Billa 2 (2012)

An ordinary man from the slums enters an underworld gang and becomes the most feared underworld don.

Director:

Chakri Toleti

Writers:

Chakri Toleti (story), Eric Felberg (story),

Stars:

Ajith Kumar, Parvathy Omanakuttan, Bruna Abdullah

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ajith Kumar	...	David Billa
Parvathy Omanakuttan	...	Jasmine
Bruna Abdullah	...	Sameera
Sudhanshu Pandey	...	Abbasi
Vidyut Jamwal	...	Demitri
Manoj K. Jayan	...	Koteeswara Rao
Rahman	...	Interpol Officer Jagdish
Krishna Kumar	...	Raghubir Sinha
Sriman	...	Billa's Lawyer
Yog Japee	...	Ranjith
Sricharan	...	Bobby
Rohit Khuranna	...	Sathish
Dinesh Lamba	...	Praveen Kumar
Daniel Kaleb
E. Karthik

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

goa india | prequel | gangster | character name in title | number in title

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Taglines:

Every Man Has A Past, Every Don A History.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Tamil Telugu

Release Date:

13 July 2012 (India)

Also Known As:

David Billa - The Beginning

Filming Locations:

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wide Angle Creations

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A One minute teaser of this film garnered over 500,000 views in Youtube within the first three days of its release, setting a new record for Tamil films.

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Goofs

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.

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Connections

Follows Billa (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Yedho Mayakkam"
Written by Na. Muthukumar
Composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Performed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, Tanvi and Suvi

User Reviews

Not Worth The Wait

The biggest strength of Billa 2 is undoubtedly its hero. He does his part of looking good whenever he's allowed to, wields his gun in style and delivers the dialogs in his signature style. The film in general lacks pace and drama. The experimental style editing hampers the narrative than improve it. Though the film's not longer than a quarter and two hours Billa's story until his transition takes its own sweet time to unveil itself.

And yet you wish there was more to it than you saw, perhaps a bit more of drama. You comes out feeling his past somehow isn't as gruesome as to make him as dreaded a don as he later becomes, or his circumstances are not as cruel as to win our instant sympathy. Nor are his moves to eliminate his rivals as clever, calculating or cunning as we'd have liked them to be.

David Billa hardly has any fun in life except for that one dance instance. His intimacy with anyone, for that matter even his partner Ranjith played by Yog Jappee, who remains faithful to him throughout, is hardly ever explored.