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Posted: 11 years ago
probably i will b the first one to give negative comment fr the mvie..

Its a copy.. clearly copied from Korean movie I Saw The Devil... and ISTD was a classic mvie... ending change karne se mvie thodi badal jaati hai..


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Posted: 11 years ago

Originally posted by: Zeal17

probably i will b the first one to give negative comment fr the mvie..

Its a copy.. clearly copied from Korean movie I Saw The Devil... and ISTD was a classic mvie... ending change karne se mvie thodi badal jaati hai..



No there are plenty of negative comments coming in even from people who haven't watched ISTD like me (even though I'm a huge Sid lover) particularly because the film didn't offer any real suspense or thrills.

But the performances by the cast were awesome. no complains there:)
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Posted: 11 years ago

Ek Villain

Banner: Balaji Motion Pictures
Producer: Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor
Director: Mohit Suri
Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Riteish Deshmukh, Shraddha Kapoor, Aamna Shariff, Shaad Randhawa, Kamaal Rashid Khan, Remo Fernandes, Asif Basra
Music: Ankit Tiwari, Mithoon, Soch

Ever since the first trailer of Ek Villain released, expectations soared thanks to the music of the film which created an instant buzz. Despite its violent and chaotic traces, what sets the story apart is the undercurrent of the real and emotions that touch the right cords.

The trailer suggests that the film is a revenge drama and that the story will revolve around murderous scenes. But what you don't expect is to see this in the first few minutes of the film. That's the magic of director Mohit Suri. He shocks you in the very first few scenes itself and then lets the story gradually unfold.

The film follows Guru (Sidharth Malhotra), a ruthless gangster who is fearless and works for mafia don Caesar (Remo Fernandes) in Goa. As a child, Guru as witness to his parents being murdered and has been haunted by his past ever since. One day, Guru meets Aisha (Shraddha Kapoor), a spirited girl who wants to help him become a better man. They fall in love and get married.

After moving to Mumbai, Guru transforms into a regular guy and is all set for a job interview. But as fate would have, he loses the love of his life and his reason to live. Now the only motive in Guru's life is to find her killer and take revenge.

Meanwhile, Rakesh (Riteish Deshmukh), who is a small-time phone repair man, lives with his wife Sulochana (Aamna Shariff) and son. He is constantly taunted by his wife for not giving her the life she deserves. Rakesh is often nagged by his wife for not being man enough. How Rakesh and Guru's lives intersect takes the story forward.

Directorially, Mohit Suri impresses yet again with his panache while handling complex stories. Suri, whose last outing was Aashiqui 2, impresses this time as well. He impresses with the conviction in his storyline and weaves together an intriguing film. It is a revenge drama and the manner in which the leading man takes revenge is new to the Indian audience. It is also the biggest highlight of the film. The way in which the songs are woven into the screenplay is sheer brilliance from Suri.

Cinematography by Vishnu Rao is good. He fills each frame perfectly and blends the narration well. In fact, it's Suri's treatment and Rao's cinematography that are the pillars of this film, along with fabulous performances from Malhotra and Deshmukh. Editing by Devendra Murudeshwar is fabulous.

The music blends beautifully with the narration and is well-placed in the screenplay. The audience will just love the music! Every song is beautifully written and tuned, and enhances the film. Dialogue writer Milap Milan Zaveri fabulously weaves convincing lines into the script. He proves that he can not only handle comedy but a serious genre with flying colours. Meanwhile, Tushar Hiranandani's screenplay has several clichs but the end result is a treat. He manages to keep the audience hooked from the very beginning with scenes that he's brilliantly written.

Performance-wise, Sidharth Malhotra is OUTSTANDING!!! Kudos to him for confidently projecting the emotional mayhem of his character on the big screen. Right from his body language to his expressions, he is bang on and unpretentious. Shraddha Kapoor looks beautiful and performs with conviction. She plays her part with gracefulness and simplicity. Going by his filmography, it would have been hard to imagine that Riteish Deshmukh would suit his character. He delivers his best performance to date. He is BRILLIANT!!! Aamna Shariff is notable. Shaad Randhawa is fantastic. Kamaal Rashid Khan provides relief and brings a smile to your face whenever he appears on screen. Remo Fernandes is good. Asif Basra is okay. The rest of the cast supports adequately.

