Siddharth Malhotra, Shraddha Kapoor and Riteish Deshmukh starrer Ek Villain has been an audience favourite since it came out in 2014. From the heart-wrenching songs to some serious serial killer moments, this movie surely had everyone buzzing enough that it almost entered the Rs 100 crore club.

Coming back to present, the film has again garnered attention. However, this time it is for the sequel of the same! Rumour mills had to say that the audience could expect a sequel to Ek Villain soon to go in the works. And talk of the town was Siddharth Malhotra would be seen opposite Kriti Sanon in the film directed by Mohit Suri.

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However, the filmmaker recently in an interview told a leading daily, "I've heard that I am making Ek Villain 2 and that I already have a bound script which has been given to Aditya. But nothing like that is happening. Ek Villain is a Balaji Telefilms property and they haven't approached me yet."

Although the director did reveal that he is working on another project with Aditya Roy Kapoor.

"Yes, I am working with Aditya. It will be a thriller. My earlier films like Murder 2 (2011) and Kalyug (2005) were also in the same genre."

Kriti is currently busy shooting for Dinesh Vijan's upcoming film Arjun Patiala opposite the Punjabi singing sensation Diljit Dosanjh. While a sequel would really up the game for Sidharth as his recent release Aiyaary hasn't quite set the cash register ringing. But it's bad news for the Sidharth and Kriti fans out there hoping to see the two together. On the other hand, the doubt still remains whether the sequel of Ek Villain would be made or not.