The Villain (2018 film)
| The Villain | |
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| Cinematography | Girish R. Gowda |
| Edited by | Srinivas P. Babu |
| Music by | Arjun Janya |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Jayaditya Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 175 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
| Budget | ₹45 crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹57- ₹60 crore[2][1] |
The Villain is a 2018 Indian
Plot
The Villain revolves around Ramu, who is searching for someone where his mother's chain gets stolen by a chain-snatcher, who drops it somewhere during the chase. He meets a social activist Seetha, who is saved by Ramu when unknown goons arrive to kill her and finds his chain, but Seetha reveals it is her chain. When Ramu ask Seetha about the chain, she reveals about Kaizer-Ram, who is a crime boss in Dubai and she meets him in a drama, when he was travelling to Sri Lanka. Kaizer-Ram falls in love with Seetha and meet at a temple where he reveals that Kaizer and Ram are different persons and Kaizer is actually his best friend.
Later, Unknown assassins arrive to kill Ram, where one of them reveals that Kaizer intends to kill Ram to make the
At UK, Ram kills UK's underworld boss Thomas, with his friend Alex's help. Ramu leaves for UK and kidnaps Alex from the police convoy where he calls Ram and they challenge one another and a cat-mouse game ensues where Alex is killed, before Ramu tortures him to reveal about Ram. Ram comes across Seetha, who is now a call girl, but is later revealed that she was sent by Ram. Later, Ramu reveals to Seetha that he is an orphan and meets Vishalavva, who is Ram's mother. Vishalavva reveals that Ram went missing when she and her husband Vishwanna had a fallout, who later dies due to heart stroke. Vishalavva request Ramu to find Ram.
Ramu, who considers Vishalavva as her mother promises her that he will find Rama. Ram learns Ramu's identity and decide to confront him in Bangalore, but the minister, who supported Ram double-crosses him. Ramu returns to Bangalore and leaves for his village but Kaizer, having learnt of Ramu's agenda sends his henchman to attack him. Ram saves Ramu, who double-crossed the minister by briving his bodyguards and had arrived in Bangalore. Kaizer later dies due to a stroke, by seeing Ram. Ram and Ramu defeat the goons where Ramu reveals that his mother Vishalavva is alive and has been waiting to see him.
Ram refuses as Vishalavva expected him to be upright like
Cast
- Shiva Rajkumar as Ramu
- Sudeepa as Rama (Kaizer-Ram) aka Raavana
- Meka Srikanthas Kaizer
- Rakshitha)
- ACP Brahmavar (cameo appearance)
- Tilak Shekar as Alex
- Saranya Ponvannan as Vishalavva, Ram's mother
- Sharath Lohitashwaas Vishwanna Ram's father
- Prathapas Kowde Shastri, Ramu's friend
- Mandya Ramesh as Ramu's friend
- Rachita Ram as herself in the song "Bolo Bolo Ramappa"
- Shash as a Spy
- Shanvi Srivastava as herself in the song "Bolo Bolo Ramappa"
- Radhika Narayan as herself in the song "Bolo Bolo Ramappa"
- Samyukta Hornad as herself in the song "Bolo Bolo Ramappa"
- Shraddha Srinath as herself in the song "Bolo Bolo Ramappa"
- Bhavana Rao as herself in the song "Bolo Bolo Ramappa"
Production
Director
Music
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Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Label | Anand Audio | |||
| Arjun Janya chronology | ||||
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| Singles from The Villain | ||||
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Arjun Janya was signed to compose music and background score for the movie.[13]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I am Villain" | Prem | Prem, Shreya Ghoshal | 3:13 |
Release
Theatrical
The Villain was wide released on 18 October 2018.
Reception
Box office
The film opened on a very high note and collected exactly 20 crore on day 1 .[1]But couldn't maintain the same momentum and collections fell for 85% on day 2 and 91% on day 3 and the first weekend collection was reported to be around 60 crores.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Will Shiva Rajkumar's 'The Villain' reach the magic Rs 100 crore mark?". The News Minute. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Top 8 highest-grossing Kannada movies of all time". 25 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021.
- ^ Prasad S, Shyam (4 May 2017). "Mithun makes Kannada debut". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ Upadhyaya, Prakash (1 April 2017). "Sudeep-Shivaraj Kumar's The Villain first look posters take the fans by a storm". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 9 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ Sharadhaa, A (2 August 2016). "Prem's choice for the villain may be Tamannaah". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "The Villain first look revealed". The Times of India. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ Sharadhaa, A (17 May 2017). "Amy Jackson comes to the villain". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ Srivatsan (17 May 2017). "The Villain: Amy Jackson to star opposite Shivrajkumar, Kichcha Sudeep". India Today. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Jeeva Hoovagide – Nee Nanna Gellalaare – Kannnada Hit Songs". YouTube. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ "Nee Nanna Gellarare song for The Villain". Indiaglitz. 3 February 2018. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ Sharadhaa, A (28 January 2018). "Prem sets in nostalgic mood for The Villain". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ Upadhyaya, Prakash (2 February 2018). "Sudeep wraps up the climax sequence of The Villain, release likely in April or May". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "Filmibeat on The Villain movie crew" "The villain Cast & Crew, the villain Kannada Movie Cast, actor, actress, director". Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
External links
- The Villain at IMDb
