Ek Villain

Ek Villian
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mohit Suri
Produced by	Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor
Written by	Milap Zaveri (Dialogue)
Screenplay by	Tushar Hiranandani
Story by	Adapted Story:- Tushar Hiranandani Original Story:- Park Hoon-jung
Based on	I Saw the Devil by Kim Jee-woon
Starring	Riteish Deshmukh Sidharth Malhotra Shraddha Kapoor
Music by	Original songs:- Ankit Tiwari Mithoon Soch (Band) Background Score:- Raju Singh
Cinematography	Vishnu Rao
Edited by	Deven Murudeshwar
Production company	Balaji Motion Pictures
Distributed by	AA Films
Release date	27 June 2014 (2014-06-27)
Running time	129 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹390 million
Box office	₹1.53 billion

Ek Villain (English: One Villain) is a 2014 Indian romantic thriller directed by Mohit Suri. The film stars Riteish Deshmukh, Sidharth Malhotra and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles, and tells the story of a hardened criminal whose terminally ill wife is murdered by a serial killer. The film was produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under Balaji Motion Pictures and ALT Entertainment. The film is an unofficial remake of the 2010 South Korean action thriller film I Saw The Devil. Upon its release on 27 June 2014, the film received mixed to positive reviews from the critics, and was a commercial success.

The movie starts with Aisha (Shraddha Kapoor) calling her husband and leaving a message for him. A mysterious man in a hood breaks into her house, murders her with a screwdriver, and throws her out of the window. At her funeral, CBI officer Aditya Rathore (Shaad Randhawa) points out to the police that it is vital to track down the murderer or else Guru Divekar (Sidharth Malhotra), Aisha's husband, would go on a killing spree. He misguides Guru by blaming Guru's former boss, gangster Caeser (Remo Fernandes), for killing Aisha. In a flashback, he reveals that Guru used to work as a hitman for Caeser. Two years back, Guru had mercilessly killed a young man in a fit of anger, in front of his mother and younger brother. She told Guru that one day God would make him pay for his crimes.

Guru meets Aisha, a free spirited girl in love with life, who requests him to help her with reuniting two aged lovers. They soon become friends and Aisha reveals to him that she has a terminal illness, and tells him about her bucket list. Guru helps her fulfill most of those wishes but her health deteriorates. Falling in love with her, Guru marries Aisha. He tries every means to save her. She receives treatment in Mumbai and miraculously recovers. Few days later she discovers she is pregnant but the doctor tells her that she might die while delivering the baby. She conceals this fact from Guru. In a parallel story, Rakesh Mahadkar (Riteish Deshmukh) is an unsuccessful and henpecked man who is constantly nagged and ridiculed by his wife Sulochana (Aamna Sharif) for being useless and poor. He vents out his frustration by murdering women who speak rudely to him, and Aisha turns out to be one of them.