Ek Villain
This marked the first time Deshmukh portraying a negative role. It was released worldwide on 27 June 2014 and received positive reviews from critics, garnering praise for the theme, direction, screenplay and performances. Made on a budget of  million, the film became a major box-office success with earnings of over  billion domestically and a worldwide gross of  billion. The song "Galliyan", "Zaroorat", "Hamdard" declared chartbusters of its realised.