Director Mohit Suri’s Ek Villain teaches us a lesson that women should not get involved in any argument with unknown men on the road, no matter how badly they treat them. These men can insult you; they can be disrespectful or not perform the duty or task they are supposed to perform in certain circumstances.

However, women need to be careful as any of these men can turn out to be a serial killer or a frustrated husband who has had a fight with his wife earlier that day and does not like you, a woman, being aggressive in front of him.

The story revolves around a couple of lovebirds and the bloody conclusion that their lives are led to. Guru (Sidharth Malhotra, Student of the Year) and Ayesha (Shraddha Kapoor, Aashiqui 2) are living a happy life, when suddenly an unknown man ruthlessly murders Ayesha. The murderer is a serial killer Rakesh (Riteish Deshmukh), who, after killing Ayesha, goes back home and spends the usual, casual day without even a spec of remorse. However, he does not know that the woman he murdered is actually the wife of a mad killer who shall now avenge his wife, his love, at all costs.

A scene from movie, "Ek Villain". – Courtesy Photo

Upon a little exploration, Guru comes to know that the serial killer is actually a frustrated husband, who goes about killing other women because he hates the sex for all the pain inflicted upon him by his own wife. He cannot do anything about his wife since he, paradoxically, loves the woman even after all her sadistic inflictions.

What happens next is left for the time when you watch the movie. Enough spoilers for the day!

In this romantic, action-packed thriller, there are two villains who seem to be desperately trying to prove themselves better than one another. As far as the performances are concerned, sadly for men, the women take the lead, as Shraddha and Aamna Shariff (Rakesh’s wife, Sulochana) have something with the camera that the men just don't have!

A scene from movie, "Ek Villain". – Courtesy Photo

Interestingly, both women do not have many scenes in the script. However, both the central characters, Riteish and Sidharth play their parts as if they were doing the movie a favour. Often expressionless, both the villains were mostly just delivering the lines in flat tones, with a little twist of the head, desperately trying to exhibit their villainy.

The director must have had a tough time trying to stabilise the story, as the overall display of lazy direction is quite evident in the film.

The flashbacks in the movie were important, as they helped in understanding the story of Ayesha and Guru. However, they too were sometimes appearing too often, leaving they viewer confused, as to what was a flashback and what wasn’t.

A scene from movie, "Ek Villain". – Courtesy Photo

The movie was supposed to be a suspense thriller, but it only leaves the audience craving for the genre-specific qualities of a movie.

Mohit Suri, who gave the audiences great music in Aashiqui 2, has not disappointed Bollywood music lovers this time as well. The film has five tracks, out of which "Galiyan" is a nice romantic song.

The dialogues are not so impressive, except for Ayesha’s life perspective, where the lines were quite unintelligible for Sidharth.

A scene from movie, "Ek Villain". – Courtesy Photo

Overall, Ek Villain is a movie that might deserve the price of the ticket that you pay, but it is hard to say if it also deserves your attention for two hours and ten minutes.

Read this review in Urdu here.

Distributed by Balaji Motion Pictures.

Directed by Mohit Suri; Produced by Ekta Kapoor; Written by Tushar Hiranandani and Milap Zaveri; Music by Ankit Tiwari and Mithoon.

Starring: Sidharth Malhotra, Riteish Deshmukh, Shraddha Kapoor, Aamna Shariff, Shaad Randhawa, Kamal Rashid Khan and Remo Fernandes.

Translated by Aadarsh Ayaz Laghari