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Billa is a 2009 IndianTelugu-languageaction thriller film directed by Meher Ramesh. The film features Prabhas playing a double role as the antagonist and protagonist Billa and Swami Ranga respectively, along with Anushka Shetty and Namitha Vankawala as the heroines.^[1] The film, which began in October 2008, released in April 2009.^[2] It is a remake of the 2007 Tamil film of the same name which itself is a remake of the 1978 Hindi film Don. This is the second Telugu remake of the 1978 Hindi movie Don after the 1979 film Yugandhar, starring NTR, the actress Jayasudha has a guest role as Janaki in this film, while in Yugandhar she played Anushka Shetty’s role.

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Plot[edit]

The movie begins with an underworld don Billa (Prabhas) hiding and operating out of Malaysia hiding from Interpol's international criminal list. Krishnamoorthy (Krishnam Raju), an ACP working for the interpol, has spent the last few years looking for Billa, leaving behind a life in India.

During a chase with the police, Billa is severely wounded after an accident, and dies in front of the ACP. The ACP then secretly holds a funeral for Billa. Interpol Officer Dharmendra (Rahman) is assigned to work with the ACP to capture the elusive Billa as no-one knows of Billa's death. The ACP keeps the death of Billa as a secret even from his fellow officers, and tracks down a look-alike called Swami Ranga (Prabhas), a petty thief based in Visakhapatnam. He asks Ranga to infiltrate Billa's gang by pretending to be Billa. In return he will make sure that the children Ranga adopted, Lakshmi and Sreenu, get a proper education in Hyderabad.

The ACP trains Ranga and sends him back to Billa's gang as a person who has lost his memory. Slowly Ranga starts to learn about Billa's gang and even speaks to Devil, Billa's boss, on the phone. Ranga provides a pen drive with the secret information of the crime network to the ACP, but he is about to be killed by a woman named Maya (Anushka Shetty) because her brother Vikram (Subbaraju) as well as his fiancée Priya (Hansika Motwani) were killed by Billa. At this juncture, the ACP arrives and tells her that he is Ranga and not Billa. Since then, she begins to assist Ranga and the ACP in their mission and soon falls in love with Ranga. Later before a party, Ranga secretly provides information to the ACP about a meeting of Billa's network and Lisa (Namitha), Billa's girlfriend, overhears his conversation. She challenges Ranga but in the fight, he accidentally kills her. A shootout occurs at the party and the ACP is secretly killed by Devil, leaving his gun behind. Ranga finds the ACP's body and the gun, but is taken into the custody of the police team, now headed by Interpol Officer Dharmendra. He argues during interrogation that he is Ranga and not Billa to Dharmendra. Ranga mentions a piece of evidence – the pen drive which may prove his innocence but the pen drive is nowhere to be found.

Unable to prove his innocence, he escapes from a police van. He phones Dharmendra and ask him to meet at the Aero bridge. Here it is revealed that Dharmendra is none other than the Underworld Crime Don Devil (Rahman) and he is the one who killed ACP Krishnamoorthy. While escaping from Devil's gang, he meets Officer Adithya (Adithya Menon), who apparently had the pen drive all along and strikes a deal with Ranga to get hold of Devil. Meanwhile, Maya has been kidnapped by Devil after she tried to defend Ranga from Devil. Maya is tied up and kept in a car with her mouth taped shut. Ranga decides to pose as Billa to Devil, and provides Russian explosives to an arms dealer Rashid (Kelly Dorjee), who insisted on dealing with Billa. Enraged at being slighted by Rashid, following the completion of the deal, Devil and his henchman Ranjith fight with Ranga. Soon the police arrive and Devil, posing as Dharmendra, asks the police to arrest Ranga as Billa but gets shot by the squad of police and dies as the police have wired the entire conversation between Devil and Ranga, thus proving Ranga's innocence.

The movie ends with Ranga returning to Visakhapatnam with Maya, and deciding to start a school and college there with the government reward given to him and four suitcases of cash he stole from Malaysia.

