Villain (2003 film)

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Villain
Directed by K. S. Ravikumar
Written by T Sainath (Dialogues)
Screenplay byK. S. Ravikumar
Story by Yugi Sethu
Based on Villain (Tamil)
Produced bySinganamala Ramesh Babu
Starring
CinematographyC Vijayasri
Edited by Kola Bhaskar
Music by Vidyasagar
Production
company
Kanaka Ratna Movies Pvt Ltd
Release date
  • 21 November 2003 (2003-11-21)
Running time
159 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Villain is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language action masala film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film stars Rajasekhar in dual roles, alongside Neha Dhupia and Tulip Joshi. The film is a remake of the director's own Tamil film of the same name, which released in the previous year. Sujatha and Vijayan reprise their respective roles while Vidyasagar, who composed the soundtrack for the original, was signed to compose the music for this film as well. This film marks the Telugu debuts of Dhupia, Joshi, and Vijayan.

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Plot

Siva and Vishnu are identical twins. Siva, the elder one, is a bus conductor, while Vishnu, the younger one, has a mild intellectual disability. Siva overhears his parents' plot to kill Vishnu. He runs away to another city with Vishnu and strives hard to look after him. Vijayan runs a beggar trade, and beats Vishnu brutally, handicapping him for life. Siva leaves Vishnu in a home run by a social worker. During the day, Siva works as a bus conductor, and at the same time, poses as Vishnu: to play Robin Hood and steal from the rich and corrupt. A gang 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. A college student falls in love with Siva, but he later learns she is Vijayan's sister-in-law. Matters worsen when Vijayan becomes the chairman of the institute for the physically disabled. How Siva deals with the situation forms the rest of the story. Meanwhile, Neha is in love with Siva, though he is unaware of this. Later she gives up her love and lets Tulip marry Siva. So, Siva marries Tulip and Neha marries Vishnu.

Cast

Production

Rajasekhar watched the original Tamil version and enjoyed the film, but was initially hesitant to act in a remake. He decided to act in the remake after a member of his team encouraged him to do so. [1] Neha Dhupia, who did an item number, in Ninne Ishtapaddanu , was signed to make her Telugu film debut with this film. [2]

Soundtrack

Vidyasagar composed the songs for the film, which he reused from the original film except for "Naa Gunde Gudilo" which was reused from Vidyasagar's own song "Un Samayal Arayil" from Tamil film Dhill (2001). [3] Sohan Music bought the audio rights for the soundtrack. The audio launch for Villain was held on 29 October 2003. Chandrababu Naidu, the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, released the audio of the film and gave the first cassette to Pullela Gopichand, a badminton player. An event was held at Annapurna Studios in Hyderabad. During the event, Rajashekhar, the vice president of the Red Cross of Andhra Pradesh donated 50 stitching machines and wheel chairs. AVS (who is a part of the film) and Anitha handled the event. [1]

Release and reception

The film was scheduled to release on 14 November to coincide with Children's Day. [1] Idlebrain gave the film of 2.75 out of 5 and stated how the director, K. S. Ravikumar, didn't make enough changes to the film to suit the Telugu audience. The reviewer also commented on how the first half of the film resembles Gentleman . [2] The Full Hyderabad criticized the film and wrote how there is nothing good about the film save for Rajashekhar's performance and the twins' childhood scene. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Telugu Cinema Functions - Audio release - Villain - Rajasekhar, Tulip Joshi, Neha Dhupia - Vidya Sagar - KS Ravi Kumar". www.idlebrain.com.
  2. 1 2 "Telugu cinema Review - Villain - Raja Sekhar, Neha Dhupia, Tulip Joshi - KS Ravi Kumar". www.idlebrain.com.
  3. ↑ "Villain songs download". Raaga.
  4. ↑ "Villain review: Villain (Telugu) Movie Review - fullhyd.com".
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