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{{short description|2014 film directed by Mohit Suri}}

| name          = EK villain

| starring      = [[Sidharth Malhotra]]<br />[[Shraddha Kapoor]]<br />[[Riteish Deshmukh]]

| runtime        = 129 minutes{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

| budget        = {{INR}}39 crore<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ek Villain – Movie – Box Office India |work=boxofficeindia.com |access-date=16 August 2016 |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2271}}</ref>

| gross          = {{Estimation}} {{INR}}170 crore<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/ek-villain/box-office/ |title=Ek Villain Box Office Collection till Now &#124; Box Collection – Bollywood Hungama}}</ref>

'''''Ek Villain: There's One in Every Love Story''''' is a 2014 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action thriller film]] directed by [[Mohit Suri]] and produced by [[Shobha Kapoor]] and [[Ekta Kapoor]] under [[Balaji Motion Pictures]]. Based on a script written by [[Tushar Hiranandani]] and [[Milap Zaveri|Milap Milan Zaveri]], it stars [[Sidharth Malhotra]], [[Shraddha Kapoor]] and [[Riteish Deshmukh]] in lead roles. The film tells the story about a young woman getting murdered by a [[serial killer]] and how later her husband tries to take revenge on the killer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ek Villain - India.com |url=https://www.india.com/topic/ek-villain/}}</ref>

This marked the first time Deshmukh portraying a negative role. It was released worldwide on 27 June 2014 and received positive reviews from critics, garnering praise for the theme, direction, screenplay and performances. Made on a budget of {{INR|39}} crore, the film became a major box-office success with earnings of over {{INR|100}} crore domestically and a worldwide gross of {{INR|170}} crore. The songs "[[Galliyan]]", "Zaroorat", "Hamdard" became huge hits.

Malhotra and Deshmukh later reunited for the 2019 masala actioner ''[[Marjaavaan]]'', in which Deshmukh's entry as the [[antagonist]] was accompanied by him singing the award winning song "[[Galliyan]]" from the ''Ek Villain'' soundtrack. A sequel, ''[[Ek Villain Returns]]'', starring [[Arjun Kapoor]] and [[John Abraham]] as replacements in the male leads, along with [[Disha Patani]] and [[Tara Sutaria]] as the female leads, is in development.

Guru meets and falls in love with Aisha, an optimistic girl dying from a terminal illness. They get married and Guru leaves behind his old life and gets a job while Aisha receives treatment in Mumbai and recovers. She discovers she is pregnant and decides to tell Guru in person when he returns from his interview, but is murdered before she can. Meanwhile, Rakesh Mahadkar ([[Riteish Deshmukh]]) is an unsuccessful and henpecked man who is constantly ridiculed by his wife Sulochana ([[Aamna Sharif]]) for his shortcomings, though he still loves her. He vents out his frustration by murdering other women who speak rudely to him, and Aisha turns out to be one of them.

In the present, Guru hunts down Rakesh and brutally beats him, then admits him to a hospital and pays for the expenses, intending to punish him by repeatedly bringing him to the brink of death, saving him, then doing it over again. At the hospital, Guru learns that Aisha was pregnant, which breaks him even more. While assaulting a nurse, Rakesh is again intercepted by Guru, who kills him, then revives him with an injection. The police discovers Rakesh's murders and takes Sulochana in for questioning.

Rakesh realizes that Guru is Aisha's husband and is taking revenge. He taunts Guru over the phone before killing Aisha's father. He expects Guru to kill him so that Rakesh becomes a "hero" in the eyes of Sulochana and everyone else while Guru will be tarnished. However, Caesar calls Guru and says that he has killed Sulochana to avenge Aisha for Guru, and left Rakesh's little son Manish for Guru to kill. Enraged, Rakesh fiercely fights Guru and tackles him off the building. He defeats Guru in the battle, stabs him with a screw driver and takes up a boulder to kill him but before he can a car hits him. Rakesh dies from his injuries. Guru adopts Manish instead of killing him and completes the remaining wishes on Aisha's bucket list.

