There is one in every love story, the film's tagline
proclaims. Not true at all. Ek Villain has one too many,
both among the dramatis personae on the screen and
the men behind the scenes.
The biggest of the villains in Mohit Suri's Ek Villain is
the screenplay itself.
It is as muddled as a serial killer's twisted mind and
just as destructive.
A vapid love story dovetailed into a confused
psychological thriller, Ek Villain revolves around three
characters that are severely damaged in varying ways.
The male protagonist, Guru (Sidharth Malhotra), a Goa
goon's sleep-deprived hatchet man, has deep
lacerations...