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Ek Villain Returns
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMohit Suri
Written byMohit Suri
Aseem Arrora
Dialogues byAseem Arrora
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyVikas Sivaraman
Edited byDevendera Murdeshwar
Music byScore::
Raju Singh
Songs:
Ankit Tiwari
Tanishk Bagchi
Kaushik-Guddu
Production
companies
Distributed byAA Films
Release date
  • 29 July 2022 (2022-07-29)
Running time
129 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹62−80 crore[2][3]
Box officeest.₹45.53 crore[4]

Ek Villain Returns is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language psychological action thriller film[5] written and directed by Mohit Suri, and a spiritual successor to his 2014 film Ek Villain.[6] The film is produced by Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under the banners Balaji Motion Pictures and T-Series.[7] It stars John Abraham, Arjun Kapoor, Disha Patani and Tara Sutaria in the lead roles.[8][9] The film was released theatrically on 29 July 2022 and opened to mixed reviews from critics.[10][11]

Plot

A masked intruder barges into an apartment complex and kill a famous singer named Aarvi Malhotra. After the investigation, the cops deduce that Aarvi's ex-lover Gautam Mehra is the killer.

Over a flashback, it is shown that Gautam is a spoiled rich brat, who is berated by his industrialist father Devesh Mehra as Gautam had created a commotion at his ex-girlfriend's wedding. Gautam's commotion is turned into a rock song by Aarvi. Gautam meets Aarvi at a music festival and pretends to be in love with her, in order to take revenge against her for using the video clip of the commotion to get fame. Though suspicious, Aarvi befriends Gautam when he helps her to replace her rival, Qiran, who he knows, at the fest.

During the course of events, as they fall in love with each other, Aarvi reveals about her father Balkrishnan Shastri, a popular singer, who had an extramartial affair with her mother, but didn't accept either as he already had a family. She tells Gautam that her main goal is to make her father accept her as his daughter by becoming a famous singer. However, Aarvi's childhood photos are leaked by Gautam, where Shastri publicly rejects her as his daughter. Aarvi learns about Gautam's act and ploy, which leaves her heartbroken.

Back in present day, a special team headed by ex-CBI DCP Aditya Rathore locates Gautam and tries to catch him, but he evades and ACP V. K. Ganesan surmises that Gautam hasn't killed Aarvi. Later, the cops interrogate a suspect named Bhairav Purohit as Aarvi's phone number was found in Bhairav's phone, but he denies the crime. They release Bhairav due to unsatisfactory evidence. Ganesan finds a pattern explaining that the serial killer, known in the media as the "Smiley Killer", only targets young girls who had one-sided lovers, and also learns that the killer has murdered 18 girls in past 6 months. The killer sends a man, Ashu, whose late ex-girlfriend Pooja was one of the victims to a news channel and asks him to blame Gautam as the killer. Gautam follows Ashu to a train station, but he is killed by the same killer, who is revealed to be Bhairav. A fight ensues between Bhairav and Gautam, the latter being unable to see his face. Bhairav leaves the train and escapes in a cab. Ganesan checks the CCTV but is unable to find anything.

Bhairav's past unfolds as a cab-driver who also works part-time as a zookeeper along with his friend Keshav, where he meets Rasika Mapuskar, a salesgirl at a clothing store in a mall, and falls for her deeply, harbouring plans for marriage. One day, Rasika injures a group of rogues with Bhairav's cab, who were eve-teasing her, thus revealing to Bhairav her dark side. During a vacation in Lonavala, Bhairav decides to propose to Rasika, but sees her getting intimate with her married manager Atul, which leaves Bhairav heartbroken.

Rasika later meets Bhairav and instigates him to kill those girls who have one-sided lover boyfriends. Pooja ultimately becomes his first victim in his attempt to prove his loyalty to Rasika. After this incident, Bhairav is mentally tormented and begins to kill many girls, along with Rasika.

Three months into his breakup with Aarvi, Gautam regains his lifestyle, but goes through a phase of self destruction and redemption, eventually realizing his love for Aarvi when he gets injured and she takes care of him. Gautam pleads for a chance from Aarvi, promising to change himself, but leaves with a heavy heart when she storms off in Bhairav's cab. Bhairav misunderstands that Aarvi has duped Gautam, where he, along with Rasika, attacks the complex at night, as Bhairav kills Aarvi, referring to the opening scene.

Back again in the present, Gautam gets hold of Bhairav's zoo address from Ganesan, who is killed by Bhairav shortly later. As he reaches there, it is revealed that Aarvi is alive and that Bhairav has locked her in the zoo. Bhairav reveals to Gautam that Aarvi is alive, and instead has Keshav framed as the "Smiley Killer", having taken his detached son Yash into confidence after Yash testifies against Keshav, who he holds a grudge against for being disloyal to Yash after Keshav's wife passed away. Bhairav walks free while Aditya tries to console an unconvinced Gautam, telling him that the case has been solved with Keshav as fugitive. Bhairav and Rasika later return to the zoo and kill all the guards posted at the zoo, where they also try to kill Aarvi, but Gautam arrives and engages in a deadly combat with Bhairav. Surprisingly, in a twist, it is revealed that Rasika is actually dead and that Bhairav is actually hallucinating Rasika, something which Gautam had realized after a chain of events.