 

* [[Sidharth Malhotra]] as Guru Divaker

* [[Shraddha Kapoor]] as Aisha Verma  

* [[Riteish Deshmukh]] as Rakesh Mahadkar

* [[Aamna Sharif]] as Sulochana Mahadkar

* [[Remo Fernandes]] as Caesar

* [[Kamaal Rashid Khan]] as Brijesh Yadav

* [[Asif Basra]] as Aadesh Verma

* [[Rishina Kandhari]] as Jia Shinde

The [[Central Board of Film Certification]] (CBFC) cleared the film with a U/A certificate after a total of eight cuts designed to tone down the action sequences and mute a particular word. [https://www.careerahead.in/post/q-a-with-tanujj-garg Tanuj Garg], representative of [[Balaji Motion Pictures]] stated the cuts were less than a minute of screen time.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Hindi/Bollywood/News-Interviews/Censors-clear-Ek-Villain-only-after-seven-cuts/articleshow/36695728.cms/ Censor Board Clears Ek Villain only after eight cuts] ''[[The Times of India]]''</ref>

| name         = Ek Villain

| type         = Soundtrack

| artist       = [[Mithoon]], [[Ankit Tiwari]], Soch (Band)

| cover       =  

| alt         =  

| released     = {{Start date|df=yes|2014|05|28}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/in/album/ek-villain-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1111741333 |title=Ek Villain (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |publisher=[[iTunes]]}}</ref>

| recorded     = 2013

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| studio       =  

| genre       = [[Film Soundtrack|Feature Film Soundtrack]]

| language     = [[Hindi]]

| length       = {{Duration|m=31|s=20}}

| label       = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]

| producer     = [[Ekta Kapoor]]

| chronology   = [[Mithoon]]

| prev_title   = [[Samrat & Co]]

| prev_year   = 2014

| next_title   = [[Creature 3D]]

| next_year   = 2014

| misc         = {{External media

The songs are composed by [[Mithoon]], [[Ankit Tiwari]] and the band Soch. The lyrics are written by [[Manoj Muntashir]], [[Mithoon]] and members of Soch. The album consists of six songs with Tiwari composing "[[Galliyan]]", Mithoon composing "Zaroorat", "Humdard," and "Banjaara" while the remaining track "Awari" is composed by Soch.

Taran Adarsh of ''[[Bollywood Hungama]]'' awarded the movie 4/5 stars and wrote that, "On the whole, ''Ek Villain'' is a stylish, spellbinding and terrifying edge-of-the-seat thriller. It's a step forward in this genre, without a doubt. A sure-shot winner!"<ref name="Review - Bollywood Hungama">{{cite web |title=Ek Villain (2014)- Hindi Movie Critic Review By Taran Adarsh |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/585331/ |access-date=29 June 2014 |work=[[Taran Adarsh]] |publisher=Bollywood Hungama}}{{Rating|4|5}}</ref> Raedita Tandon from ''[[Filmfare]]'' gave the film 4/5 stars and stated that, "Though indulgent in parts, ''Ek Villain'' packs in a punch. Copy of a Korean film or not, it's 'good' paisa vasool entertainment. ."<ref name="Review - Filmfare">{{cite web |title=Movie Review: Ek Villain |url=http://www.filmfare.com/reviews/movie-review-ek-villain-6546.html/ |access-date=29 June 2014 |work=Raedita Tandon |publisher=[[Filmfare]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628212441/http://www.filmfare.com/reviews/movie-review-ek-villain-6546.html |archive-date=28 June 2014}}{{Rating|4|5}}</ref> Meena Iyer of ''[[The Times of India]]'' gave the film 3 stars in a scale of 5, stating that "You cannot fault the scale of ''Ek Villain'' or berate its lead star cast. But you wish you could celebrate this thriller like you did Suri's last movie outing ''Aashiqui 2''. This one lacks soul."<ref name="Review - TOI">{{cite web |title=Ek Villain movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-review/Ek-Villain/movie-review/37267702.cms |access-date=29 June 2014 |author=Meena Iyer |work=[[The Times of India]]}}{{Rating|3|5}}</ref>

