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Ek Villain Returns

  • 2022
  • 2h 9m
IMDb RATING
4.4/10
17K
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John Abraham, Arjun Kapoor, Tara Sutaria, and Disha Patani in Ek Villain Returns (2022)
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The story of two men in one sided love. The paths they choose to fulfill their love stories decide who the Hero is and who is the Villain.The story of two men in one sided love. The paths they choose to fulfill their love stories decide who the Hero is and who is the Villain.The story of two men in one sided love. The paths they choose to fulfill their love stories decide who the Hero is and who is the Villain.

  • Director
    • Mohit Suri
  • Writers
    • Mohit Suri
    • Aseem Arrora
  • Stars
    • John Abraham
    • Disha Patani
    • Arjun Kapoor
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.4/10
    17K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mohit Suri
    • Writers
      • Mohit Suri
      • Aseem Arrora
    • Stars
      • John Abraham
      • Disha Patani
      • Arjun Kapoor
    • 445User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 9 nominations total

    Videos6

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    Ek Villian Returns- Official trailer
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    Ek Villian Returns- Official trailer
    Dailouge promo- Apna dil bekhauf raha
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    Dailouge promo- Apna dil bekhauf raha
    Dialouge promo- Main Maar dunga
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    Dialouge promo- Love Story Ka Asli Villain
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    Dialouge promo- Love Story Ka Asli Villain

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    John Abraham
    John Abraham
    • Bhairav Purohit
    Disha Patani
    Disha Patani
    • Rasika Mapuskar
    Arjun Kapoor
    Arjun Kapoor
    • Gautam Mehra
    Tara Sutaria
    Tara Sutaria
    • Aarvi Malhotra
    J.D. Chakravarthi
    J.D. Chakravarthi
    • ACP Ganeshan
    • (as J.D. Chakravarthy)
    Shaad Randhawa
    Shaad Randhawa
    • DSP Rathod
    Digvijay Rohidas
    • Keshav Rana
    Bharat Dabholkar
    Bharat Dabholkar
    • Divesh Mehra
    Elena Roxana Maria Fernandes
    Elena Roxana Maria Fernandes
    • Qiran
    Riteish Deshmukh
    Riteish Deshmukh
    • Rakesh Mahadkar (special appearance)
    Shivani Tuli
    • Rubina
    Neha Shitole
    Neha Shitole
    • Chetna - Ganeshan's Assistant
    Karishma Sharma
    Karishma Sharma
    • Siya
    Kaizaad Kotwal
    • Siya's Father
    Aditya Lal
    • Aditya - Siya's Groom
    Aekam Binjwe
    • Yash - Keshav's Son
    Prasad Jawade
    • Ashu Bhoir
    Riya Deepsi
    • Pooja - Ashu's Girlfriend
    • Director
      • Mohit Suri
    • Writers
      • Mohit Suri
      • Aseem Arrora
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews445

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    5nadkarnisumeet

    Kill Dil.

    Ek Villain Returns review :

    A serial killer on the prowl That makes some 'bewaffa' women howl Is it Arjun or is it John?

    Or maybe Disha with her deranged frown..

    The sequel to Ek Villain, which had Riteish Deshmukh as the demented serial killer with Sid Malhotra as his nemesis, is turned in to a franchise here by Mohit Suri whose last film Malang (2020) was quite okay though it didn't exactly set the box office on fire. Here, he has an interesting story to tell but alas, the execution is too sluggish and confusing to entertain...even at a crisp two hours ten minutes of runtime!!

    Infact, the first hour is only about a spoilt rich brat Arjun Kapoor doing some serious faltugiri with an aspiring singer played by Tara Sutaria. Music has always been Mohit's fortè but the songs in Ek Villain Returns are ahem (!!) unsatisfactory to say the least. Worse, the ploy to take the story forward through the songs falls flat as we find them jarring to the narrative flow.

