Bollywood Review : Ek Villain

Movie Review: Ek Villain is a decent watch

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Filmmaker Mohit Suri's latest film Ek Villain is inspired by the South Korean revenge film I Saw the Devil. Although, it is quite evident that the action is toned down for the Indian audience.
It's a story of a serial killer who picks the wrong man's fiancee to murder.
Bad guy with a good heart Guru (Siddharth Malhotra) works for a local gangster (Remo Fernandez) in Goa. Life takes a pleasant turn once he meets the chirpy Aisha (Shraddha Kapoor) who wants to live her life to the fullest and has a joke for every occasion. Aisha's life is all about doing things for others and interestingly for one of her many cases she wants to take Guru's help. He doesn't seem interested but she for some reason is sure that he will agree and predictably so, he eventually does. A few scenes later, Guru and Aisha are married. The twist comes when a serial killer Rakesh (Riteish Deshmukh) on the loose kills Aisha. His is one of the many rude characters in Ek Villain. From doctors to the ticket collectors, everyone for some reason is arrogant and brash.
Now it's only certain that Guru will dig out Rakesh come what may, to the extent that even best security officers from the CBI are worried, not because there is a serial killer on the move but they fear Guru's revenge which can be ugly. Devasted, Guru manages to find Rakesh but he decides to not take his life and instead will find him torture him every day.
The cops are the most useless lot in this film. They don't catch the serial killer, in fact at one point when they have information about him they pass it on to Guru so that he can seek revenge.

Review:
                   The film has a lot of interesting portions but the plot is full of loopholes. Mohit Suri has managed one big thing and that's getting some of the best performances out of all the three actors. Shraddha delivers a wonderful performance. Siddharth though too good looking to be the mean guy is out of his comfort zone and is convincing as the new-age, angry young man. Riteish as the disturbed serial killer is excellent!
A lot of the portions could have been chopped like a silly item number by Prachi Desai to make the film slick. Not just songs but some inexcusable casting was also done to make some noise like the obnoxious Kamaal R Khan playing an unpleasant character who slaps his wife and says that's the only way middle class men can get rid of their frustration.
The dialogues are just not in sync with the plot of the film. A lot of times they break into some poetic language which neither suits their characters nor it goes with the plot. You would expect young actors to have more realistic dialogues.
There is no doubt that filmmaker Mohit Suri knows the craft, he is in fact one of the best filmmakers out of the younger lot, which he has also proved in the past. He has worked too long with the Bhatts so there was no way he would get the music wrong, full marks to music composers Ankit Tiwari, Mithoon and Soch (Band) for giving soulful music keeping the mood of the film in mind.
Even after a lot of flaws Ek Villain is a decent watch but it could have been much better!

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Written Episode : Mahabharat 28 June 2014

Mahabharat Written Episode 28 June 2014

                                               The episode starts with, sanjay informs dritrashtra that only 1 hour is left n shikhandi has yet not arrived on battle field. Shikhandi is about to die, draupadi tries to bring him back to conscious , arjun says to Krishna that only 1 hr is left n shikhandi has yet not arrive , Krishna says don’t worry about shikhandi u have to fight with all ur strength along with ur brothers, drishtvyum goes to attack guru dron n drupad near duryodhan n the pandavas proceed to bhishma, bhishma prays to lord sun to stay for some more time bcoz its time for me to die n achieve peace , bhishma sees pandavas near him n says dear children don’t wait for shikhandi n with all ur strength attack me u all together can surely defeat me, bheem says no we cant attack u, bhishma says nakul sahadev get ur weapons n attack me, sahadev says u have taught us dharma we cant attack u, bhishma says recently from lord Krishna have learnt abt dharma so stop shedding tears n attack me n ur attacks will be gift to me so lift ur weapons n attack , arjun lifts his gandiv , yudishtir , bheem ,sahadev , nakul lift their weapons n attack bhishma , bhishma attacks back n defeats them, when sun is jst about to set shikhandi arrives in battle field , bhishma challenges pandavas to attack with gadha(weapon), bhishma easily defeats them, shakuni says shikhandi n asks dushasan to attack him dushasns attacks are protected from shikhandi by abhimanyu n draupadis sons, bhishma n pandavas attack eachother, bhishma sees bheem is not attacking him bhishma says its my orders but bheem doesn’t, bheem atlast unwillingly attacks bhishma , bhishma says wonderful ur a genious in gadha fight, bhishma challenges to fight with sword , bhishma says put all of ur strength don’t wait for shikhandi n attack me stop being emotional n attack , shikhandi reaches bhishma , bhishma memorises devi ambas words , shikhandi says ur time has come ur death is approaching u, Krishna says complete ur life cycle devi amba, shikhandi says memorise ur promise , bhishma gives away his weapons n joins hands before shikhandi n asks him to let him free, shikhandi attacks bhishma with the arrow.

PRECAP:
Yudishtir ,arjun, nakul ,sahadev n bheem attack bhishma.

