How Bobby-Sanjay And Manu Ashokan Stripped 'Eyes' Of Toxic Voyeurism
When we watch the series Eyes on Sony LIV, we quickly realize there is something happening here that goes far beyond simple stalking.
Written by Anjana Nayar, Bobby, and Sanjay, & directed by Manu Ashokan, this Malayalam psychological thriller avoids the typical traps of the genre.
For a series shaped by male writers, it completely eliminates the male gaze.
The framing is raw, real, and deeply empathetic. It exposes the true, terrifying volume of violence women endure daily, spanning online harassment, casual molestation, and domestic abuse.
The narrative brilliantly charts this trauma across every stage of a woman’s life, making us understand why so many young women are afraid of relationships or why they hesitate to get married today.
Women are constantly surrounded by news of assault, domestic violence, and toxic control, and the series shows how intimacy can easily be weaponized, turning physical closeness into emotional blackmail.
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What balances this heavy trauma is the beautiful and realistic portrayal of female friendship within the series. The layers within the “Eyes” gang show that they aren’t just stoic, perfect crime fighters.
The entire cast delivers incredibly natural, grounded performances, led by Kani Kusruti, Nikhila Vimal, Riya Jithu, Prabhu Muraleekrishnan, Shruthi Ramachnadran, Jaffer Idukki, Dev Mohan, Saniya Iyappan and others.
The director presents their bond through a deeply human lens that captures their professional egos, personal frictions, small internal problems, and the shared emotional toll of absorbing these harrowing cases every single day.
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The show thrives in these seemingly trivial scenes that carry massive sociolinguistic weight.
In one scene, the police constable within the team casually addresses a male suspect by his proper name but refers to the female victim using disrespectful language.
The psychologist Tanvi (Riya Jithu) immediately intercepts him, asking why the man gets the immediate linguistic advantage.
This brilliant sequence proves that systemic bias starts with everyday casual patriarchy before the legal process even begins.
It acts as a scathing indictment of a gutted, insensitive judicial system that reflects a terrifying real-world crisis.
According to official Kerala Police crime statistics, the state recorded a staggering 18,887 cases of crimes against women in 2024 and 18,035 cases in 2025.
Within those numbers, reported instances of eve-teasing and stalking spiked heavily from 695 in 2024 to 944 in 2025, with well over 10,911 crimes already recorded up to August 2026.
Eyes exposes how the legal machinery handles this severe psychological trauma with profound apathy, routinely dismissing dangerous threats with brief 14-day remands or allowing cases to go unrecorded due to systemic impunity.
Supported by incredible performances, Eyes perfectly captures the long-term, paralyzing fear that women carry for years, answering the toxic question of why victims often report crimes late.
It doesn’t just talk about crime but simply and honestly shows the everyday weight of being a woman in our society.