    John Abraham comes nearly an hour late and his entry elevates the movie two notches higher. He plays a radio cab driver who falls for a clothing sales girl Disha Pattani. Their love story progresses from the mushy taxi rides in Mumbai to a makeout in Lonavala where one of them gets a shock of life...

    Mohit Suri hasn't been able to develop his key characters optimally unlike the first part where Riteish's serial killer was build up fantastically through his experiences with a nagging wife. Here, the main villain's intention doesn't look convincing at all. The metro fight sequence is imaginatively choreographed but who has ever seen an empty coach or a deserted platform in the ever busy Mumbai?! As for those clumsy VFX, the less said the better!!

    Overall, Ek Villain Returns aint too bad for a one time dekho, but had the potential to be a fantastically wicked slasher movie. Mohit has lost a good opportunity but its still kinda okay. There is a hint of a sequel in the end credits scene and I hope that one kills it...literally!!

    "Rating zaroor dena" repeats the cabbie John throughout the movie. 5 stars (out of 10) is what Ek Villain Returns gets from me.

    Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.
    1donjohnyash

    Bad acting

    Director : how bad actors we want Casting director : yes My god arjun kapoor and john abraham face expressions ,they have only 1 expression . The dialogue delivery is so bad ..some of the cringy dialogues: Ladka sex kre toh hero ,ladki sex kre toh zero .

    There are so many cringy dialogues .arjun kapoor says to tara 34 size is not bad and tara blush ...wtf ...
    5norbert-plan-618-715813

    A breviary against subtlety

    This Bollywood product brings together beautiful specimens: Disha Patani and Tara Sutaria for the girls. And John Abraham and Arjun Kapoor for the cattle, i.e. The heaps of muscles and clenched jaws. Both male actors are good at being inexpressive, or expressing blissful love, depending on the scene. The two actresses have key roles in the plot, while being devoid of subtlety as well, but their delicious plastics pass very well to the camera.

    For an extremely complex plot (not to say complicated) that mixes moments of romantic comedy, horror in the spirit of slasher movie (here with a hammer with a steamroller editing), action (many fights with bare hands, chase too) and suspense, because it is about a serial killer, or several, two love stories, with in the background the police or the families of our boys and muscles. It's a kind of macédoine that links small sequences of very different tones. Which causes a certain confusion at first, then things start to become clearer in the last third. But this confusion is perfect to maintain the interest.

    The film is devoid of subtlety and lightness while being love stories, the whole was treated with a steamroller.

    The musical passages (ridiculous love songs, while shortly before we have the killer hitting his victims with a hammer) are not even choreographed (did the film lack the means, or was the tension of the subject deemed not compatible with choreography).
    1ajith-04112

    Illogical scenes and over exposing

    This is a disaster no proper screen play Mohit Suri seems to have lost his charm too another flop from Bollywood, this movie only has illogical scenes and over body show from actresses, it will feel like you are watching crime patrol or CID. Please stop it guys you can't just keep on fooling the audience everytime.
    1wwwnobodyknows

    Bad

    This movie is perfect example where Indian cinema is heading now because of favoritism.. arjun kapoor doesn't know how to act, disha patani doesn't know anything else other than nudity..why mohit suri couldn't cast some good actors... this movie could have been way better if mohit suri wouldn't have casted disha patani, arjun kapoor and Tara sutaria.. it pissed me off.

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    • Trivia
      Due to creative differences witn the director Mohit Suri, Aditya Roy Kapoor has reportedly opted out of the film
    • Goofs
      It is strange that there are absolutely no passengers in the metro train and at any of the metro stations.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Cinema Snob: Santo vs. The Strangler (2022)

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    • Release date
      • July 29, 2022 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Official site
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    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • Ek Villains Returns
    • Production companies
      • Balaji Motion Pictures
      • T-Series Films
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      • ₹5,000,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,297,792
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      • 2h 9m(129 min)
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