Cast[edit]

• Prabhas as Billa / Ranga (Dual role)
• Anushka Shetty as Maya
• Namitha as Lisa
• Rahman as Dharmendra / Devil (Voice dubbed by P. Ravi Shankar)
• Adithya as Inspector Aditya
• Krishnam Raju as ACP Krishna Moorti
• Kelly Dorjee as Rasheed
• Supreeth as Ranjit
• Ali as Shankaram
• Hansika Motwani as Priya (cameo appearance)
• Jayasudha as Janaki (cameo appearance)
• Subbaraju as Vikram (cameo appearance)
• Phani as Ranga's friend (cameo appearance)

Production[edit]

The Below is Based on an interview by Meher Ramesh to Mr. Jeevi of idlebrain.com.

Development[edit]

It was during the shooting of Vayassunami song for Kantri in Ramoji Film City, NTR asked me if I were interested watching Tamil Billa film. He got a print mailed from Chennai. He wanted to watch it because it was done by legend NTR as 'Yugandhar'. He said that if we like the movie, we might remake in Telugu immediately after Kantri film. I loved the film, but opined that NTR might not suit the role at this stage of his career and told him frankly about it.

I still had the idea of remaking Billa. The same producer came up with the proposal of remaking it with Ravi Teja as hero. I watched the movie again with Ravi Teja in my mind. I modified certain scenes to suit him. Then I opined that a high budget film might not work out with Ravi Teja as hero. The producer will end up suffering for the kind of budget we ask for. Hence we collectively decided not to make the movie.

I got an offer to work with Prabhas. I told him another story and he didn’t look excited enough. I casually asked him if he saw Billa. I told him that it has all elements of commercial hits like Rowdy Alludu and Donga Mogudu which Chiranjeevi has done in his peak time of the career. He loved it and I told him the script changes. We need a comfortable producer who can spend lot of money at the same time who doesn’t pressurize us. Prabhas suggested that we should make it on his home banner Gopi Krishna Movies. I told him another script which is equally exciting. It would cost only 60% of what Billa would have cost. But Prabhas wanted to make Billa. We narrated it to Krishnam Raju and he loved it. I wanted Krishnam Raju to do the role of police commissioner. I wanted to capture the first combination of Prabhas and Krishnam Raju.

I did some changes in screenplay. I made Billa an out and out commercial entertainer. I visualized every shot before making the movie. We went to Malaysia and selected the required locations a month in advance.^[3]

Casting[edit]

Meher Ramesh explained his casting decisions in an interview.

Anushka: I knew Sweety (Anushka Shetty) even before she entered movies. It was me who introduced her to Puri Jagannadh for Super. I told her that she is going to be paired up with Prabhas and I need her in best shape. She worked hard and when I met her after two months, she slimmed down a lot.

Hansika: I told Hansika Motwani that a slot done by Kareena Kapoor in Don is available and asked her if she is interested in doing that role. She trusted me and told yes immediately.

Namitha: I didn’t have Namitha in my mind for that character. I tried many new faces. Namitha asked me that she want to re-enter Telugu films with Billa. She slimmed down for this role and we had a photo shoot before signing her.

Supreet: Supreet is highly impressive as Katraju in Chhatrapati. He matched the masculinity of Prabhas in that film. I cast him as an associate of Prabhas in this film. He looks cool in black suits.

Rahman: Tamil actor Rahman did an important role as an associate of Krishnam Raju in this film. I noticed that he is also a perfectionist like Prakash Raj. He learnt each and every word of his dialogue before hand. He uttered all Telugu dialogues with no prompting.^[3]

Filming[edit]

Most of the Indian and Bollywood films shot in Malaysia has William Wong as action director. But I have good tuning with Stun Siva. I employed Stun Siva as fight master for Billa and we took the help of William Wong whenever we required. We shot a chase that never came in Indian screen before. It will be like watching terrific chases in Bond flicks. We used choppers for 15 days. When we asked for 2 helicopters, producer granted us four. This credit should go to producer D Narendra and production designer Krishna. We stayed in Malaysia for 3 months at a stretch to shoot this movie.

