Mumbai, June 27 (IANS): Film director Mohit Suri's "Ek Villain" has completed one year of its release and the star cast is "thankful" to the audiences for appreciating the film.

The romantic thriller that stars Sidharth Malhotra, Riteish Deshmukh and Shraddha Kapoor. It has been produced by Ekta Kapoor under the banner of her production house Balaji Motion Pictures.

Riteish, who was seen in a negative role in the 2014 film, took to micro-blogging website Twitter to thank all his fans for appreciating the movie.

"Thank you for all your appreciation - #1YearOfEkVillain i Share it with my costars Amna @kamaalrkhan Nihar, the writers @tushar1307 @zmilap," he tweeted.

Sidharth, who was the male protoganist in the film, wrote: "Thank u for all the love u guys have given us for #ekvillain Keep the love flowing #1YearOfEkVillain @mohit11481 @ShraddhaKapoor @Riteishd".

Shraddha, who was seen playing the lady love of Sidharth in "Ek Villain", tweeted: "#1YearOfEkVillain @mohit11481 @Riteishd @S1dharthM".