In 2014, Mohit Suri made the dark thriller Ek Villain, where we saw Sidharth Malhotra, Shraddha Kapoor, and Riteish Deshmukh. Deshmukh's was the villainous character where Malhotra and Kapoor played hapless and passionate lovers whose romance came to a screeching halt due to that villain.

In Ek Villain 2, Suri is tempted to dial up the noir and also double the darkness of his characters. It seems this time, his characters will be a lot more dangerous. John Abraham and Aditya Roy Kapur have been confirmed to be the leading men, and both would be playing villains in their own ways.