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Summary
Ek Villain Returns (2022, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 34 from 10 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Netflix in the US.
When a singer goes missing amid a serial killing spree, a cabbie and a businessman's son cross paths in a twisted tale where good and evil is blurred.
Where to watchAvailability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed by Mohit Suri · written by Mohit Suri & Aseem Arora · music Ankit Tiwari & Tanishk Bagchi & JAM8
Mohit SuriWriter · Director
Aseem AroraWriter
Ankit TiwariMusic
Tanishk BagchiMusic
JAM8Music
Vikas SivaramanCinematography
Devendra MurdeshwarEditing
John AbrahamLead
Arjun Kapoor
Tara Sutaria
Disha Patani
J. D. Chakravarthi
Shaad Randhawa
Karishma Sharma
Ivan Rodrigues
Bharat Dabholkar
Kaizaad Kotwal
Elena Roxana Maria Fernandes
Digvijay Rohildas
Full crew
Production designRajat Poddar
CostumeAyesha Dasgupta
ChoreographyRaju Khan
LyricsManoj Muntashir · Prince Dubey · Kunaal Vermaa · Tanishk Bagchi
VFXNitesh Sharma · Hemal Damani
ActionEjaz Gulab
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Summary
When a singer goes missing amid a serial killing spree, a cabbie and a businessman's son cross paths in a twisted tale where good and evil is blurred.
Ek Villain Returns (2022, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 34 from 10 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Netflix in the US.
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.What the critics said
10 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 10 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Shweta Keshri · 29 Jul 2022
Ek Villain Returns Review: Mohit Suri makes a gripping watch but we missed Riteish Deshmukh Read it there →
Published · 3/5
Filmi’s reading 65
60
Rachana Dubey · 29 Jul 2022
Ek Villain Returns Review {2.5/5}: The villain returns but not without his share of hiccups | Ek Villain Returns Movie Review Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 45
50
Avinash Lohana · 29 Jul 2022
Ek Villain Returns Review: No chills & thrills in John Abraham, Disha Patani, Arjun Kapoor, Tara Sutaria film Read it there →
Published · 2/5
Filmi’s reading 33
40
Nandini Ramnath · 29 Jul 2022
‘Ek Villain Returns’ review: A misogynistic stalker is this film’s true hero Read it there →
Published · 2/5.0
Filmi’s reading 30
40
YouTube, Hindi · transcript read · 29 Jul 2022
Suraj Kumar mocks Ek Villain Returns as illogical, disconnected melodrama with flat music and hammy, over-the-top performances from Kapoor, Patani… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
28
Sukanya Verma · 29 Jul 2022
Ek Villain Returns Review Read it there →
Published · 0.5/5
Filmi’s reading 28
10
Shubhra Gupta · 29 Jul 2022
Ek Villain Returns movie review: Arjun Kapoor, John Abraham’s film sinks to a new low Read it there →
Published · 1/5
Filmi’s reading 15
20
Stutee Ghosh · 29 Jul 2022
1/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
Stated in text
Filmi’s reading 12
20
Anna MM Vetticad · 29 Jul 2022
Ek Villain Returns movie review: A gory, boring chronicle of the persecution complex pervading the manosphere Read it there →
Published · 0.5/5
Filmi’s reading 10
10
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 10 readings; 9 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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Ek Villain Returns is streaming on OTT: Netflix (India, the US, the UK and Canada). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Ek Villain Returns?
Ek Villain Returns has a Filmi Score of 34 (Weak), the mean of 10 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 10 (Firstpost) to 78 (Bollywood Hungama). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
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