Billa

Billa (1980)

பில்லா

The Original Gangster

Billa, a powerful outlaw with a long list of enemies, kills Rajesh, a member of his gang, after he quits the criminal life. But Rajesh's fiancee and his sister pledge to take revenge on Billa.

Date of release
1980-01-26
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (11)
Runtime
2h 55m
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Director
R Krishnamurthy

Casting

Interesting facts

Billa is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by R. Krishnamoorthy and produced by Suresh Balaje. The film stars Rajinikanth in a dual role, alongside Sripriya and Balaji. It is a remake of Don, a 1978 Hindi film written by Salim–Javed and starring Amitabh Bachchan. The film revolves around David Billa, a powerful ganglord who is fatally wounded during an encounter with the police. Wanting to uncover Billa's accomplices, DSP Alexander trains a lookalike simpleton Rajappa to pose as Billa and infiltrate the gang. The rest of the film deals with how Rajappa learns more about Billa's gang, and tries to get all of them arrested.

Production

By the end of the 1970s, Rajinikanth had become a popular actor in the Tamil film industry. During this phase of his career, he abruptly chose to quit acting, but was coaxed back. He made a comeback with the R. Krishnamoorthy-directed Billa, which was a remake of the Hindi film Don (1978) written by Salim–Javed. The film was named after Billa, a real criminal.

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