Billa II
| Billa II The Beginning | |
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| Directed by | Chakri Toleti |
| Produced by | Sunir Kheterpal Suresh Balaje George Pius |
| Written by | Jaffer Mohammed E. R. Murugan (Dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Chakri Toleti Sarath Mandava Jaffer Mohammed |
| Story by | Chakri Toleti Eric Felberg Sarath Mandava |
| Starring |
Ajith Kumar Parvathy Omanakuttan Bruna Abdullah Vidyut Jamwal Rohit Khurana Sudhanshu Pandey |
| Music by | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
| Cinematography | R. D. Rajasekhar |
| Edited by | Suresh Urs |
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Wide Angle Creations
IN Entertainment |
| Distributed by |
Aascar Films (India) GK Media (USA) |
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Running time
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132 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹65 crore |
Billa II: The Beginning is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language gangster film directed by Chakri Toleti. It is a prequel to Billa (2007) and focuses on how David, an ordinary man from the coastal regions of South Tamil Nadu, becomes Billa, a dreaded underworld don, with Ajith Kumar reprising the role of the titular character.Parvathy Omanakuttan, Bruna Abdullah, Vidyut Jamwal and Sudhanshu Pandey appear in supporting roles, all of them marking their debut in Tamil cinema. 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 and a dubbed Telugu version titled David Billa was also simultaneously released in Andhra Pradesh.
David Billa (Ajith Kumar), a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee along with several others, arrives at the town of Rameswaram in boat. After being interrogated by an arrogant civil servant, he is let into the refugee camp where he befriends Ranjith (Yog Japee). David makes his presence felt, when he slaps Muthu (Theepatti Ganesh) one of the rogue workers around for making a derogatory comment. The refugee camp is constantly terrorised by a corrupt police officer Raghubir Sinha (Krishna Kumar). After witnessing the brutal murder of one of the inmates at his hands, David attacks Raghubir when he tries to forcefully detain one of his friends. Raghubir then gets David tortured in prison, and vows to make him suffer. A few days later, Muthu calls David and Ranjith aside and promises them work. Billa and Ranjith are hired to transport fish from Rameshwaram to Chennai. But unknown to them, the truck they were driving had diamonds inside, and Raghubir had alerted his men on the highway to catch them red-handed. As per the plot they get caught in the check post, and after realising what had happened, Billa kills all the cops and drive the truck to its destination. Here they meet Selvaraj (Ilavarasu) who is pleased by Billa's loyalty and includes him in his businesses. Billa gets back and murders Raghubir as well as the arrogant civil servant he had initially met at the camp. He then goes to meet his elder sister (Janaki Sabesh) and his niece Jasmine (Parvathy Omanakuttan) in a church. When they see his gun, they realise that he is involved in crime. Not knowing what to say, Billa simply walks away.
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