The Villain (2014)
4/10
Watch it for Riteish and the music
30 June 2014
Warning: Spoilers
*****SPOILERS *****SPOILERS *****SPOILERS ****SPOILERS ****SPOILERS **** Starting with the obvious ,those who are stating it as a rumor and those who are questioning whether it is a remake or rip-off of Korean Psychological thriller " I Saw the Devil",to them i say. Yes my friends it is in fact a rip-off or unofficial remake of that movie. I really loved the original movie because it is fresh and have few clichés. I watched the trailer of the movie,i sensed that it looks like a remake(that i had not watched " I Saw the Devil" then i googled it but sources were saying it is a rumor. Finally i saw this movie yesterday and here is the things i felt :-

Film's main hero Siddarth Malhotra did a good job ,his emotions in some parts of the movie might seem are really good. but on the other hand he looks confused partially,His action scenes disappointed See,he plays a ruthless hit-man but he does not seem to punch hard but as he is a new actor we could expect that he will improve movie by movie.

Film's main heroine Shraddha kapoor yet plays another bubbly,lovely,funny and happy-go-lucky character who is suffering from a unmentioned disease.I did not like her work. She could be really sweet and charming in some scenes but in most of the movie i found her annoying .she really needs to improve .

The only reason for you to watch this movie is the antagonist Riteish Deshmukh. He really stunned everyone with his expressiveness ,as he was a comic actor who turned into a sadistic psycho .His eyes are dead,his expressions are intense,his emotions are great.He did a great job playing a serial killer but i think screenplay and script didn't do justice with his character.He should have been given more screen time.My favorite scene from the movie is when he is standing at railway platform and his boss passes by,the way he looks at her ,there are just so much emotions in that one look.I think this is his best career performance by far.I wish he does more serious roles in the future.

Music of the movie is very good.Everyone is saying ,i want to say too that "Galiyan" and "Banjara" songs are amazing.

Screenplay of the movie is lousy ,it's like an on and off ,romantic drama-slash-psychological thriller movie scenes . The unnecessary romantic and emotional scenes makes this a cheesy movie. The number of bollywood cliché's are so high in this movie.it's like everywhere.Whenever a murder takes place ,there happens to be nobody around the area. The mother whose son get killed by a hit man do not testify against him in the court because she believes "upparwala(God)" will punish him. Fu***ng seriously? A sweet and beautiful girl falls for a gangster who is hanging upside down half naked in jail.She really believes that there is good in him and her love will change him .well guess what it does. The whole premise of two villains is the movie is ridiculous,confusing and unjustifiable.Director said that you can decide your own villain from the movie ohh really ??trying to be ambiguous like Taxi Driver and Once upon a time in America. Guru adopts the son of his wife's killer.that's a classic. Overall,i felt this could have been a better movie but they made it too commercial and toned down the level of violence to nothing so Indian Girls can watch it.Watch this movie for Riteish and the music.
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