Verdict: Super Hit!!!


http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/ek-villain-6/


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Posted: 11 years ago

Originally posted by: HawaaPot

Ek Villain

Banner: Balaji Motion Pictures
Producer: Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor
Director: Mohit Suri
Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Riteish Deshmukh, Shraddha Kapoor, Aamna Shariff, Shaad Randhawa, Kamaal Rashid Khan, Remo Fernandes, Asif Basra
Music: Ankit Tiwari, Mithoon, Soch

Ever since the first trailer of Ek Villain released, expectations soared thanks to the music of the film which created an instant buzz. Despite its violent and chaotic traces, what sets the story apart is the undercurrent of the real and emotions that touch the right cords.

The trailer suggests that the film is a revenge drama and that the story will revolve around murderous scenes. But what you don't expect is to see this in the first few minutes of the film. That's the magic of director Mohit Suri. He shocks you in the very first few scenes itself and then lets the story gradually unfold.

The film follows Guru (Sidharth Malhotra), a ruthless gangster who is fearless and works for mafia don Caesar (Remo Fernandes) in Goa. As a child, Guru as witness to his parents being murdered and has been haunted by his past ever since. One day, Guru meets Aisha (Shraddha Kapoor), a spirited girl who wants to help him become a better man. They fall in love and get married.

After moving to Mumbai, Guru transforms into a regular guy and is all set for a job interview. But as fate would have, he loses the love of his life and his reason to live. Now the only motive in Guru's life is to find her killer and take revenge.

Meanwhile, Rakesh (Riteish Deshmukh), who is a small-time phone repair man, lives with his wife Sulochana (Aamna Shariff) and son. He is constantly taunted by his wife for not giving her the life she deserves. Rakesh is often nagged by his wife for not being man enough. How Rakesh and Guru's lives intersect takes the story forward.

Directorially, Mohit Suri impresses yet again with his panache while handling complex stories. Suri, whose last outing was Aashiqui 2, impresses this time as well. He impresses with the conviction in his storyline and weaves together an intriguing film. It is a revenge drama and the manner in which the leading man takes revenge is new to the Indian audience. It is also the biggest highlight of the film. The way in which the songs are woven into the screenplay is sheer brilliance from Suri.

Cinematography by Vishnu Rao is good. He fills each frame perfectly and blends the narration well. In fact, it's Suri's treatment and Rao's cinematography that are the pillars of this film, along with fabulous performances from Malhotra and Deshmukh. Editing by Devendra Murudeshwar is fabulous.

The music blends beautifully with the narration and is well-placed in the screenplay. The audience will just love the music! Every song is beautifully written and tuned, and enhances the film. Dialogue writer Milap Milan Zaveri fabulously weaves convincing lines into the script. He proves that he can not only handle comedy but a serious genre with flying colours. Meanwhile, Tushar Hiranandani's screenplay has several clichs but the end result is a treat. He manages to keep the audience hooked from the very beginning with scenes that he's brilliantly written.

Performance-wise, Sidharth Malhotra is OUTSTANDING!!! Kudos to him for confidently projecting the emotional mayhem of his character on the big screen. Right from his body language to his expressions, he is bang on and unpretentious. Shraddha Kapoor looks beautiful and performs with conviction. She plays her part with gracefulness and simplicity. Going by his filmography, it would have been hard to imagine that Riteish Deshmukh would suit his character. He delivers his best performance to date. He is BRILLIANT!!! Aamna Shariff is notable. Shaad Randhawa is fantastic. Kamaal Rashid Khan provides relief and brings a smile to your face whenever he appears on screen. Remo Fernandes is good. Asif Basra is okay. The rest of the cast supports adequately.

Verdict: Super Hit!!!


http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/ek-villain-6/



I loveee what they've said about Sid, he was truly outstanding.❤️ ⭐️I think the only people who dismiss him are fugly men who are so used to seeing ugly men in Bollywood that when they see Siddharth who has such an amazing face,body,height and voice, they feel threatened.
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Posted: 11 years ago

Originally posted by: xPristinex


No there are plenty of negative comments coming in even from people who haven't watched ISTD like me (even though I'm a huge Sid lover) particularly because the film didn't offer any real suspense or thrills.

But the performances by the cast were awesome. no complains there:)



From the main cast no complaints..

yea one maybe.. Guru boss acting was horrible...

But i hv problem with a copied mvie getting hit and public acclaim n support... and some gud mvies go unrecognized...
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Sid is happy varna itna maarta ki dard jeete ji jism ko bhi hota aur cheekh marne ke baad meri rooh se bhi nikalti ;) pic.twitter.com/sxKBAoJLhc

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EK VILLAIN

MOHIT SURI, THE MAN OF STEAL, DELIVERS A WATCHABLE THRILLER

In the last nine years, Mohit Suri has made nine films. Two things have not changed about the man, two things which make or break his movies. One his ear for music and two his penchant for copying foreign films. One which makes him a hero and two which makes him ek villain.

