David Billa a refugee comes to Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu and his journey begins into crime. Initially he starts as a local diamond smuggler. He eventually meets Abbasi, an underworld don in Goa and helps him out in a deal and wins his favor. For one of Abbasi's deals Billa goes to Georgia where he meets a ruthless international don Demitri. They get acquainted that creates a rift between Abbasi and Billa. A challenge is thrown by Billa to Abbasi and he starts building his own empire, which eventually results in Billa crossing swords with Demitri himself. The bloody battle begins in Goa and ends in Georgia.
Cast: Ajith Kumar, Bruna Abdullah, Parvathy Omanakuttan
Crew: Chakri Toleti (Director), RD Rajasekhar (Director of Photography), Yuvan Shankar Raja (Music Director)
Rating: A (India)
Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller
Release Dates: 07 Dec 2012 (India)
Tagline: Every man has a past, every don a history
Did you know? While shooting in Georgia, a group of 20 to 25 Tamil students unfailingly followed the Billa 2 team at every location, just to catch the cast and crew in action. Overwhelmed by this, on the last day of the shoot, Ajith Kumar invited them over to his hotel lobby to spend quality time with them. Read More
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as David Billa
as Sameera
as Jasmine
Special Appearance
Special Appearance
Special Appearance
Special Appearance
as Inspector
as Russian mafia boss
Supporting Actor
as Praveen Kumar
Supporting Actor
as Selvaraj
as Billa's Sister
as Raghubir Sinha
Supporting Actor
as Koteeswara Rao
as Local drugdealer
as Jagdish
as Satish Kumar
as Russian henchman
as Ram
as Bobby
as Billa's Lawyer
as Abbasi
as Mafia Gang Member
as Muthu
as Demitri
Supporting Actor
as Ranjith
Direction
Director
Associate Director
First Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Production
Producer
Production Company
Executive Producer
Distribution
Writers
Screenplay Writer
Story Writer
Dialogue Writer
Subtitlist
Camera and Electrical
Director of Photography
Music
Music Director
Lyricist
Music Label
Costume and Wardrobe
Costume Designer
Editorial
Supervising Editor
Post Production
Post Production Facility
Special Effects
Special Effects Coordinator
Visual Effects
Visual Effects Supervisor
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Tamil
Colour Info:
Color
Camera:
Red Epic
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1, 2.39:1 (Scope)
Stereoscopy:
No
Archival Source:
QubeVault
Taglines:
Every man has a past, every don a history
The beginning
The beginning
Movie Connection(s):
Dubbed into: David Billa (Telugu)
Dubbed into: Billa II (Malayalam)
Featured in: Vaalu (Tamil)
Referenced in: Vaalu (Tamil)
Dubbed into: Billa II (Malayalam)
Featured in: Vaalu (Tamil)
Referenced in: Vaalu (Tamil)
Filming Locations:
Goofs:
Continuity
The blood stain on David's shirt is spread out when he is fighting inside a building. When he comes out, the stain is not spread out and appears dark. And in the next shot, there is a new blood stain on his belly over the shirt.
Miscellaneous
The antagonist shows a view of his arms factory in an LCD monitor. This is a contradiction as the film was set in a period where LCD monitors and cameras didn't exist.
The blood stain on David's shirt is spread out when he is fighting inside a building. When he comes out, the stain is not spread out and appears dark. And in the next shot, there is a new blood stain on his belly over the shirt.
Miscellaneous
The antagonist shows a view of his arms factory in an LCD monitor. This is a contradiction as the film was set in a period where LCD monitors and cameras didn't exist.
Trivia:
One of the film's action scenes was shot in Georgia at a temperature of -5 degrees Celsius.
A one-minute teaser of this film got over 500,000 views on YouTube within the first three days of its release, setting a new record for Tamil films.
Though he was urged by the stunt master to use a double for one of the difficult stunt scenes, Ajith insisted he do the scene himself.
Since this film is a prequel, director Chakri Toleti made use of the kind of apparel that was used in the year 2000.
While shooting in Georgia, a group of 20 to 25 Tamil students unfailingly followed the Billa 2 team at every location, just to catch the cast and crew in action. Overwhelmed by this, on the last day of the shoot, Ajith Kumar invited them over to his hotel lobby to spend quality time with them.
This is the first ever film of Ajith Kumar to be released in more than 1000 screens.
This is the first Indian movie to be shot with the Red Epic camera.
A one-minute teaser of this film got over 500,000 views on YouTube within the first three days of its release, setting a new record for Tamil films.
Though he was urged by the stunt master to use a double for one of the difficult stunt scenes, Ajith insisted he do the scene himself.
Since this film is a prequel, director Chakri Toleti made use of the kind of apparel that was used in the year 2000.
While shooting in Georgia, a group of 20 to 25 Tamil students unfailingly followed the Billa 2 team at every location, just to catch the cast and crew in action. Overwhelmed by this, on the last day of the shoot, Ajith Kumar invited them over to his hotel lobby to spend quality time with them.
This is the first ever film of Ajith Kumar to be released in more than 1000 screens.
This is the first Indian movie to be shot with the Red Epic camera.