Bhairav then recollects what actually happened : he becomes numb after Rasika confesses that she plans to take it further with Atul, who she is sure would ditch his family for her. Barely having avoided an accident, he begs Rasika to accept his feelings, where he unintentionally kills her. Coming back to his senses, Bhairav keeps her body in the freezer at the zoo, whence he starts hallucinating Rasika and begins to kill every girl for her sake.

Gautam reveals to Bhairav that he saw through his hallucination when Bhairav started talking to "Rasika" outside the zoo. He tells him that Bhairav's love for Rasika turned into hatred, whereas Gautam's love for Aarvi would always remain the way it was, even if she doesn't accept him. Realizing his mistake, Bhairav opens the tiger's cage and is later attacked by the tiger. Gautam leaves with Aarvi, who reunites with him. Later, Aarvi sings at the concert with the support of Gautam and her fans.

During a pre-post-credit scene, Rakesh Mahadkar, who survived the accident that followed his fight with reformed gangster Guru Divekar in vengeance for the murder of the latter's wife Aisha Verma at the hands of the former, and has since became a paraplegic, meets Bhairav, who is actually alive, having lost his one eye to the tiger attack, where he recites his promise from the prequel.

Cast

Production

Casting

Aditya Roy Kapur was originally signed for the role portrayed by Arjun Kapoor, but later backed out due to creative differences and had a fallout with director Mohit Suri.[15][16]

Filming

Principal photography began on 1 March 2021.[17][18] Abraham finished shooting in October 2021.[19] The entire film was wrapped up on 24 March 2022.[20][21]

Music

The songs are composed by Ankit Tiwari, Tanishk Bagchi, and Kaushik-Guddu. The lyrics are written by Manoj Muntashir, Kunaal Vermaa, Tanishk Bagchi and Prince Dubey. The film score is composed by Raju Singh.

The song "Galliyan Returns" was recreated from the track Galliyan for the 2014 film Ek Villain which was sung by Ankit Tiwari and written by Manoj Muntashir.[22] The second single named "Dil" was released on 8 July 2022.[23] The third single titled "Shaamat" was released on 16 July 2022 with Tara Sutaria making her singing debut.[24] The fourth single titled "Naa Tere Bin" was released on 22 July 2022.[25]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Galliyan Returns"Manoj MuntashirAnkit TiwariAnkit Tiwari5:50
2."Dil"Kunaal VermaaKaushik-GudduRaghav Chaitanya5:09
3."Shaamat"Prince DubeyAnkit TiwariAnkit Tiwari, Tara Sutaria5:34
4."Naa Tere Bin"Tanishk BagchiTanishk BagchiAltamash Faridi6:11
5."Dil" (Shreya's Version)Kunaal VermaaKaushik-GudduShreya Ghoshal5:10

Reception

Box office

Ek Villain Returns earned ₹7.05 crores at the domestic box office on its opening day. On the second day, the film collected ₹7.47 crore. On the third day, the film collected ₹9.02 crore, taking a total domestic weekend collection to ₹23.54 crore.[4]

As of 4 August 2022, the film grossed ₹37.19 crore (US$4.5 million) in India and ₹6.34 crore (US$760,000) overseas, for a worldwide gross collection of ₹45.53 crore (US$5.5 million).[4]

Critical response

Ek Villain Returns received mixed reviews from critics.[11] A critic for Bollywood Hungama rated the film 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "EK VILLAIN RETURNS is the epitome of supreme music, amazing visuals and thrilling moments".[26] Shweta Keshri of India Today rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "The gripping plot of Ek Villain Returns is the winner with an engaging storyline. Mohit Suri, who did a good job with the first film of the Ek Villain franchise, brings a masala entertainer with massy dialogues, thrilling moments and good performances in the sequel".[27] Rohit Bhatnagar of The Free Press Journal rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Ek Villain Returns has surely returned but not with the vibe of the earlier one. Enjoy this film to experience a stylish thriller that copes well with the mass appeal".[28] Rachana Dubey of The Times of India rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Ek Villain Returns dishes out plenty of twists and turns but doesn’t make you emotionally cheer for any of the characters or the story, though you wish the situation was different".[29] Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote "Heads are bludgeoned and the blood flows throughout Ek Villain Returns, but there’s nothing more frightening than the valourisation of misogyny".[30] Avinash Lohana of Pinkvilla rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote "Ek Villain Returns was a promising entertainer, but it is the overall story that proves to be a bummer".[31]

Sonil Dedhia of News 18 rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Ek Villain Returns kicks in only after the interval, and then it becomes the film it should have been from the get-go. The first half is a waste, even if it tries hard to get the audience invested into the characters who say dialogues which are straight out of ’80s Bollywood".[32] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated the film 1 out of 5 stars and wrote "Disha Patani, Tara Sutaria, Arjun Kapoor, John Abraham-starrer has a disjointed plot and pedestrian performances, which makes Ek Villain look like a better film".[33] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV rated the film 1 out of 5 stars and wrote "Arjun Kapoor and John Abraham outdo each other in matching the vacuity of the film. As for Tara Sutaria and Disha Patani, the less said the better".[34] Anna M.M. Vetticad of Firstpost rated the film 0.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "John Abraham barely alters his expression throughout Ek Villain Returns. His co-stars do the best they can in what can only be described as dismal circumstances".[35] Sukanya Vema of Rediff rated the film 0.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Ek Villain Returns falls back on the popularity of the Galliyan track to boost its appeal".[36]

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