I wanted to have either Sameer Reddy or Chota K Naidu for cinematography. But dates of both of them were not available. Not many people know about Soundar Rajan who worked as an associate to KV Anand in the past. He also worked for four forgettable Tamil flicks. He got busy in doing commercial ads. We wanted to shoot Billa with Super 35 camera. When I met him for the first time, we shared good vibes. We spoke for 5 hours about moviemaking. I signed him without looking at his work because I realized that he is extremely talented through our discussion. He is a friend of Vishnu Vardhan who directed Tamil Billa. We met Vishnu Vardhan and I informed him the changes I made in Billa script. He was impressed with it. Soundar is an excellent technician with amazing sense of using lenses. He is one of the reasons why Billa is made in less time with more quality.

Billa is shot in 104 working days. We shot this film in unpredictable weather of Malaysia. The total runtime of the final cut is 2 hours and 30 minutes.^[3]

Soundtrack[edit]

Music of Billa was launched at a packed auditorium in Shilpakala Vedika on the night of 18 March 2009. Dasari Narayana Rao, S. S. Rajamouli, V. V. Vinayak, Gopichand and Allu Arjun graced the function as guests. Dasari Narayana Rao launched the music. Mani Sharma composed music for the film and Lahari music bought audio rights.^[4] The song 'My Name is Billa' was re-used by Sharma for the Tamil film Sura (2010) as 'Naan Nadanthaal Adhiradi' and 'Bommali ' as 'Thanjavoor Jillakkaari'.^[5]

Release[edit]

The film released to a good response by the audience and became one of the highest grossers of the year. The movie however failed to recreate the success of the original Tamil version which went on to achieve cult status in Malaysia. The film was later dubbed in Malayalam as Billa - The Don in released in 2014 and also in Hindi as The Return of Rebel 2 and released on YouTube on 10 June 2017.^[6]

Billa 2009 Movie Hindi Dubbed Youtube

References[edit]

1. ^Prabhas Billa in panache – Telugu Movie News. Indiaglitz.com (30 September 2008). Retrieved on 2015-08-03.
2. ^Prabhass Billa starts rolling – Telugu Movie News. Indiaglitz.com (10 October 2008). Retrieved on 2015-08-03.
3. ^ ^abcMeher Ramesh chitchat – Telugu film director. Idlebrain.com (2 April 2009). Retrieved on 2015-08-03.
4. ^Billa music launch – Telugu cinema -Prabhas, Anushka, Namitha & Hansika Motwani. Idlebrain.com (18 March 2009). Retrieved on 2015-08-03.
5. ^http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/south-tamil-music-review-sura/20100401.htm
6. ^'The Return Of Rebel 2 (billa) 2017 New Released Full Hindi Dubbed Movie'. YouTube.

External links[edit]

Billa on IMDb

Billa is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Vishnuvardhan. It is a reboot to 1980 Tamil film Billa which itself was a remake of the 1978 Hindi movie Don. Ajith Kumar playing a double role alongside Nayanthara and Namitha Vankawala playing the female leads, while Prabhu Ganesan, Rahman, Adithya Menon and Santhanam playing supporting roles. The film was produced by L. Suresh and Abdurrahman.M, while featuring a score and soundtrack by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography by Nirav Shah and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad.

The project commenced in April 2007 and was released and distributed worldwide by Ayngaran International on 14 December 2007.^[2] The film, upon release, emerged a high financial success,^[4] and was selected to be screened at the 61st Cannes Film Festival.^[5][6]

• 3Production
• 5Reception

Plot[edit]

The underworld don Billa (Ajith Kumar), featured on Interpol's criminal list, is hiding and operating out of Malaysia. DSP Jayaprakash (Prabhu) has spent the last few years looking for Billa, leaving behind a life in India.

During a chase with the police, Billa is severely wounded after an accident and dies in front of the DSP. The DSP then secretly holds a burial of Billa. Interpol officer Gokulnath (Rahman) is assigned to work with DSP Jayaprakash to capture elusive Billa as no-one knows of Billa's death. DSP Jayaprakash keeps the death of Billa as a secret even from his fellow officers, and tracks down a look-alike called Saravana Velu (Ajith Kumar), a lowly pick-pocket. He asks Velu to infiltrate Billa's gang by pretending to be Billa. In return he will make sure that the child Velu adopted, Karan, gets a proper education.