Written Episode : Ek Haseena Thi 28 June 2014

Ek Haseena Thi Written Episode 28 June 2014

                                            

                                                 The Episode starts with Shaurya coming to his room. Rajnath says Shaurya and he is surprised seeing him. Rajnath says I was waiting for you, I get it now. He says you don’t value me, that I do what you say, you don’t care about me and my peace which I lost worrying for you. Shaurya thinks wow, its good to see dad is concerned for me. He thinks to cry and get benefit. He says I m like this, I m just a fool, I always get into trouble and you always save me. Rajnath says what to do, I m your dad and its my duty to save you. He asks whats the problem. Shaurya shows him the pics and says someone is blackmailing me, now I realize when I was blackmailing you, how you felt, but you know me, I did this to get Durga, you know I want her, but I need your help.

                                            He says please handle this blackmailer. Rajnath says Shaurya, I will help you once again. Shaurya thanks him. Rajnath says but on one condition, you will not meet Durga, please understand she is not good for you, don’t worry, I will let you meet such girl that you will forget Durga forever. Shaurya asks who. Rajnath says Urvashi and laughs. Shaurya says what? Urvashi…… Rajnath says cheers. The FB scene shows how Rajnath has called up Karan and persuades him to take Shaurya out ad enjoy life, at a new pub. Karan says fine, I will plan. Rajnath says Shaurya should not know we spoke. Karan says fine, don’t worry. Rajnath then thinks how he called Urvashi and planted her in the pub. Shaurya says so it was your plan, you have sent her. Rajnath says if you can blackmail me, can’t I do this. He says you don’t know game rules, you were over confident knowing opponent’s weakness, but if you have to win the game, you should not have any weakness. He says if you are proud that there is no one better than you, then you are wrong, this is your failure. He smiles. He says I m happy that our secrets will be safe with us. He says its good understanding between us now.

                                        Shaurya says you did not do this right by playing such game. Rajnath says you can’t understand that who is father and son between us. He says now talk to me with respect, in low tone, and most importantly, you will stay away from cancer project and Dev, nothing is important to me than business. He says whatever you want to do with Durga, you can, but always remember if this affects my cancer project, then you can understand what I will with you. He whistles and leaves. Rajnath shuts the door. Shaurya throws the wine glass on it in anger. Rajnath messages Raima that Shaurya is taken care of, our secret is safe. Suchitra ties a thread to Dev and says this will protect you. Dev says your blessings will protect me, I pray that the truth I m finding, I get it soon, I have a meeting and have to go with Durga. She says Dayal met me in temple and Durga is really nice girl, I m impressed, I m happy that you are working with her. She leaves.

                                       Dev thinks I don’t know whether she is good, but she is hiding something, which I will reveal. Shaurya comes to a pub and drinks. He says this can’t be my father. Dev and Durga meet Dr. Prabhakar and Dev is thankful to him for sharing his knowledge. Dev is really glad meeting him. Durga thanks him. Prabhakar says anything for Dayal and his daughter, looks like it will rain. Dev says lets leave, the way is long, bye sir. They leave. They are on the way. Durga says I m sure you will be glad meeting him. Dev says yes. Dev sees Durga smiling seeing the rain. She thinks of Nitya and Payal. They used to dance in rain saying Trishti pode tapur tipur and laugh. She thinks rain is the same, but life has changed a lot.

                                   Dev says its good I got to know something about you by rain. Durga asks what. He says that you like rain. She says everyone loves rain, it looks like Lord is giving us happiness in his joy. He says maybe, but I always feel that all the traits on earth, Lord sends rain to wipe all the bad qualities, so that people get fine and clean. She says we have to enjoy little things, like rain, its good to get drenched in rain. He thinks about Nitya. Dev was always restricted from rain. Nitya used to have kulfi in rains. Dev smiles thinking about her. FB scene shows Dev and Nitya having kulfi. Durga smiles. Dev says is she real Durga, innocent like this rain, why is it touch to understand you Durga. Shaurya thinks about Rajnath’s words and says no dad, I will take revenge from you, as I m your blood. He thinks about Dev clinging around Durga all the time ad he imagines that Dev and Durga are spending time together, so he will take revenge from him and get intimate to her. He says why did Dev not come till now, what are they doing there. He calls Durga and gets her number off. Dev’s car stops. Durga asks what happened. Dev says I think I will check the car. Dev checks the car and says engine break down. He says we have to wait here. She asks for whom. He says maybe someone will pass by.

                               Shaurya says what am I thinking, no way, I won’t let this happen, Dev if you touch Durga, I will break your hands, this is so frustrating. He waits drinking. He says come on Durga. He calls her again. Dev checks the call. She says we are in highway, our car broke down, we are stuck. Shaurya says which highway, tell me I will come. She says no, Dev is with me. He is seeing what to do. Dev comes to her and says engine is hot, I will try to fix it up. Shaurya says Dev does not know, tell me where are you, I will come. She says relax, we will get someone to get lift, its not that bad, the weather is beautiful and Dev is with me, he will manage everything. She ends the call. Shaurya gets angry.

Precap:
                      Sakshi meets Shekhar and sees Durga’s pic in his phone..