Aparna Mudi of ''[[Zee News]]'' gave the film a rating of 2.5/5 stars, concluding her review that "The unveiling of the visceral saga has a lot of strong characters and Mohit has done a good job in adapting a foreign film and complementing it with the drama that the Indian audience is used to. But he has gone a tad over in making a thriller. Maybe, filmmakers should step out of this trap more often and we wouldn`t be too far from making beacons of world cinema."<ref name="Review - Zee">{{cite web |title='Ek Villain' review: Tad overdone melodrama |url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/bollywood/ek-villain-review-watch-it-for-riteish-deshmukh_157384.html |access-date=29 June 2014 |work=Aparna Mudi |publisher=[[Zee News]] |date=29 June 2014}}{{Rating|2.5|5}}</ref> Rajeev Masand of ''[[CNN-IBN]]'' stated that "I'm going with two-and-a-half out of five for 'Ek Villain'. If you're still wondering, the real villain here is the lousy script".<ref name="Review - CNN-IBN">{{cite web |title='Ek Villain' review: Moderately fulfilling, the film's real villain is a lousy script |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ek-villain-review-moderately-fulfilling-the-films-real-villain-is-a-lousy-script/482287-8-66.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629221848/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ek-villain-review-moderately-fulfilling-the-films-real-villain-is-a-lousy-script/482287-8-66.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2014 |access-date=29 June 2014 |work=[[Rajeev Masand]] |publisher=[[CNN-IBN]]}}{{Rating|2.5|5}}</ref>

Shubhra Gupta of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' gave the film 2 stars, commenting that "Suri is an innate storyteller, and can keep things moving. All he needs is a strong, all-the-way credible, original plot."<ref name="Review - Indian Express">{{cite web |title=Ek Villain review: Sidharth Malhotra is watchable even if he has a hard time doing menace |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/ek-villain-review-sidharth-malhotra-is-watchable-even-if-he-has-a-hard-time-doing-menace/99/ |access-date=29 June 2014 |author=Shubhra Gupta |work=[[The Indian Express]]}}{{Rating|2|5}}</ref> Saibal Chatterjee of ''[[NDTV]]'' rated the film 2/5 and wrote that "As a whole, this film, besides its surface flair, does not have too much to fall back upon. Watch it only if that is good enough for you."<ref name="Review - NDTV">{{cite web |title=Ek Villain Movie Review – NDTV |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/ek-villain-movie-review-984 |access-date=29 June 2014 |work=Saibal Chatterjee |publisher=[[NDTV]]}}{{Rating|2|5}}</ref> Raja Sen of ''[[Rediff]]'' gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5, stating that "Given free tickets, sure, you could escape ''Humshakals'' in theatres this weekend with this mediocre effort, but I say do yourself a favour and seek out the Korean DVD. (Uncover it, even.) Now that's bloody special."<ref name="Review - Rediff">{{cite web |title=Review: Ek Villain is too silly to thrill |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-ek-villain-is-too-silly-to-thrill/20140627.htm |access-date=29 June 2014 |work=Raja Sen |publisher=[[Rediff]]}}{{Rating|1.5|5}}</ref>