The DSP trains Velu and sends him back to Billa's gang as a person who has lost his memory. Slowly Velu starts to learn about Billa's gang and even speaks to Jagdish, Billa's boss, on the phone. Velu provides a pen drive with the secret information of the crime network to the DSP, but he is about to be killed by Sasha (Nayantara) because her brother Rajesh as well as his fiancée Rhea (Hazel Keech) were killed by Billa. At this juncture, the DSP arrives and tells her that he is Velu and not Billa. Later before a party, Velu secretly provides information to the DSP about a meeting of Billa's network and C.J. (Namitha), Billa's girlfriend, overhears his conversation. She challenges Velu but in the fight, he accidentally kills her. A shootout occurs at the party and the DSP is secretly killed by Jagdish, leaving his gun behind. Velu finds the DSP's body and the gun, but is taken into the custody of the police team, now headed by Interpol Officer Gokulnath. He argues during interrogation that he is Velu and not Billa to Gokulnath. Velu mentions a piece of evidence – the pen drive which may prove his innocence but the pen drive is nowhere to be found.

Unable to prove his innocence, he escapes from a police van. He phones Gokulnath and ask him to meet at the Aero bridge. Here it is revealed that Gokulnath is none other than the underworld crime don Jagdish (Rahman) and he is the one who killed Jayprakash.

Officer Anil Menon apparently had the pen drive all along and strikes a deal with Velu to get hold of Jagdish. Meanwhile, Sasha and Karan have been kidnapped by Jagdish and wants the pen drive in return for it. Velu meets Ranjith and gives him a second pen drive with the same data, but corrupted. Sasha is tied up with her mouth gagged with a strip of tape along with the boy. When Ranjith tries to kill Velu, a scuffle ensues making Ranjith fall from the top. In a final confrontation, Jagdish fights with Velu. Jagdish posing as Gokulnath asks the police to arrest Velu as Billa but gets shot by the squad of police and dies as the police have wired the entire conversation between Jagdish and Velu, thus proving his innocence. Velu finally hands over the original pen drive to Officer Menon as the film ends.

Cast[edit]

• Ajith Kumar as David Billa and Saravana Velu
• Prabhu as DSP Jayaprakash
• Nayantara as Sasha
• Namitha as C. J.
• Rahman as Jagdish/Gokulnath
• Santhanam as Krishna
• Adithya Menon as Anil Menon
• John Vijay as John
• Yog Japee as Ranjith
• Master Avnish as Karan
• T. Balasubramaniam as Rajesh
• Hazel Keech as Rhea, Rajesh's fiancé

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

The entire production stage of the movie spanned about six months. Prior to Billa, Vishnuvardhan had directed three films, Kurumbu, Arinthum Ariyamalum and Pattiyal, two of which were successful. Billa was started after a debacle surrounding his other venture, Sarvam, which was eventually postponed to make way for Billa.

In an interview, Vishnuvardhan said that he had 'twice missed out on the chance to direct [Kumar]. The third time when I got a chance to direct him, I made sure that I would not miss it. I was all ready to write a good script for him but he said, he wanted me to remake Billa', confirming it was Ajith Kumar's idea.^[7]

The film was originally announced, provisionally after the release of the Bollywood film, Don: The Chase Begins Again – which was a remake of the 1978 film of the same name. Also from the 1978 version, a remake was made in 1980 in Tamil, called Billa. 2007's Billa drew inspirations from these three versions. Suresh Balaji, who had acted in the earliest version of Billa, acquired the rights to produce the film. It became the second Tamil film to be remade from the 1978 version, after Naan Avanillai.

After the official announcement of the production company, the director and the cameraman, Vishnuvardhan and Nirav Shah began to select other members of the cast and the crew to be a part of the Billa team. Ajith Kumar could not assist in helping choose the other members. On 13 April 2007, the eve of Tamil New Year's Day, the launch of Billa took place at the AVM studios in Vadapalani, Chennai.^[8] Among the attendees were the stars of the old cast, Rajinikanth, Sripriya, Suresh Balaji as well as noted directors Mani Rathnam, Dharani, K. S. Ravikumar, and Saran. The confirmed cast until the date of the launch also were invited, among them Ajith Kumar along with his wife, Shalini, Nayanthara, Namitha and Prabhu Ganesan.

