-a-new-cop' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # ‘Drishyam: The Conclusion’ Puts Ajay Devgn Between Revenge and a New Cop *Abhishek Pathak’s final chapter brings back Vijay Salgaonkar on October 2, 2026, with Tabu seeking revenge and Jaideep Ahlawat’s crime-branch officer closing in. The director says the film was built backward from its climax, raising the stakes for Ajay Devgn’s last turn as the protective father.* By Marcus Reid, 2026-09-09 · Away From Set The trailer for *Drishyam: The Conclusion* is out, and it sends Ajay Devgn’s Vijay Salgaonkar into his most dangerous fight yet. The final Hindi chapter arrives in cinemas on October 2, 2026, with Tabu returning as Meera Deshmukh and Jaideep Ahlawat joining as a determined Crime Branch officer. For film readers, the change is clear: Vijay is no longer trying only to keep a secret buried. He is facing a family threatened by revenge, a police case gaining force, and a new man trained to read the moves that kept him safe before. ## Ajay Devgn’s Vijay Salgaonkar Faces a Sharper Threat The trailer, released in Goa, returns to the family at the center of the series. Vijay remains the ordinary father who will do extraordinary things to protect the people at home. The difference this time is the pressure around him. According to Asianet Newsable, Ahlawat plays SP Crime Branch Rajveer Singh Tomar, who takes charge of the case Vijay has kept out of reach for years. The investigation brings old secrets back into the room and pushes unanswered questions toward the Salgaonkar family. BollywoodShaadis describes the trailer as a world of mounting suspicion, with police claiming strong evidence and Meera no longer focused on justice alone. Her son’s death has turned the fight into revenge. That gives Tabu a different emotional task from the earlier films: Meera is not simply pursuing a case; she is demanding that Vijay and his family pay. The trailer’s closing warning comes from Vijay. He says a man may break himself for his family, but once that family is threatened, no one can guess what an ordinary man might do, even against someone in uniform. It is a darker promise for Devgn, whose performance has always depended on keeping Vijay’s fear close to the surface. ![Drishyam Indian thriller drama film directed by Nishikant Kamat. Actor Ajay Devgn permoting his pinkcity Jaipur.](https://pokemon-dive.us-lax-4.linodeobjects.com/cinepixo/posts/2026/09/90296b72-ac09-4645-8d4a-5c5e5f537462.webp) *Photo: Sureshsharmaptv63 · [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drishyam_Actor_Ajay_Devgn_with_suresh_sharma.JPG)* ## Jaideep Ahlawat Brings a New Kind of Police Pressure Ahlawat’s Rajveer is not presented as another officer waiting for Vijay to slip. The trailer sets up a cat-and-mouse contest between two men who intend to stay several steps ahead. That changes the shape of the story. Vijay’s old tricks now meet a fresh investigation led by someone who has not spent years looking at the case in the same way. Asianet Newsable calls Rajveer a formidable new adversary. The report also notes that the film moves in a new direction with a fresh plot and an entirely new screenplay, while picking up after *Drishyam 2*. The suspense, then, rests on pressure rather than repetition: what happens when the family’s carefully held story meets an investigator with a different method? The returning cast includes Shriya Saran, Rajat Kapoor, Kamlesh Sawant, Ishita Dutta and Mrunal Jadhav. Prakash Raj joins the ensemble, adding another source of tension around the case. Tabu returns as IG Meera Deshmukh, while Shriya Saran is back as Nandini. ![Jaideep Ahlawat](https://pokemon-dive.us-lax-4.linodeobjects.com/cinepixo/posts/2026/09/c91d7a3e-1f53-4c6d-a2b3-300062964367.webp) *Photo: Bollywood Hungama · [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jaideep_Ahlawat_at_the_trailer_launch_of_Lust_Stories_(cropped).jpg)* ![Ajay Devgn](https://pokemon-dive.us-lax-4.linodeobjects.com/cinepixo/posts/2026/09/e60ff044-64b5-4aae-a5a0-e5cb6030409f.webp) *Photo: Bollywood Hungama · [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ajay_Devgn_promoting_All_the_Best.jpg)* ## Abhishek Pathak Wrote the Film Backward From Its Ending Pathak, who directs the Hindi film and co-wrote it with Aamil Keeyan Khan and Parveez Shaikh, says the work began with the climax. In comments reported by BollywoodShaadis, he explained that he first asked what would happen after one central idea, then built the story backward from there. He said a *Drishyam* story cannot be written in a straight line because the core plot has to be known before the flow can be built. That method gives the final film a useful point of tension before anyone has seen it. We know the filmmakers are protecting a key turn, but we do not know what that turn is. Pathak’s comments are not proof that the ending works. They do explain why the trailer keeps showing pressure, warning and pursuit instead of giving away the answer. The trailer runs for two minutes and 49 seconds. It opens with Tabu’s voice asking Saurabh Shukla’s Murad Ali what Vijay will do this time. Murad answers that only Vijay and God know. The line places the family’s fate beside the police investigation from the first moments. ## The Final Chapter Carries the Weight of Two Earlier Films The Hindi franchise began in 2015 with *Drishyam*, a remake of the Malayalam film starring Mohanlal. *Drishyam 2* followed in 2022 and became a blockbuster, according to BollywoodShaadis. The new film is being presented by Star Studio18 and produced by Panorama Studios. Pathak has acknowledged the burden created by that response. BollywoodShaadis quotes him saying viewers did not expect the turns in *Drishyam 2*, while expectations for this film are already high. He describes the new story as a rollercoaster that should leave audiences wondering how it reached its final point. That is hope, not a guarantee. What the reporting supports is a clear setup: Vijay is still protecting his family, Meera is pursuing revenge, Rajveer is tightening the investigation, and the filmmakers have built their screenplay around a concealed climax. The answer arrives in cinemas on October 2, when Vijay Salgaonkar faces the one thing his careful plans have never fully controlled—a new person asking the questions. ## How this piece was made **Format:** Editorial feature ## In this piece - [Jaideep Ahlawat](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaideep-ahlawat) - [Ajay Devgn](https://cinepixo.com/people/ajay-devgn) ## Sources - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/drishyam-the-conclusion-director-on-ajay-devgns-darker-turn/ar-AA2bRytA - https://www.bollywoodshaadis.com/articles/drishyam-3-what-to-expect-84324 - https://newsable.asianetnews.com/entertainment/drishyam-the-conclusion-trailer-out-ajay-devgn-faces-new-foe-articleshow-zhkxbiv - https://www.millenniumpost.in/entertainment/ajay-devgns-drishyam-is-now-retitled-as-drishyam-the-conclusion-673405 Every factual claim above is drawn from these. The reading of them is ours. 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