Villain (2012 film)

Villain
Film poster
Directed by	M. S. Ramesh
Produced by	Yogish Hunsur
Starring	Auditya Ragini Dwivedi
Music by	Gurukiran
Cinematography	Dasari Seenu
Edited by	S. Manohar
Production company	Saraswathi Entertainers
Release dates	25 May 2012
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Villain (Kannada: ವಿಲನ್) is a 2012 Indian Kannada 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 in lead roles.^[1]

Cast

• Auditya as Tippu
• Ragini Dwivedi as Anu
• Rangayana Raghu
• Avinash
• Shobhraj
• Malathi Sardespande
• Simran

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.

Critical reception

Villain received negative reviews from film critics upon its release. IBN Live gave the film a rating of 1.5/5 and commented that the script and narration were poor.^[2] Nowrunning too blamed the film's weak script and dragging narration and gave one and a half out of five star rating.^[3]

Soundtrack

Villain
Soundtrack album by Gurukiran
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Anand Audio

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Operation Kamala"	Kaviraj	Malgudi Subha, Chorus
2.	"Kannalle Sambashane"	Jayanth Kaikini	Rajesh Krishnan, Anuradha Bhat
3.	"Gelathi Ninninda"	Santhosh Naik	Kailash Kher
4.	"Illa Annutha Naanu"	Jayanth Kaikini	Srini, Jayanth Kaikini
5.	"Garam Masale"	Gurukiran	Jassie Gift, Shibani Kashyap
6.	"Kannalle Sambashane"	Jayanth Kaikini	Rajesh Krishnan

^[4]

References

2. "Review: Villain". ibnlive.com. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
3. "Review: Villain". nowrunning.com. Retrieved 2012-11-21.

External links