Drishyam: The Conclusion

Six months later,[ c] the case against the Salgaonkar family has been closed due to a lack of evidence.Devastated by her inability to prove Vijays involvement in her son Sameers death, Meera Deshmukhs mental state deteriorates.Her husband, Mahesh, eventually asks SP Rajveer Singh Tomar of the Crime Branch to reopen the investigation, despite previously opposing the idea.Despite DNA testing proving that the skeleton recovered in the previous investigation did not belong to Sameer, Tomar suspects that Vijay may have replaced Sameers skeletal remains shortly before the court proceedings.He and Laxmikant Gaitonde quietly resume the investigation, monitoring Vijays movements.

During their surveillance, they discover that Vijay has been frequently visiting a local church and has befriended Raghu, the security guard at a medical college, where the evidence was previously stored.Raghu reveals that Vijay visited the college with him on the night of 23 July 2021, and they drank together until passing out.As the college had no functioning CCTV cameras covering the evidence room, Tomar concludes that Vijay used the opportunity to swap Sameers skeleton with another set of remains.Tomar investigates the origin of the unidentified skeleton and traces it to Christopher Pinto.His investigation leads him to Christophers grave and its caretaker Savio DSouza, who has disappeared.

Meanwhile, Vijay maintains a respectable public image, regularly visiting a local church and making donations while continuing to work on his upcoming film.He also begins working with a prop artist to create a highly realistic prop for its production.Vijays elder daughter, Anju, deeply concerned about her familys case being reopened, remains reluctant to move on with her life.Vijay reassures her that he has filed a petition in the High Court to permanently close the case.Savio is eventually located in Kerala and agrees to submit a written statement against Vijay, implicating him in the disappearance and replacement of Christophers skeleton.

Meanwhile, Meera and Mahesh hire prominent lawyer Indrajith Shetty to represent them.At the hearing, Raghu testifies that Vijay was with him, while Savio retracts his statement, claiming police coercion.Shetty argues that the conflicting evidence warrants further investigation and requests the court to order the excavation of Christophers grave.Despite objections from Vijays defense, the court grants the request.When Tomar and his team arrive at the cemetery, they are confronted by members of the local Christian community, who oppose the excavation on religious grounds.

The excavation eventually takes place; however, to everyones surprise, Christophers skeletal remains are found intact.Concurrently, Shetty questions Nandini about Vijays whereabouts on the night of 23 July 2021.She states that Vijay was at home.Shetty then presents audio recordings gathered by undercover officers, Shiv and Jenny, who purchased a property next to the Salgaonkar residence and installed surveillance equipment.[ d] The audio recordings place Vijay inside his home, directly contradicting Raghus testimony.

Due to conflicting evidence, the court finds that reasonable doubt exists, acquits the Salgaonkar family, and permanently closes the case.After the hearing, Tomar, Meera, Mahesh, Shiv, and Jenny reconstruct Vijays scheme.Approximately two and a half years earlier, Jenny and Shiv purchased the neighbouring property while working undercover and secretly monitored his house.Anticipating the surveillance, Vijay, with his familys assistance, used prerecorded recordings to create the impression that he was at home on the night of 23 July 2021, while he was actually at the medical college with Raghu.To delay the excavation, Vijay used the false identity Sister Pereira to repeatedly warn members of the local Christian community that the government planned to demolish their church and cemetery to acquire the land.

Vijays deception prevents the police from thoroughly examining Christophers grave.Although they reconstruct his plan, they have no evidence that can be used to prove it in court.Christophers skeleton remains in his grave, the recordings appear to place Vijay at home, and the community continues to oppose further excavation.The whereabouts of the skeleton originally used to replace Sameers remain unknown.The whereabouts of the skeleton are revealed when Vijay meets Savio.

Savio had expected Vijay to return Christophers skeleton after using it in the exchange.However, because the skeleton was placed under strict surveillance in the evidence room, Vijay was unable to retrieve it.His months-long work with the prop artist served another purpose: the film prop was actually a highly detailed replica of a human skeleton.With Savios assistance, Vijay secretly places the replica inside Christophers grave, fulfilling his promise to Savio while convincing both the authorities and the local community that Christophers remains were never disturbed.Ultimately, Vijay turns the evidence meant to expose him into part of his alibi, leaving the police without usable evidence against his family.