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Ek Villain: There's One in Every Love Story () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language Romance film psychological action thriller film directed by Mohit Suri and jointly produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Motion Pictures. Based on a script written by Tushar Hiranandani and Milap Zaveri, and reported to be loosely inspired by the 2010 South Korean Action film-Thriller film film I Saw the Devil, it stars Riteish Deshmukh, Sidharth Malhotra and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles. The narrative follows a reformed criminal who is once again set on a warpath when his wife dies at the hands of a serial killer, all the while grappling with his disturbing past and reminiscing his romantic journey with a dying girl.
Ek Villain was released worldwide on 27 June 2014 and received positive reviews from critics, garnering praise for its theme, direction, screenwriting and action sequences with Deshmukh receiving particular praise in his first ever negative role. Made on a budget of crore, the film was a major box-office success with earnings of over crore domestically and a worldwide gross of crore, becoming Malhotra's highest-grossing release. The songs "Galliyan", "Zaroorat" and "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 titled Ek Villain Returns, starring John Abraham and Arjun Kapoor, along with Disha Patani and Tara Sutaria, was released in July 2022; Deshmukh reprises his role in the sequel both as part of archive footage and for a mid-credits appearance.
Past: Guru was a ruthless hitman working for mob boss Caesar, who raised and trained him to murder the goons who killed his parents. When Guru is arrested for killing Debu, Debu's mother refuses to testify against him and warns him that one day God will make him pay for his crimes by making him lose his loved one. Guru soon falls in love with Aisha, an optimistic girl dying from a terminal illness, and they get married. Guru gives up 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 could.
Present: Rakesh Mahadkar is an unsuccessful man who is constantly insulted and ridiculed by his wife, Sulochana "Sulu" Mahadkar, for his shortcomings. While he dearly loves his wife, he vents his frustration by murdering other women who speak rudely to him, and Aisha turns out to be one of them. Guru hunts down Rakesh and brutally beats him up, 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, and doing it all over again. At the hospital, when Guru learns that Aisha was pregnant, he is devastated. While assaulting a nurse, Rakesh is again interrupted by Guru. Rakesh realizes that Guru is Aisha's husband and is seeking vengeance. Upon the suggestion of his friend Brijesh, he taunts Guru over the phone and then kills Aisha's father.
Rakesh expects Guru to kill him so that he can die as 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. An enraged Rakesh stabs Guru with a Screw driver and takes up a boulder to kill him, but is hit by a car and dies from his injuries. Guru adopts Manish and completes the wishes on Aisha's Wish list.
Suri has stated that every character in the film comes with grey shades. Everyone is a bit of a villain in 'Phir Ek Villain': Mohit Suri IBNLive 19 June 2014
The movie's official teaser which was released on 4 April 2014 with the film Main Tera Hero, Sidharth Malhotra's trailer in Varun Dhawan's film! The Times of India got 1 million views on YouTube within three days of release. The official trailer of 2 minutes 18 secs was launched later and was well received by critics, Ek Villain Trailer Review: Riteish steals the show! The business of Cinema as well as garnered praise from around the industry, including Karan Johar, Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif among others.
Sidharth Malhotra, Shraddha Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh, Mohit Suri and the film's music directors attended a musical event in Mumbai to promote the soundtrack of the film. Further, Malhotra and Kapoor promoted the movie at the IPL semi-finals Siddharth- Shraddha promote Ek Villain Pinkvilla as well as on reality shows like Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. Ek Villain sets the mood on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Business of Cinema Promotion campaigns were also organized across the country in cities like Jaipur, Kolkata Shraddha Kapoor Unwell, Still Promoting "Ek Villain" The Indian Express and Delhi. Villains Shraddha-Sidharth Dazzle In Delhi The Indian Express As a part of the promotional strategy, a television show based on Bollywood villains was hosted by Malhotra. Sidharth Malhotra To Host "Ek Villain Ek Dastaan" NDTV 19 June 2014
The film score was composed by Raju Singh.
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!" 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." 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."
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." 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".
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." 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." 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."
