Wikipedia:Villain (2018 film)

Villain is a 2018 Indian Bengali-language action thriller film directed by choreographer-director Baba Yadav. It stars Ankush Hazra and Mimi Chakraborty. The film is a remake of the 2016 Telugu film Gentleman.

Plot
When two women Riya (Mimi Chakraborty) and Sneha (Rittika Sen) meet and discuss their love lives on a flight, little do they gauge that their respective boyfriends will are the same (Ankush Hazra]]). He is known as Joy to one of them whereas Raja to the another. What ensues is a lot of twists and turns in the story. The movie ends with a shocking twist.

Cast

 * Ankush Hazra as Joy/Raja
 * Mimi Chakraborty as Riya
 * Rittika Sen as Sneha, Joy's fiance
 * Mousumi Saha as Raja’s mother
 * Zoheb Ahmed as Rudra
 * Raja Dutta as David
 * Aryann

Production
The film's lead actor Ankush Hazra had to go through physical transformation. He built up six pack abs for three months for the antagonist role he played. The film's poster was released on 24 August, 2018. Several newspapers and media outlets praised his look on the film's poster.

Reception
The film received mixed to positive reviews. Shubhankar Chakraborty from Sangbad Pratidin wrote, "The film has new vibes, It’s quite different from traditional contemporary Bengali films. He praised Ankush's acting, his physical transformation and the film's music.

Soundtrack
The music of the film was composed by JAM8, Dev Sen and Amlaan Chakraborty. The background music was created by A.S Abuselvan, while the lyrics were penned by Prasenjit Mukherjee, Sanjeev Tiwari and Rivo.