''Villain'' ( kan, ವಿಲನ್) is a 2012 Indian

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

action film written and directed by M. S. Ramesh and produced by Yogish Hunsur under the banner Saraswathi Entertainers. The film stars Auditya and

Ragini Dwivedi Ragini Dwivedi (born 24 May 1990) is an Indian actress and model who works primarily in Kannada films. She made her entry to filmdom with ''Veera Madakari'' (2009). She rose to fame starring in successful Kannada language films, ''Kempe Gowda' ...

in lead roles.

Cast

* Auditya as Tippu *

as Anu *

Rangayana Raghu Kotturu Chikkarangappa Raghunath (born 17 April 1965), known by his screen name Rangayana Raghu, is an Indian film and stage actor, known for his work in Kannada cinema. Portraying mostly comic and negative-shaded characters, he has appeared ...

* Avinash *

Shobhraj ''Shobhraj'' is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by J. Sasikumar and written by Vijayan Karote, starring Mohanlal and Madhavi. The film is a remake of the 1978 Hindi film '' Don'' written by Salim–Javed. Mohan ...

* Malathi Sardespande * Simran * Chikkanna

Production

''Villain'', which was shot mostly in Mysore and surrounding areas, was given U/A certificate by the regional censor board. The film was originally titled ''Rebel''.

Soundtrack

Reception

Critical response

A critic from ''

The Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...

'' scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says "Auditya is superb with his dialogue delivery and expressions. Romantic Ragini is lively as a lover girl. Rangayana and Shobhraj give life to their roles. Dharma impresses you as a police officer. Senior artiste Pushpa Swamy wins applause in one sequence with brilliant dialogue delivery. Music by Gurukiran is average". A critic from

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...

wrote "Dharma’s role of cop is quite good. Gurukiran has nothing new to offer in his music. Technically, Dasari Seenu has done a good job, but could not stand throughout the film". A critic from DNA wrote "Gurukiran’s music is good and the song, Garam Masaala has all the right ingredients to entertain the front benchers. Go watch Villain if you absolutely have no other alternative to spend your time". S Viswanath from

Deccan Herald ''Deccan Herald'' is an Indian English language daily newspaper published from the Indian state of Karnataka. It was founded by K. N. Guruswamy, a liquor businessman from Ballari and was launched on 17 June 1948. It is published by The Print ...

wrote "What is shocking is that Rajanna and Tippu have their way right under the long arm of the law, Vikram Singh. How, despite his good intentions, Tippu turns a villain in Anu’s eyes forms the rest of the film. Nothing works in Villain except Ragini". A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote "Dharma has nothing much to do in his police uniform while most of the other actors are just props. Evidently, the story needed a bigger canvas. The producer should have taken a partner early on".

References

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