Filming[edit]

Apart from the casting of Ajith Kumar in the dual lead role, previously played by Rajinikanth, the rest of the cast took nearly four months to finalise. The role played by Sripriya in the original was given to Nayantara in early 2007,^[9][10] controversially after Bollywood actress, Isha Sherwani, who had been in contention to act in the last few movies of Kumar, was paid the advance.^[11] Vishnuvardhan reported that he was pleased with Nayanthara's role in E and subsequently opted for her. The other lead female role in the film was initially written for Shriya Saran,^[12] but due to her contract with Sivaji: The Boss, she refused to accept the film. Despite other actresses such as Trisha Krishnan,^[13][14]Reema Sen,^[15]Asin Thottumkal^[16] and Bhanu being considered,^[17] the role was eventually given to Pooja Umashankar.^[18] However, she refused the role, citing that she was reluctant to appear in a bikini, as the role required. Subsequently, Namitha was signed up for the role.^[19][20]

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The remaining members of the cast were selected after the launch, which was held on 13 April 2007. Despite early reports of Prakash Raj playing the role enacted by K. Balaji of an inspector in the original,^[21] the role was eventually secured by Prabhu Ganesan.^[22] The role of the comedian was tipped to go Vadivelu,^[23] after he received rave reviews for his comic chemistry in Chandramukhi with Rajinikanth. However, despite the reviews, Vishnuvardhan's regular pattern meant that the spotlight for a comedian would be limited. Santhanam replaced him.^[24] Another character artiste, Adithya, also signed up to be one of the members of the police troupe, as did Malayalam actor Rahman, who with Billa made his comeback into Tamil cinema. The item number danced by Helen in the original was originally given to Mumaith Khan,^[25] but was later changed to newcomer Rose Dawn, for unknown reasons.

For his crew, Vishnuvardhan picked his preferred technicians, with Rajkannan as the dialogue writer, Nirav Shah as the cinematographer, William Ong as the stunt master, Thotta Tharani as the art director, Pa. Vijay as the chief lyricist and A. Sreekar Prasad as the editor. Vishnuvardhan's orthodox music composer, Yuvan Shankar Raja, was chosen, creating great expectations for the project, while Vishnuvardhan's wife, Anu, debuted as a costume designer.^[2] The film was entirely shot in Malaysia at locations including Langkawi, Kuala Lumpur overlooking the Petronas Towers and other parts.

Soundtrack[edit]

For the film's music and soundtrack, Vishnuvardhan renewed his previous association (Kurumbu, Arinthum Ariyamalum and Pattiyal) with Yuvan Shankar Raja. The soundtrack has six songs, and the lyrics were penned by Pa. Vijay. Since the film was a remake, two songs from the original soundtrack, composed by M. S. Viswanathan, were remixed and included in the soundtrack.^[2] The formal release of the soundtrack was held on 21 November 2007 at Hotel Residence Towers in Chennai.^[26] Yuvan Shankar Raja reused some of the background music of his previous venture Kedi in Billa. The album achieved record audio sales. Sify reported that it took the 'best ever audio opening' for an Ajith Kumar film and the second highest opening day sales recorded in 2007 after Sivaji: The Boss.^[27] Nearly 22,000 CDs and cassettes were said to be sold out by the first day evening all over Tamil Nadu.^[27]

The album received very positive reviews. Pavithra Srinivasan from Rediff noted that Billa's music 'rocks' and gave it four out of five. The reviewer wrote: 'Yuvan Shankar Raja has etched an intricate musical feast to compliment the tale – and quite a feast it's turned out to be, a la the original'.^[28] A reviewer from Indiaglitz.com wrote that the track was a 'masterly work from young Yuvan.. [which].. takes us to a different world',^[29] while a reviewer from Behindwoods wrote that it was the 'soul of the film' which 'stands out as the highlight of the album, giving that eerie feel required of a film about a don' and an 'interesting composition with arrangements that spell international quality'.^[30]

Reception[edit]

Box office[edit]

The film was released in over 200 screens in Tamil Nadu and 50 screens overseas.^[31] Made on a budget of ₹150 million and sold to Ayngaran International.^[2] In its opening weekend, Billa collected about ₹3 crores.^[32] In Chennai alone it collected ₹5.20 million. The film completed a 175-day run at theatres and was declared a blockbuster. It is reported to have sold 1 crore tickets worldwide.^[33] In Kerala, it was supposed to have collected more than the top Malayalam films of the year.^[34].It was the Second Highest grosser Behind Rajinikanth'sSivaji (film) at the time .

