Ek Villain - There is one in every story

                                 

        This one was awaited. After a long time I was waiting for a movie to release. Means I was not waiting as desperately as I am waiting for Anurag Kashyap’s, ‘Ugly’ to release but this one seemed different, for one reason, that the trailer was too good. They had, kind of, revealed the suspense in the trailer itself. But what I was amused about is, if they have a typical bollywood suspense thriller plot, and that they have opened the suspense in the trailer, then what was the main content of the film?

‘Ek Villain’ quite well caters the thirst for twists and turns. This one is directed by Mohit Suri, who directed his first movie, Zeher (2005), at the age of 24, now directs his ninth bollywood film nine years later. I respect his consistency in making at least one film every year since his break. Ek Villain stars Siddharth Malhotra (Guru) in the lead, Ritesh Deshmukh (Rakesh Mahadkar) as the villain and there is a ‘thread’ in the story which pulls these two characters in front of each other, which is Shraddha Kapoor (Aisha).

It’s too early to discuss about the plot but I can reveal the things that they have revealed in the promos and songs. Early or late, it’s better not to discuss the plot in detail.

Plot description is that – Rakesh Mahadkar kills Aisha who is the love interest of Guru. Guru works for a Don in Goa, called Ceaser (played by Remo Fernandez). And Guru starts searching the killer. When he gets hold of him, without knowing why the killer killed Aisha, he beats him and tells him before throwing him in front of the hospital that, “I will come and beat you up. Beat you up so bad that you will crave for death. And just when you are about to die, I will save you. Let you recover. And then again come and beat you till you will pray for death and you will have to pray to me, coz I will be holding your last breath.”

Reading this plot, the film seems pretty senseless. It feels as if everything is revealed in the plot itself. But that's the beauty of this film. What we have known is just the 30% of what they have in the film.

Screenplay - The film has a very well managed non-linear screenplay. The story begins with the murder of Aisha. And trust me it takes a lot of guts to reveal the killer in first 15 minutes. So I am highly impressed with the screenplay.

It’s not a great film overall to store it as a classic feature, but few things in the movie are truly great, of which one is, as mentioned above, the screenplay.

Guru’s entry – OMG!! I am a guy and I am straight. However, I envy Siddharth Malhotra for the look that has been given to him by the makers. He has been given a spectacular entry as a villain.

Siddharth’s acting - The people who spread the rumors; that Karan Johar and Siddharth were dating until Siddharth got his break in Student of the year, should watch this film and see that the actor is deserving of what he has got. He has managed to look ultra-extremely superb (I don't even know that if it is right to use these 3 adjectives together but, I am not exaggerating). He has done a spectacular job playing his role as Guru and has astounded many people and his criticizers. I bet that girls have to sit cross legged after one point of the movie.

Ritesh’s acting – ‘Aise kaise!!’ Ritesh has proved his versatility in this film. He has proved that he is not limited to Sajid Khan movies (btw he has done a fabulous job in all Sajid Khan’s movies as well. Regardless of the movies, Ritesh was always good as gold). He has risen in his stature and level. He has developed himself very well and we can see him putting all his efforts. His shades of performances have a good source of outlet in Ek Villain’s Rakesh Mahadkar.

Music – Its not Rahman, its not Trivedi but the music is good even though its Mithoon and two others. Two or three songs do make some impact.

The Single-shot fight sequence – There is a fight sequence in the film that ends as the song ends which is shot unbelievably outstanding. Seeing the limited technology of Indian cinema if compared to the Hollywood, this shot is a small achievement by the one who designed & executed it. (Probably the action director). It reminded me of the lobby action sequence in the Korean film, ‘Oldboy’ second part of vengeance series by Chan Park Wook.

The small funny scene, which is well designed, is when Guru enters the mental hospital theater to find Chotu, is a feast to watch.

The reason given for Rakesh Mahadkar’s character being the character that it is, is very convincing.

I called Shraddha Kapoor as the thread as she has the role as slim as any thread, in which it is deeply felt that she needs to work a lot on her acting skills. She seems Plastic. However, she looks cute.

There are a few stupid things which unfortunately have the typical stupid bollywood touch. But they are only few. So that is good. At one point Suri has a scene that is inspired by a legendary sequence of the all time cult – Pulp Fiction (1995) where in John Travolta pushes the needle of the syringe in Uma Thurman’s heart to make her alive.

Over all film is up to the mark and a very good use of technical advancement is made to make the film look clean and attractive.

1.5 – Siddharth + 1.5 – Ritesh + 1.5 – for the screenplay + 1.5 – for all things mentioned above + 0.7 – to the directors consistency and trailer of the film.
Hence it is 6.7 out of 10.