| Billa | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | R. Krishnamurthy |
| Produced by | K. Balaji |
| Starring | Rajnikanth Balaji Sripriya Major Sundarrajan R. Rajinikanth (ರಜನೀಕಾಂತ್ रजनीकांत ரஜினிகாந்த் (born Shivaji Rao Gaekwad on December 12, 1950 Venkateshwara ( Telugu వెంకటేశ్వరుడు, వెంకన్న Sanskrit: sa वेंकटेश्वर also known as Venkatachalapathy Sripriya is an actress who played leading roles in the 1970s and 1980's in South India. S. Manohar Thengai Srinivasan S. A. Asokan |
| Music by | M. S. Viswanathan |
| Release date(s) |  January 26, 1980 |
| Running time | 175 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| IMDb profile | |
Billa is an Indian Tamil film released in 1980. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Tamil (ta தமிழ்; t̪əmɨɻ is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. Tamil (ta தமிழ்; t̪əmɨɻ is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. The movie was produced by K. Balaji and directed by R. Krishnamurthy. The film stars Rajnikanth, Balaji, Thengaai Srinivasan, Manorama , Sripriya and Major Sundarajan. Rajinikanth (ರಜನೀಕಾಂತ್ रजनीकांत ரஜினிகாந்த் (born Shivaji Rao Gaekwad on December 12, 1950 Venkateshwara ( Telugu వెంకటేశ్వరుడు, వెంకన్న Sanskrit: sa वेंकटेश्वर also known as Venkatachalapathy Manorama (b 26 May 1943, Pallathur, Tamil Nadu, India) fondly called Aachi, is a Tamil actress who has Sripriya is an actress who played leading roles in the 1970s and 1980's in South India.
Synopsis
Billa (RajniKanth) is the leader of an underworld gang. Rajinikanth (ರಜನೀಕಾಂತ್ रजनीकांत ரஜினிகாந்த் (born Shivaji Rao Gaekwad on December 12, 1950 The Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) is tracking down Billa and in one of their confrontations the DSP wounds Billa, resulting in his death. Deputy Superintendent, or Deputy Superintendent of Police ( DSP) was a rank used by Police forces of the British Empire. The DSP then secretly holds a burying of Billa. After which the DSP remembers a person who looks like Billa, he then tracks that person down. The DSP requests Raju to impersonates Billa so that the DSP can take down the rest of Billa's gang, Raju requests that the DSP promises him that he will give a proper education to the children that he is looking after. But in an unexpected turn of events the DSP dies. The DSP is the only one who knows the truth about our impersonator who now finds himself in a life-threatening situation - hunted by both the cops and the real Billa's henchmen and to make matters worse, he then finds out that Interpol Officer is a crook and has taken the place of the real person. He is the one responsible for the DSP's murder. It's now a race to retrieve a the DSP's diary in which the DSP has documented his substitution of the real Billa.
Trivia
- This movie is a remake of Don (1978)
- This is one of the movies that helped Rajinikanth receive a star status. Don is a 1978 Bollywood Action film, produced by Nariman Irani and directed by Chandra Barot with music by Kalyanji Anandji Rajinikanth (ರಜನೀಕಾಂತ್ रजनीकांत ரஜினிகாந்த் (born Shivaji Rao Gaekwad on December 12, 1950
- This movie ran for 25 weeks in Chennai and is one of the biggest hits of that year.
- The song "My name is Billa" was a big hit across tamil nadu and people of all age group were mesmerised by this song for a long time.
- The song "Vethalya Potendi" was also a very big hit at that time.
- Billa is a big hit.
- The movie though remake was not a scene to scene remake and changes were made in the script to suit Tamil audience.
- A remake of this film starring Ajith in the role of Rajini was released in 2007. Billa is a Tamil language feature film directed by Vishnuvardhan. Ajit, variously spelled Ajith or Ajeet is a common male Indian name derived from Sanskrit.
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