That boy who used to play scenes from Out of Time on DVD over and over again on the sets of Zeher before canning a single shot back in 2004, has grown but not grown-up. Grown as a filmmaker, from the mounting to the shot-taking to the handling of actors, but not grown up to acknowledge his source or even adapt it to something a little original.

Mohit's obviously raided the Korean shelf in the DVD library this time and plucked out Kim Jee-Woon's 2010 winner I Saw The Devil. But that was a Sundance Film Festival-premiering stomach-churning thriller, unrelenting in its depiction of blood and gore. So, in his attempt to soften things up and make it masala Bollywood, Mohit and his writer (Tushar Hiranandani) resort to a love story between Guru (Sidharth Malhotra) and Aisha (Shraddha Kapoor) which overdoses on smiles and balloons. Add to that a flutter of butterflies and a pride of peacocks, raining snow and shooting stars, all in overdone CGI.

The villain of the piece, as the trailers promised you, is Riteish Deshmukh, who plays a telephone mechanic named Rakesh. Now he bumps off random women not out of any sexual need, because, you know, this is a U/A film, which doesn't want to let go of the family audience.

Since he can't get back at his wife (Aamna Sharif), who religiously shouts at him at home every night, he plunges his red screwdriver into any lady who taunts him. Add to that a voice-over of middle-class angst and you also want sympathy for your villain. Prashant Narayanan's serial killer in Murder 2, copied by Mohit from another Korean filmThe Chaser, was at least true to his feelings -- and the original.

Mr Suri is in such a tearing hurry to tell his story that the story runs out long before the film. By the time the interval comes, Guru has tracked down Rakesh, thanks to a very convenient coincidence, rendering the last hour almost useless. In fact, they have to show the big opening scene a second time in the second half, almost like those boring recaps at the start of TV soaps.

Also, the key element of the Korean original -- how one becomes a monster while fighting a monster -- is taken out because Guru here is a gunda right from the start.

But despite the contrived replication, the slush and the sentimentality, the very '80s dialogues and the forced good vs bad gyan-giving, there is a lot of oomph in Ek Villain. Collaborating again with his Aashiqui 2cinematographer Vishnu Rao, Mohit adds oodles of style and sleekness to his scenes, whether he's shooting songs or filming action. There's one terrific long shot of Sidharth punching his way through dozens of baddies at the jetty, very reminiscent of the Oldboy corridor action shot.

The other big high of the film is the music, of course. Besides the ear-worm Galliyan (Ankit Tiwari), which is a major reason for the huge box-office opening, Banjaara, Zaroorat and Humdard(Mithoon) also stay with you after the film. Mohit not only has the knack of picking out the best tracks of the year, he can incorporate them in the narrative seamlessly, even when he's making a thriller.

Sidharth is the best of the three leads. After the soft and romantic turn in Hasee Toh Phasee, he is the angry young man here, almost bulldozing his way through the film with his clenched teeth and loud grunts. Shot mostly from low angles and in the very Korean white-shirt-black-suit ensemble, Guru's the man!

Quite a departure from the quiet and knowing girl she played in Aashiqui 2, Shraddha here is made a little too chirpy for comfort. Riteish is effective as the face of evil but he stops well short of running away with the film. You can't help but wonder where a Nawaz or an Irrfan would have taken this character. It's great to see Remo Fernandes having fun in his cameo as the Goan mafia boss but that cackle of Kamaal R. Khan will haunt you forever.

In his experiments with plagiarism, Mohit Suri has sure turned into an exciting filmmaker but in a day and age when even his famously copycat uncle, Mahesh Bhatt, is buying rights of the original films, he has to stop being the man of steal. For lovers of cinema to not shout out to him: "Aye Villain!"

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Posted: 11 years ago
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#EkVillain colects 14.55lacs approx from Kanpur leaving behind opening of #JaiHo (10.25lacs) #Gunday (10.15lacs) #Holiday

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Posted: 11 years ago

Originally posted by: MR.KooL

Boxofficedetail @boxofficedetail 11h

#EkVillain colects 14.55lacs approx from Kanpur leaving behind opening of #JaiHo (10.25lacs) #Gunday (10.15lacs) #Holiday


WOW! Unbelievable! 👏

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