Ek Villain [2014]

IMAGINE "You enter your house and find your loved one harshly slaughtered?" How terrifying it will be!

"Ek Villain" is a remake of the Korean classic "I saw the Devil", the difference being that the original gives more attention to the brutality and not on the Pyaar-Mohabbatein drama.

Director Mohit Suri (Murder 2, Aashiqui 2, Awarapan) undoubtedly good at making crime cinema, but it'd more enjoyable to see him away from his comfort zone. Suri, along with his writers, portrays Sidharth Malhotra (Guru) as a Gunda, and adds a different shade to the character as that of in the Korean classic. Also the lovestory of Aisha (Shraddha Kapoor) and Guru runs the film longer. The reason behind portraying the love story was that the audience should realize Sidharth's a.k.a Guru's fall and pains.

Kamaal R Khan plays the role as a friend of the psychotic character Rakesh (Riteish Deshmukh) who feels so happy when Rakesh ruins KRK's slave wife. *Whenever KRK showed up, I had a bad feeling of slaughtering the casting crew! Man, I had to grumble so as to avoid my brain fag.* KRK, who works a Midnight Bar, jokes terrible Non-Veg pranks at times. The '2 rupees people' and 'Mu bandh karna padega (showing some vulgar moves) were his magnificent dialogues I have ever seen at the Hindi cinema! Kidding.

A scene comes when Guru goes to kill his Boss Caesar where the protagonist reminded me of my childhood videogames. Sidharth is too bad when it comes to Action. Furthermore, he leaves all his Gundagiri for his love, cures her illness (I don't remember the name of that disease yet?) and later marries her. Searches for a job and later when Aisha gets killed, he spends his time for revenge.

Somewhere in between, Shraddha Kapoor dances awkwardly when the old people get married. Also she jokes horrible 7th grade jokes which will bombard your head. "EK JOKE BOLU?" Oh, what a jerk!

Riteish Deshmukh (Rakesh) is outstanding. He openly admits himself as a character full of beastliness. I still wonder why people were applauding when he said,"Sorry Madam, main aapko shikaayat ka koi mauka aane nahi dunga." The film turned out to be a comedy for a short time. Madman! He kills ladies to release his stress and later keeps on talking with these dead corpses. *Creepy Guy*

The songs are placed where they need to be. *I still keep wondering "What does Galliyan mean?"*

Overall, a good thriller. The climax would not meet your expectations. Go watch only if you can digest intense violence. Definitely not everyone's cup of tea.

Movie Review : Aashiqui 2

" Aashiqui with Alcohol "

Aashiqui 2 is that movie after which you have to decide How many shots of Vodka can you survive ? Aashiqui, the original title which came in the 90's was the prequel and not considered to be a remake though. Bhatt camp reform their musical 1990, Aashiqui, as a lovey - dovey story or you can say a saga and present you with this flick just to furnish the next generation to feel the power of love.

The film starts with scenes showing Rahul Jaykar ( Aditya Roy Kapoor ) aka RJ who is famous amongst the masses and now is at the verge of hatred towards his own fame. On the contrary he finds Arohi ( Shraddha Kapoor ) and takes a task on himself to build a great career for Arohi ahead in the music industry. Plugged as the musical motion of the year, director Mohit Suri actively pops Sun raha hain na and Tum hi ho again and again keeping you revolving around those love scenes making you feel lovEnergy. Ahead, Arohi's focus remains at RJ and that of RJ on his alcohol. Later RJ's ego starts pricking him to see the rise of Arohi's bar and his absolute breakdown. Again alcohol takes over this alcoholic bastard and the ciné focuses around it right till the end.

As said earlier, the film starts with RJ's downfall initially ( as the movie gets it start by a song ) * Not a Bad idea ! * but heavily drops when the song Sun raha hain na literally gets repeated until it blows up your ears along with your head with hatred for it instead. Less attention has been given to RJ's backstory with no reasons for his breakdown. Aditya Roy Kapoor remains alcoholic in most of the parts, sober, bizarre and wooden faced throughout the film. Shaad Randhawa and Mahesh Thakur, the Bhatt camp favorites, doesn't get much canvas to perform and too some of the characters get the same roles as that in Awarapan which totally deserves the garbage bin and nothing else. Shraddha Kapoor is pretty but still boring when she keeps on shedding tears in some or the other movie parts.

Lastly it appears Aashiqui between RJ and alcohol than RJ and Arohi or a short documentary supported by some " Quit Smoking and Alcohol programme. " 

Aashiqui 2 becomes an endless romantic tale that somewhat works with those struck by cupid's arrow. Not quite unmissable, but Aashiqui 2 has some good moments, and would be best enjoyed on DVD over a glass of alcohol. LOL.

( Published at Zimbio )