Villain teaser becomes the fastest Malayalam teaser to reach one million views

The official teaser for Mohanlal’s upcoming movie Villain with director B Unnikrishnan was released today. It was shared on Mohanlal’s official Facebook page. The teaser has already clocked one million views in a record 3 hours time.

Villain’s teaser is now the fastest Malayalam teaser to reach one million views toppling Mammootty’s The Great Father. The Mohanlal starrer took only 3.07 hours to reach the milestone while The Great Father took 3.30 hours. In the current scenario, social media views is one of the major factors that contribute to the pre release hype of a movie. The Great Father teaser is currently the most watched teaser in Mollywood, so we will have to wait and see whether Villain can break that record.

Villain is a crime thriller with Mohanlal playing the role of Mathew Manjooran, an ex-cop. The actor reduced a few kilos for the movie and looks a lot trimmer and fitter now. He is seen sporting two looks in the teaser.

From the teaser itself, we can be assured of some riveting action blocks in the movie. The movie features a huge star cast that includes popular Tamil star Vishal, Manju Warrier, Raashi Khanna, Telugu actor Srikanth and Hansika Motwani among others.

Villain has strong technical team as well Popular cinematographer Manoj Paramahamsa is wielding the camera. It is the first Malayalam movie to be shot completely in 8K resolution.

Rockline Venkatesh who has produced films like Lingaa and Bhajrangi Bhaijaan, is funding Villain. Peter Hein is choreographing the stunts along with Stunt Silva. Music is composed by Oppam fame 4 Musics. Shameer Mohammed of Charlie and Angamaly Diaries fame is handling the editing.