Villain teaser shatters records; Fetches 3 million views in a record 22 hours

The official teaser of Mohanlal’s upcoming crime thriller Villain was released yesterday. Ever since the release, the teaser has been trending virally in social medias. As of now, the teaser has fetched more than 3 million views and is also the fastest to reach the landmark achieving it in a record 22 hours time.

The record for fastest 3 million views was previously held by Mammootty’s The Great Father, which took 24 hours to reach the mark. Earlier Villain had also pipped the Mammootty starrer to clock one million views in a record 3 hours time.

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 in Mollywood, so we will have to wait and see whether Villain can break that record.

Villain, directed by B Unnikrishnan stars Mohanlal in the role of Mathew Manjooran, an ex-cop. The actor had shed down a few kilos for the movie. He is seen sporting two looks in the teaser.

Villain features an ensemble star cast that includes popular Tamil star Vishal, Manju Warrier, Raashi Khanna, Telugu actor Srikanth and Hansika Motwani among others. The movie also has a strong technical team. Acclaimed 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 movies 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. Background score in the teaser was done by Prashanth Pillai. Shameer Mohammed of Charlie and Angamaly Diaries fame is handling the editing.