Billa

About the movie Billa — The most wanted don

Billa is a Tamil action movie dubbed in Hindi. This thriller movie is about underworld don Billa who operates from Malaysia, and DSP Jayaprakash, who is hot on his trail. While on the chase, Billa dies in front of the officer, but the DSP hides this news from the world and finds Venu, a lookalike of Billa. He plants him in Billa’s gang as a mole, who later finds himself in danger. 

Billa movie Release Date on OTT

The Tamil movie Billa was released on 14th December 2007. It is also streaming on the ZEE5 OTT platform.

The plot of Billa movie 

The Tamil thriller film revolves around the most wanted don David Billa, who is currently hiding from the police and operating from Malaysia. DSP Jayaprakash has spent the last few years in pursuit of Billa. The police close in on Billa, who meets with an accident and is fatally injured. Jayaprakash witnesses Billa’s death but keeps it a secret and finds Venu, a lookalike of Billa. Venu is a petty robber in India. Jayaprakash asks him to impersonate Billa and provide information about the underworld to the police. He strikes a deal with Venu and promises to look after his adopted son, Karan, in lieu of helping the police.

Jayaprakash trains Venu and asks him to join the Billa gang. During a meeting of the underworld, Jayaprakash gets killed, and the police arrest Venu considering him to be Billa. How will Venu convince the police that he is not Billa? Will Venu survive as Billa and not get caught? Watch the movie to get the answers. 

Billa movie cast and crew

The cast of Billa has Ajith Kumar as David Billa/Venu Saravana, Prabhu as DSP Jayaprakash, Nayanthara as Sasha, and Rahman as Jagdish/Gokulnath in the lead roles. The movie also features Santhanam as Krishna, Namitha as C. J., and  Adithya Menon as Anil Menon in supporting roles.

Vishnuvardhan is the director of this action movie and L. Suresh and Abdurrahman M are the co-producers. Yuvan Shankar Raja is the music composer of the film.

Interesting facts about the movie Billa

1. Billa is a remake of the Tamil film of the same name that was released in 1980. The Tamil version, in turn, is a remake of the superhit Hindi movie Don, released in 1978.

2. Nayanthara and Namitha were not the first choices for the movie. Isha Sharvani and Shriya Saran were approached for the two roles.

FAQs about the movie Billa

Q1. What awards did the movie Billa receive?

Ans. Nayanthara received the Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine. Anu Vardhan also won the Vijay Award for Best Costume Designer.

Q2. What is the run time of the movie Billa?

Ans. The run time of the movie is 2 hours.

Q3. What was the box office collection of Billa?

Ans. Billa's domestic box office collection was INR 18 crore, while it collected INR 25 crore worldwide.