Ek Villain Returns Review: John Abraham, Disha Patani, Arjun Kapoor Starrer is Criminally Underrated And Misogynistic

Mohit Suri's Ek Villain Returns is problematic in many ways including Disha Patani being the only best actor from the ensemble.

Ek Villain Returns Review: Last Tango in Paris, 50 Shades of Grey, Kabir Singh – what do these movies have in common? Well, they’re some of the most misogynistic movies of all time, plain and simple. Zeher, Kalyug, Aashiqui 2, Malang – what do these movies have in common? To put it plainly again, they’re some of the most underrated movies ever in Bollywood, helmed by the criminally underrated Mohit Suri.

How then did Mr. Suri have such a drastic fall and what went so terribly wrong with his usually acute sense of filmmaking to churn out such a horrible joke of a film like the John Abraham, Disha Patani, Arjun Kapoor and Tara Sutaria starrer, Ek Villain Returns, which would’ve been hilarious given how ridiculously bad it is, but can’t even achieve that status due to how unbearably misogynist it is.

What is it About?

Rich brat Gautam (Arjun Kapoor) tricks struggling singer Aarvi (Tara Sutaria) into falling for him to exact revenge for a viral prank, only to later have a change of heart, but things turn sideways when Bhairav (John Abraham) and Rasika (Disha Patani) enter the fray.

What’s hot?

Two dialogues, one by Bhairav’s father (Bharat Dabholkar) and the other by Bhairav later on hit the mark. A mid-credits scenes also opens interesting and hopefully much better possibilities for the future.

Verdict