Movie Review: Ek Villain —Only for Riteish Deshmukh

Release Date: June 27, 2014 
Director: Mohit Suri
Production company: Balaji Motion Pictures
Music composed by: Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari
Producers: Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor
Cast:
Riteish Deshmukh as Rakesh Mahadkar
Sidharth Malhotra as Guru
Shraddha Kapoor as Aisha Verma
Aamna Sharif as Sulochana Mahadkar
Kamaal R Khan as Brijesh Yadav (Special Appearance)
Shaad Randhawa as CBI Officer Aditya Rathore
Remo Fernandes as Caesar
Rating: 3/5

Ek Villain Review: 

After the out-and-out romantic blockbuster ‘Aashiqui 2’, director Mohit Suri decided to change tracks and make an attempt to get into the mind of the anti-hero with ‘Ek Villain.’ Said to be inspired by the Korean mega-hit ‘I Saw The Devil’, this film, however, is a potboiler from the word go.

Guru (Sidharth) is a gangster who works for the mafia man Caesar (Remo Fernandez). His dark past haunts him incessantly. But as fate would have it, his life crosses path with Aisha (Shraddha) the bubbly, vivacious girl who changes his life, adding sunshine to his morose being .

The cold blooded murderer undergoes a stark transformation as love changes him completely. Just when the two were beginning to settle down into a happy, blissful married life, Aisha falls prey to a catastrophic event. Guru is lost without the love of his life and is determined to hunt down the culprit.

Guru does find the miscreant Rakesh (Riteish) but cannot understand the reason behind his psychopathic nature. Does Guru understand Rakesh’s motives behind killing Aisha? Does Guru manage to get even with Rakesh? And mostly does Guru return to his dark, sinister world or carry forward in Aisha’s path of pristine living?

Ek Villain Review: Star Performances

Sidharth Malhotra catapults himself ahead of all the young actors around, upping himself above the league of actors he is associated with. It would be an understatement to say he is superlative. He is beyond that. In one of the romantic songs, where a gangster is falling in love with a woman, the actor’s expressions are accurate. He stares at her like I would at a trigonometry sum : with confusion, puzzled and lost. He even gets to do an Amitabh Bachchan from Shehenshah and the angry young man look and feel is fantastic. Exhibiting each emotion from heartbreak to pain to anger with such faultless ease, Malhotra is gloriously sensational.

Riteish Deshmukh doesn’t remain far behind matching up to him. He is tremendously wicked and the plainness in his eyes have a haunting quality. He talks to his victims after he murders them, telling them about his nagging wife and about how much he loves her. There is no sexual attraction between him and his victims but Riteish does bring out on his face superbly the peace after a murder. He looks positively rejuvenated and I don’t think anyone else would have been able to play this role with such perfection. Deshmukh invests himself completely to the skin of his character and he is every bit damn good!

Shraddha Kapoor talks too much in the film and that’s the most pertinent observation. Filling in perfectly into her role, she is way better than Aashiqui 2. She fits into her character very neatly and does a stellar job. Her chemistry with Sidharth is dreamy and memorable. Convulsing in her near death throes, Shraddha stole the scene and heightened the impact manifolds.

Ek Villain Review: The Last Word

What’s Good: Sidharth’s brooding painful anger, Riteish’s baffling brilliance and mostly Mohit Suri’s direction that tackles the story with care, ensuring its every bit fantastic.

What’s Bad: Barely anything. Probably the film’s ending is expected but after the high of the climax, the last scene settles for being even more mesmeric.

Ek Villain Trailer

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