''Ek Villain'' had what Box Office India called "very good" opening, with occupancies at around 55–60%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ek Villain Has Very Good Initial |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Details/art_detail/ekvillianhasverygoodinitial#.U67MvJSSxJk |website=[[Box Office India]] |access-date=28 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703100228/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Details/art_detail/ekvillianhasverygoodinitial#.U67MvJSSxJk|archive-date=3 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film earned around {{INRConvert|167|m}} in its first day and around {{INRConvert|507|m}} in its first weekend, collecting around {{INRConvert|165|m}} and {{INRConvert|174|m}} in its second and third days respectively.<ref name="First weekend">{{cite web |title=Ek Villain Has Excellent First Weekend |url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/ek-villain-weekend-collection-rs-cr-biggest-grosser-after-salman-khan-s-jai-ho-15345.html |publisher=India tv news |access-date=2 July 2014 |date=30 June 2014}}</ref> The film collected around {{INRConvert|81|m}} in its fourth day<ref name="First Monday">{{cite web |title=Ek Villain Collects Very Well on Monday |url=http://www.koimoi.com/box-office/post-1st-monday-ek-villain-emerges-2014s-7th-highest-grosser/ |publisher=Koimoi |access-date=1 July 2014 |date=July 2014}}</ref> and around {{INRConvert|68|m}} in its fifth day.<ref name="First Tuesday">{{cite web |title=Ek Villain Tuesday Business |url=http://www.koimoi.com/box-office/ek-villain-1st-tuesday-box-office-collections/ |publisher=Koimoi |access-date=2 July 2014 |date=2 July 2014}}</ref> The film collected {{INRConvert|1.013|b}} in two weeks<ref name="Second Week">{{cite web |title=Ek Villain Second Week |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/ek-villain-box-office-collections-touch-rs-100-cr-riteish-deshmukh-scores-hattrick/1269209 |publisher=Finalcial express |access-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> and around {{INRConvert|1.056|b}} in three weeks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ek Villain |url=http://www.koimoi.com/box-office/ek-villain-beats-2-states-lifetime-collections-now-3rd-highest-grosser-of-2014/ |publisher=Koimoi |access-date=19 July 2014 |date=19 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="Bollywood 100 crore club">{{cite news |title=Ek Villain |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office/special-features/id/200 |work=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref> ''[[Box Office India]]''  reported that it will earn around {{INRConvert|1.08|b}} in India alone.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ek Villain To Fall Short of 100 Crore Nett |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Details/art_detail/ekvilliantofallshortof100crorenett#.VBL3bpSSxJk |website=Box Office India |date=15 July 2014|access-date=12 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718162613/http://boxofficeindia.com/Details/art_detail/ekvilliantofallshortof100crorenett#.VBL3bpSSxJk|archive-date=18 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film earned a distributor share of around {{INRConvert|510|m}} (Share).<ref>{{cite web |title=Kick Makes It Two 100 Crore Share Films For Salman Khan |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Details/art_detail/kickmakesittwo100croresharefilmsforsalmankhan#.VBL3CZSSxJk |website=Box Office India |date=8 September 2014}}</ref>

A [[spiritual sequel]], ''Ek Villain 2'', which was later renamed as ''[[Ek Villain Returns]]'', was officially announced on 30 January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/taran_adarsh/status/1366292397965987842?s=19 |title=JOHN - ARJUN - DISHA - TARA: #EKVILLAIN SEQUEL SHOOTING STARTS... Mahurat of #EkVillainReturns was held at #G7 multiplex in #Bandra, #Mumbai today... Filming has commenced... Stars #JohnAbraham, #ArjunKapoor, #DishaPatani and #TaraSutaria... Directed by #MohitSuri. |access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref> It will show a face-off between two villains played by [[Arjun Kapoor]] & [[John Abraham]] while [[Disha Patani]] & [[Tara Sutaria]] play female leads, and will be released on 29 July 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/ek-villain-returns-first-look-the-john-abraham-arjun-kapoor-disha-patani-and-tara-sutaria-starrer-to-hit-the-theatres-on-february-11-2022/articleshow/80832813.cms |title='Ek Villain Returns' first look: The John Abraham Arjun Kapoor, Disha patani and Tara Sutaria starrer to hit the theatres on July 29, 2022 |website=Times of India |access-date=11 February 2021 |date=11 February 2021}}</ref>

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