Billa II

Billa II
Theatrical release poster
Directed byChakri Toleti
Written byChakri Toleti
Sarath Mandava
Eric Felberg
Jaffer Mohammed
Era Murukan
Produced bySunir Kheterpal
Suresh Balaje
George Pius
Chakri Toleti
StarringAjith Kumar
Vidyut Jammwal
Bruna Abdullah
Parvathy Omanakuttan
Sudhanshu Pandey
Manoj K. Jayan
Krishnakumar
Yog Japee
Rohit Khurana
Dinesh Lamba
Rahman
CinematographyR. D. Rajasekhar
Edited bySuresh Urs
Music byYuvan Shankar Raja
Production
companies
Wide Angle Creations
IN Entertainment
Distributed byAascar Films (India)
GK Media (USA)
Release date
  • 13 July 2012 (2012-07-13) (India)
[1]
Running time
126 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget35 crore[3]

Billa II is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action film[4] directed and co-written by Chakri Toleti. It is a prequel to Billa and the film was set at the ending of late 1990s. The story focuses on how David Billa, an ordinary man from the coastal regions of Sri Lanka, becomes a dreaded underworld don. The film stars Ajith Kumar reprising the role of the titular character, leading an ensemble cast including[5] Vidyut Jammwal, Parvathy Omanakuttan, Bruna Abdullah, Yog Japee, Rohit Khurana, Manoj K. Jayan, Sudhanshu Pandey, Dinesh Lamba, Krishna Kumar, Sricharan, Janaki Sabesh, Madhusudhan Rao and Rahman. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, while R. D. Rajasekhar handled the cinematography and Suresh Urs worked as the editor.

The film, produced by Wide Angle Creations in association with the Hinduja Group company IN Entertainment, was officially announced in November 2010, with Vishnuvardhan as the director. Due to schedule clashes, Vishnuvardhan was replaced by Chakri Toleti, with a new script having been penned by a team involving Toleti, Sarath Mandava and Eric Felberg. Principal photography happened between July 2011 and December 2011. The filming primarily took place at Tamil Nadu, Goa, Hyderabad and in Georgia. Billa II was released worldwide on 13 July 2012.[6]

  1. ^ "'Billa 2' from July 13". Indiaglitz. 25 June 2012. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Billa 2". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Billa 2 Ajith's costliest". Behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  4. ^ "'Hardcore action is really tough'". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012. Yes, it does fall in the action genre.
  5. ^ "Billa 2's plot revealed". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Billa 2 to release wide in foreign languages!". Sify. 26 June 2012. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2012.