Ek Villain is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language romantic psychological thriller film directed by Mohit Suri and jointly produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Motion Pictures. Based on a script written by Tushar Hiranandani and Milap Milan Zaveri, it stars Riteish Deshmukh, Sidharth Malhotra and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles. The movie follows a reformed criminal who is once again set on a warpath when his wife dies by the hands of a serial killer, all the while grappling with his disturbing past and reminiscing his romantic journey with a dying girl.