Villain (2002 film)

Villain
Directed by	K. S. Ravikumar
Produced by	S. S. Chakravarthy
Screenplay by	K. S. Ravikumar
Story by	Yugi Sethu
Starring	Ajith Kumar Meena Kiran
Music by	Vidyasagar
Cinematography	Ashok S. Moorthy
Edited by	K. Thanigachalam
Production company	NIC Arts
Distributed by	NIC Arts
Release date	4 November 2002
Running time	164 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹8 crore (equivalent to ₹21 crore or US$3.3 million in 2016)
Box office	₹30 crore (equivalent to ₹80 crore or US$12 million in 2016)

Villain is a 2002 Tamil heist film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar and produced by S. S. Chakravarthy. The film stars Ajith Kumar in a dual role while Meena and Kiran play female leads. Sujatha, FEFSI Vijayan, Karunaas and Ramesh Khanna appear in other significant roles, while Vidyasagar composed the score and soundtrack for the film.

It opened to positive reviews and became box office success, with Ajith's performance leading to his second Filmfare Award for Best Actor.

There are two twins in the movie: Shiva and Vishnu (both played by Ajith Kumar). Shiva, the elder one, is a bus conductor, while Vishnu, the mindly retarded one, is handicapped. Shiva overhears his parents' plot to kill Vishnu. He runs away to another city with Vishnu, and strives hard to look after him.

As a result of an incident when 'dada' Sundaramoorthy (FEFSI Vijayan), who runs a beggar trade, beats Vishnu brutally, so Vishnu becomes handicapped for life. Shiva leaves Vishnu in a home run by a social worker (Sujatha). During the day, Shiva works as a bus conductor, and at the same time, poses as the handicapped Vishnu: to play Robin Hood and steal from the rich and corrupt. A gang including Thangam (Meena), Ramesh Khanna, and others assist him in these operations. He is never suspected, and so, with the stolen money, he takes care of not only Vishnu, but also 800 people in other institutions for the physically handicapped.