According to Rajkumar Theatres, it had entered into an agreement with Kerala-based production house Ashirvad Cinemas and director Jeethu Joseph in December 2013 with respect to the remake rights to the Malayalam Drishyam film franchise.
Rajkumar Theatres said that by these agreements, it acquired exclusive Telugu remake rights for the original Drishyam film as well as its sequels.
On the same day, Wide Angle Creations acquired similar rights in Hindi and certain North Indian languages. Rajkumar Theatres, however, claimed that it funded the entire ₹50 crore consideration for this assignment and that the two entities agreed to share the Hindi and North Indian language rights equally.
A June 2014 agreement subsequently recorded the arrangement, under which Rajkumar Theatres claimed that it and Wide Angle Creations became equal joint owners of the copyright for the Hindi version of Drishyam films.