Producer-director Ekta Kapoor has shared that her forthcoming movie Ek Villain Returns isn’t inspired by any movie nor has it been made in any other languages. During a new press conference, Ekta dismissed actor Kamaal R Khan’s claims that the movie was copied from a Korean movie. Ekta shared how she picked between two scripts.
Last month, after the trailer of Ek Villain Returns was unveiled, Kamaal otherwise known as KRK took to his Twitter account and shared a review of the same. He said that both Ek Villain (2014) and its spin-off Ek Villain Returns are copied from Korean movies. The first movie, an action spine chiller, was helmed by Mohit Suri and produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor. It featured Kamal, Sidharth Malhotra, Shraddha Kapoor and Riteish Deshmukh. The plot of the first movie was similar to the Korean spine chiller he Saw the Devil (2010).
Currently, Ekta said, as cited by India Today, “Main apko iss picture ki ek asliyat batati hoon. Mohit ne mujhe do script sunaye the (Let me tell you a truth about this movie. Mohit had read out two scripts to me). I said ki Villain franchise has to be much bigger this time. Ye ek aisi script thi, Mohit ne work ki thi (This is such a script in which Mohit had worked). Rohit Shetty had liked this script a lot.”
She also added, “Aur Mohit aise hi mujhe suna raha tha (Mohit was just telling me the script). I went to Rohit and I am his sister, so I requested him, and he, very sweetly, like good brothers do, gave me the script back and said that’s yours. Ye script aisi script hain ki koi bhi sunega, naa nahi kahega. Aur ye kabhi kisi language mein nahi bani hain (This is such a script that whoever listens to it won’t say no. And this hasn’t been made in any other language). I don’t know what Korean Mr KRK is watching. But he seems to know more than I know I do I think.”
Ek Villain Returns, set to release on July 29, has also been directed by Mohit Suri. A spin-off to the 2014 movie, Ek Villain Returns features Arjun Kapoor, John Abraham, Disha Patani and Tara Sutaria.