Critical response[edit]

Billa opened to primarily positive critical response.^[35]Indiaglitz called it a 'stylish adaption' and wrote: 'The movie does impress in its stunningly impressive making with awesome cinematography and sleek editing. It outsmarts the original in these areas .. Even the stunt scenes are far better than the original..' The reviewer further noted: 'Vishnu[vardhan]'s presentation is stylish and sleek. But the crime thriller lacks credibility in some areas'.^[36]Sify lauded the film, writing: Billa delivers the goods with its great star cast, a designer look, technical glitz, perfect chemistry making it an entertainment extravaganza'. The reviewer claimed that it was the 'first designer-look Kollywood film with classy action cuts' and a 'technically chic, racy, engrossing entertainer with a Hollywood look', going on to call it 'racy & rocking'. The critic also heaped praise on the lead actor: 'Ajith looks sensational and clearly he is at home, playing dual roles of Billa and Velu. He is suave, dashing, and debonair and has terrific screen presence which makes the film work big time. You just cannot think of any other actor in Tamil donning the role made memorable by Rajinikanth'.^[37]Behindwoods rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and wrote: '..where Vishnu Vardhan scores is in his crystal clear vision. He doesn’t want to challenge the original nor change its content. All he wants to do is to repackage it stylishly for today’s trend with some present avant-garde styles in film making. The deliberate attempts by the director not to follow the super star’s style are palpable in every frame which has made Billa stand out tall and high'. In regard of Ajith Kumar's presence, the reviewer said: 'Ajith as the ruthless David Billa is a revelation. Stylish, menacing and electrifying, he seems to have thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and has completely lived up to it. Rajinikanth can definitely be proud of his successor he has chosen for the tough job'.^[38]

Mythili Ramachandran of Nowrunning.com wrote: 'Billa .. lives up to its hype and Ajith simply rocks', rating it 3 out of 5. Another reviewer from the same site, gave the same rating, citing: 'Billa .. is slick and stylish in keeping with the present modern world..View the movie from technical angle and it is undoubtedly in par with Hollywood movies. What a pulsating thriller it has turned out to be'.^[39] In contrast, TSV Hari from Rediff wrote that the film 'disappoints' and gave it 2.5 out of 5, further claiming: 'Director Vishnuvardhan seems to have been in a dilemma as to whether to focus on Ajith or give the film well-etched characters. There are too many diversions in the form of female cleavages in the rain forests of Malaysia and garish sets'.^[40]

Prequel [edit]

In 2008, reports claimed that, following the film's commercial success, Soundarya Rajinikanth was planning to make a sequel, to be produced by Ocher Studios in association with Warner Bros.^[41][42] However, the sequel did not materialise and the idea was dropped, with Ajith Kumar, Vishnuvardhan and Soundarya getting busy with other projects.

Robert holden middle village. In mid-2010, sources confirmed that Vishnuvardhan had finished penning the script for a prequel and that Ajith Kumar would reprise the titular character.^[43][44] The project became officially announced in late 2010, after Ajith Kumar signed up and first production poster were published to the media.^[45][46] Suresh Balaje, son of producer and actor K. Balaje, who produced the original Billa with Rajinikanth, and George Pius from Wide Angle Creations banner, were confirmed as the producer,^[45] who associated with Mumbai-based IN Entertainment Limited, a Hinduja group company.^[46][47] However, in a turn of events, Vishnuvardhan was replaced by Chakri Toleti,^[2][48] and a new script was written by Toleti and his assistants.^[49] The prequel was released at 13 July 2012 to underwhelming reviews, eventually being deemed as a box office failure.^[2][50]

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External links[edit]

• Billa on IMDb

Bibliography[edit]

• Dhananjayan, G. (2014). Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2013. Blue Ocean Publishers.