Director Prem has censored his latest film 'The Villain' and has got 'U/A/ certificate. The film is 2 hours 55 minutes in duration and is one of the lengthiest film in the recent times.

The lengthiest film in the recent times was Darshan starrer 'Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna' and most of the films were less than two and a half hours. Now Prem has taken a huge bet by making a 2.55 hrs film.

'The Villain' stars Shivarajakumar, Sudeep, Mithun Chakraborty, Amy Jackson and others. Prem himself has scripted the film apart from directing it. C R Manohar is producing the film under Tanvi Films banner. Girish Gowda is the cameraman, while Arjun Janya has composed the songs for the film.