Ek Villain collected outside India in its first weekend.
Shaad Randhawa and Riteish Deshmukh reprise their roles as ACP Aditya Rathore and Rakesh Mahadkar from the first film, respectively; with Deshmukh appearing in archived footage and later physically as a cameo in the mid-credits scene, revealing that he survived his fate from the first film.
| BIG Star Entertainment Awards | Most Entertaining Actor in a Thriller Film | Riteish Deshmukh | rowspan="3" | |
| Most Entertaining Thriller Film | Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor | |||
| Most Entertaining Singer (Male) | Ankit Tiwari – "Galliyan" | |||
| Most Entertaining Actress in a Thriller Film | Shraddha Kapoor | rowspan="6" | ||
| Most Entertaining Actress in a Lead Role | ||||
| Most Entertaining Director | Mohit Suri | |||
| Most Entertaining Film of the Year | Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor | |||
| Most Entertaining Song | Ankit Tiwari – "Galliyan" | |||
| Most Entertaining Music | Ankit Tiwari, Mithoon, Rabbi Ahmed, Adnan Dhool, DJ Shadow | |||
| 7th Mirchi Music Awards | Song of The Year | "Galliyan" | rowspan=8 | |
| Album of The Year | Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari, Rabbi Ahmad, Adnaan Dhool, Manoj Muntashir | |||
| Male Vocalist of The Year | Ankit Tiwari – "Galliyan" | |||
| Music Composer of The Year | ||||
| Lyricist of The Year | Manoj Muntashir – "Galliyan" | |||
| Upcoming Female Vocalist of The Year | Shraddha Kapoor – "Galliyan" (Unplugged) | |||
| Upcoming Music Composer of The Year | Rabbi Ahmad & Adnan Dhool (Soch) – "Awari" | |||
| Upcoming Lyricist of The Year | ||||
| Listeners' Choice Album of the Year | Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari, Rabbi Ahmad, Adnaan Dhool, Manoj Muntashir | |||
| 60th Filmfare Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Riteish Deshmukh | rowspan=2 | Nomination List: 60th Filmfare Awards, 2015 |
| Best Music Director | Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari, Soch | |||
| Best Playback Singer (Male) | Ankit Tiwari – "Galliyan" | |||
| Global Indian Music Academy Awards | Best Engineer – Film Album | Eric Pillai | rowspan=4 | List of Nominees: GIMA Awards, 2015 |
| Most Popular Singer of the Year | Ankit Tiwari – "Galliyan" | |||
| Celebrity Singer of the Year | Shraddha Kapoor – "Galliyan" | |||
| Most Popular Song of the Year | Ankit Tiwari – "Galliyan" | |||
| Best Music Arranger and Programmer | Dhrubajyoti Phukan – "Awari" | rowspan="5" | ||
| Best Music Debut | Shraddha Kapoor – "Galliyan" | |||
| Best Playback Singer (Male) | Ankit Tiwari – "Galliyan" | |||
| Best Lyricist | Manoj Muntashir – "Galliyan" | |||
| Best Music Director | Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari, Soch | |||
| 16th IIFA Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Riteish Deshmukh | rowspan="4" | Winners List: 16th IIFA Technical Awards, 2015 List of Winners: IIFA Awards, 2015 2 States, Haider, Queen, Ek Villian top the list of Nominations at 16th IIFA Awards, 2015 |
| Best Lyricist | Manoj Muntashir – "Galliyan" | |||
| Best Playback Singer (Male) | Ankit Tiwari – "Galliyan" | |||
| Best Sound Recording | Eric Pillai | |||
| Best Performance in a Negative Role | Riteish Deshmukh | rowspan="2" | ||
| Best Music Director | Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari, Soch | |||
| 21st Screen Awards | Best Music Director | Winners List: 21st Screen Awards, 2015 List of Winners: 21st Life OK Screen Awards, 2015 | ||
| Best Lyricist | Mithoon – "Banjaara" | rowspan="2" | ||
| Best Playback Singer (Male) | Ankit Tiwari – "Galliyan" |
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