TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Prashast Singh I have seen I SAW THE DEVIL. It's an action thriller, and is definitely one of the best revenge movies ever. When I found this film, EK VILLAIN, was a ripoff of ISTD, I decided to watch it, to find out the similarities and differences. I found a lot of them.EK VILLAIN comes nowhere near ISTD and completely misses the charm of a revenge themed movie even as a standalone film. I was surprised to see a lot of scenes directly lifted from the original and was shocked to see a below par execution in many of these. But the film did have its own cool moments, like the stylish action sequences and some emotional aspects even the original didn't explore, apart from the striking and haunting performance of Riteish Deshmukh.Sidharth does a good job and looks handsome enough to fit in the character, but some poor dialogue delivery by him makes one of the best scenes unintentionally funny. Riteish is the biggest reason why this film works. His performance is the finest I've seen in years from him, given that he mostly acts in comedies. Shraddha was just fine; her dialogues never seemed to end, and while this was perhaps done on purpose, it seemed overdosed.The songs are excellent, but they pop out of nowhere and prove to be a hindrance in the screenplay. Then what makes this film a good one?Well, the film impresses emotionally too. The interval sequence is extremely well crafted. The entire confrontation between the hero and villain is excellently done, even though it doesn't excite too much if you've seen the original. The entire sequence before, during and after the climax, however turns out to be a game changer and makes the film good enough. The intensely poetic climax is excellent and at this point the film becomes unforgettable. There are some decent moral lessons too.If you want to see it only to judge which one is better out of the two, then it's clearly ISTD all the way. However, if you want a slightly lighter (in terms of violence and gore) action thriller with (unnecessary, unwanted) romance and songs, EK VILLAIN is the film to check out.

Harshit Saxena Loved it! The acting was amazing. Very well directed and acted out movie. I think Ritesh should continue doing such strong roles and what can I say about Shraddha and Siddarth, they just keep on getting better. Siddarth looks like he has a great future ahead if he keeps up with the strong classy movies he is acting in. I was already taken by the preview of the movie, however I am glad that the preview gave a totally different depiction of the movie and the movie continued to surprise me with how well the story lined itself out.Truly well done movie and time well spent seeing it. Would see it again in the theater in a heartbeat.

rajatdahiyax A man in a hood murders a young woman, Aisha Verma (Shraddha Kapoor) with a screwdriver and throws her out the window, after breaking into her house. At her funeral, a CBI officer, Aditya Rathore (Shaad Randhawa), points out to the police, that it is vital to track down the murderer or else Guru (Sidharth Malhotra), Aisha's husband, would go on a killing spree. He misguides Guru by blaming Guru's former boss, a gangster Caeser (Remo Fernandes), for killing Aisha. In a flashback, he reveals that Guru used to work as a hit-man for Caeser. Two years back, Guru had mercilessly killed a young man in a fit of anger, in front of his mother and younger brother.Guru meets Aisha, a free spirited girl in love with life, who requests him to help her with reuniting two aged lovers. They soon become friends and Aisha reveals to him that she is suffering from a terminal illness, and tells him about her bucket list. Guru helps her fulfill most of those wishes but her health deteriorates. Falling in love with her, Guru marries Aisha. He tries every means to save her, she receives treatment in Mumbai and miraculously recovers. Few days later she discovers she is pregnant but conceals the fact from Guru. In a parallel story, Rakesh Mahadkar (Riteish Deshmukh) is an unsuccessful and henpecked man who is constantly nagged and ridiculed by his wife Sulochana (Aamna Sharif) for being useless and poor. He vents out his frustration by murdering women who speak rudely to him, and Aisha turns out to be one of them.In present day, Guru aims to track down Aisha's killer. After finding out that it was not Caeser behind the murder, he finally tracks down Rakesh, while he is assaulting another victim. Guru beats him brutally but later admits him to a hospital and pays for the expenses, intending to return. While at the hospital, Guru finds out that Aisha was pregnant which makes him even more angry. While assaulting a nurse who had earlier spoken rudely to him, Rakesh is again intercepted by Guru who almost kills him, but revives him again after delivering an adrenaline shot and sets him free. Meanwhile, the police find the truth about Rakesh and take his wife for questioning. Rakesh goes to his friend Brijesh Yadav (Kamaal R Khan), who suggests that Guru must be the husband of one of his victims and is thus taking revenge. He realizes that Guru is Aisha's husband as Aisha had begged him not to kill her by saying that she is pregnantRakesh, who now knows Guru's identity taunts him over the phone, before killing Aisha's father and then surrenders himself to Guru. Rakesh expected Guru to kill him so that he would become a "hero" in the eyes of his wife and everyone else, while Guru would become a "villain". However, Caesar calls Guru at that moment and says that he has killed Rakesh's wife and asks Guru to finish off his son. Enraged, Rakesh injures Guru and is about to not kill him when he is run over by a car and dies on the spot. Guru later adopts Rakesh's son instead of killing him, and completes the remaining wishes on Aisha's bucket list.

Nitesh_Singh My reaction to "Ek Villain" was mixed in nature. I enjoyed the songs, the chirpy and bubbly nature of Aisha, the sympathy of Guru towards the child of his wife's killer and of course the mind-blowing act of Ritesh Deshmukh as the serial-killer. I disliked the poor acting of Siddharth and other actors, wasted storyline and poor dialog delivery.The story starts with the murder of Aisha(Shraddha Kapoor) and the mystery that follows it. A CBI officer implies that Guru's boss has killed her and Guru leaves on a rage to beat the hell out of his boss Caesar. Lack of common sense is evident in this scene. Caesar sends his men to beat Guru and once Guru reaches him, he tells that he has not killed his wife. If this was the simplest thing to do why did he sent men and why did Guru start beating those men without making an inquiry with his boss who was like his father. The fight scene is unrealistic.In one scene when Guru is being tortured in the lock up, he starts to utter out of the world dialogs to the police, as if some Shakespeare play is going on.In the whole movie whenever You see Siddarth show anger or deliver dialogs, it is evident that the director hasn't made him act seriously in the movie.Now with all that negatives, lets come to the bright side of the movie. Clearly Shraddha Kapoor dominates Siddharth in terms of acting. She is bubbly and cheerful. And she has justified the role she was given. The real villain in the movie, Rakesh (Riteish Deshmukh) has evolved his acting a lot for the role. He looks terrorizing(thanks to decent background sounds) and one can feel the emotions that are going on within him.The scene in which Aisha helps an old man who was sent to mental asylum by his family, to get out and marry is emotional. Chemistry and scenes between Guru and Rakesh's son are worthwhile.Music is the back-bone of the movie. "Galliyaan", "Zaroorat", "Hamdard", "Awari" and "Banjaara", all the songs are pretty good for their genre and leave impression on viewer's mind.Thanks to the good aspects and the music of the film, Ek Villain is watchable.