India, Oct. 10 -- Perhaps the boldest move in Drishyam: The Conclusion comes from director and co-producer Abhishek Pathak, who has announced that he plans to end this immensely successful film series.

Audiences love Vijay Salgaonkar (Ajay Devgn). Applause kept erupting, in fact, in the theatre where I recently watched him outwit the police yet again, in the third film.

Still, quite a lot has changed.

Vijay has had something of a glow-up since we first met him in 2015. By part two, released four years ago, the cable operator had become the owner of a successful movie theatre. Now, along with the dead body, all his wrinkles have disappeared, leaving his face as smooth as an uncooked chapati.

Still, he is a working-class hero. An underd...