Movie Review : Ek Villain - A script which is its own villain !

A plot with a serial killer as the protagonist always provides enough mystery to captivate the audience attention. Add a love story ruined by a serial killer to the plot, then you have got an action packed thriller. Ek Villain is a psychological-romantic-thriller story with ample twist & turns that makes it watchable. But the plot was convoluted with too many ideas that has made the movie inconclusive.

Shraddha Kapoor, a philanthropist, dying due to an unknown disease comes across a gangster, enacted by Siddharth Malhotra, and decides to convert the gangster into an good person that he is. A fairy tale love story ensues and alternately the life of a distraught, frustrated, unhappy middle class man ,Riteish Deshmukh, is portrayed. Ritiesh who loves his wife and unable to bear the taunts of his wife and other women, goes on stabbing and killing them, except for his wife whom he wont ever hurt. He finds solace when he kills those women who taunt him. When the paths of the both stories is crossed, then all hell breaks loose forms the rest of the movie.

The suspense in the movie is broken moments before intermission and the revenge mission in the second half is absolutely unconvincing. Things had to end up unconvincing like this because of an incomplete script or screen writing where apart from the 3 main characters all the other characters was of no use to the story or the plot. Especially that of Kamaal Khan & Remo Fernandes. Siddharth Malhotra, tries hard to shed his chocolate image which has worked to an extent.

All said, the movie still scores some brownie points because of the songs which are already top charters. Riteish Deshmukh's performance is memorable which is the best reason for watching the film. He portrays himself as vulnerable yet domineering.

The movie has all the ingredients to be a masala hit - romance, heart-break and revenge. Overrall the movie has some good moments but still it remains unimpressive and unsatisfactory. Watch it for Riteish Deshmukh.!!!

Rating 2/5