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Critics Review
4.00
EK VILLAIN is a stylish, spellbinding and terrifying edge-of-the-seat thriller. It's a step forward in this genre, without doubt. A sure-shot winner!
A hero. A heroine. And a villain. That's the standard template Bollywood has been using for decades now. Very infrequently do you come across a film that creates undeniable curiosity for the antagonist. Mohit Suri's EK VILLAIN is one of those rare films.(more)
Source: Taran Adarsh, Bollywood Hungama
4.00
Watch it for Riteish and Sidharth
"Ek Villian" starring Sidharth Malhotra, Shraddha Kapoor and Riteish Deshmukh has garnered appreciation not only from critics, but also from industry insiders. The lead actors especially, Deshmukh and Malhotra have left the critics spellbound with their performances. Deshmukh, who has taken on the role of an antagonist for the first time, has stolen the limelight.(more)
Source: Ankita Mehta , InternationalBusinessTimes
3.00
A villain, the evil within him resurfaces.
Guru (Sidharth) is a gangster who is happy to let his gun speak. Till the effervescent, virginal Aisha (Shraddha), a Good Samaritan, crosses his path. Opposite attract. His gun goes silent as the two of them chase the rainbow together. The texture of their relationship has that fairy-tale quality. And just when they start to build their castle, brick by brick, their life is stopped on the tracks by a psychotic serial killer Rakesh (Riteish).(more)
Source: Meena Iyer,, Times Of India
2.50
Tad overdone melodrama
It was good to see the theatre houseful and many others queuing up for a movie that promises neither mushy romance nor comedy. The style of the motion picture is out and out thrill based, and the script and the timeline makes for an admirable tension that has been maintained throughout the length of the movie.(more)
Source: Aparna Mudi, Zee News
2.50
Moderately fulfilling, the film's real villain is a lousy script
Guru (Sidharth Malhotra) is a hot-headed, cold-blooded assassin working on the orders of a Goa don. He softens under the influence of Aisha (Shraddha Kapoor), a cheery chatterbox and selfless do-gooder, who gets under his skin despite himself. Meanwhile, Ritesh Deshmukh is Rakesh Mahadkar, a mousy lower-middle class MTNL employee, who vents his frustration over his nagging wife at the unfortunate women who make the mistake of locking horns with him. These two narratives intertwine predictably, setting off the payback plan.(more)
Source: Rajeev Masand, IBN Live
2.00
Watch it only if that is good enough for you.
There is one in every love story, the film's tagline proclaims. Not true at all. Ek Villain has one too many, both among the dramatis personae on the screen and the men behind the scenes.The young man's inner turmoil is sought to be reflected on his deadpan visage and in his frosty demeanour. (more)
Source: Saibal Chatterjee, NDTV Movies
1.50
Ek Villain is too silly to thrill
He knows how to block a scene, he knows how to use actors competently, he knows the importance of a strong moment, and the songs in his movies (more often than not) actually aid the narrative instead of weakening it. (more)
Source: Raja Sen, Rediff.com