Running time127 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamilBudget₹35 croreBox office₹48 croreBilla II: The Beginning is a 2012 Indian -language directed. It is a to and focuses on how David, an ordinary man from the coastal regions of Sri Lanka, becomes Billa, a dreaded underworld don, with reprising the role of the titular character., and appear in supporting roles, all of them marking their debut in Tamil cinema. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by, while handled the cinematography and worked as the editor.The film, produced by Wide Angle Creations in association with the company IN Entertainment, was officially announced in November 2010, with as the director. Due to schedule clashes, Vishnuvardhan was replaced by Chakri Toleti, with a new script having been penned by a team involving Toleti, Sarath Mandava and Eric Felberg.Principal photography happened between July 2011 and December 2011. The filming primarily took place at, Goa, and in. Billa II was released worldwide on 13 July 2012 and a dubbed Telugu version titled David Billa was also simultaneously released in. The film garnered mixed reviews on release, though it collected decently at the box office because of the hype that created during pre-release.
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Contents.Plot David Billa , an Sri Lankan refugee along with several others, arrives to the camp in where he befriends Ranjith. The refugee camp is constantly terrorised by corrupt police officer Raghubir Sinha. Billa attacks Raghubir when he tries to forcefully detain one of his friends and for revenge he gets Billa tortured in police cell and vows to make him suffer. A few days later, Billa and Ranjith are hired to transport fish from Rameswaram to Chennai.
But unknown to them, it was a plot by Raghubir to trap them as the truck they were driving had diamonds inside. But Billa realises the ploy and kill all the cops and drive the truck to its destination where they meet Selvaraj , who is pleased by Billa's loyalty and includes him in his business. Billa murders Raghubir at a.Kotiswara Rao visits Selvaraj and asks him if he could help in selling off the heroin he had brought along with him. Billa volunteers to sell it off and tries to deal the heroin to a local thug who refuses to pay for it in return. In a brutal scuffle that ensues where one of Billa's friends is slaughtered, Billa kills them all and goes directly to Koti's boss Abbasi with the money and the heroin, who is very impressed by the former and recruits him. Abbasi is in business with Barovian mafia led by Dimitri , who tells him that his arms consignment has been held by the Indian coastal guard and he asks for his help.
Billa and Ranjith agree to retrieve the consignment for him and are congratulated by Dimitri for their work.Billa climbs the ladder of Abbasi's gang quickly. Later he learns of his sister death and brings his niece Jasmine with him. Billa and Koti travel to Russia to meet Dimitri, who happens to own an arms and ammunition manufacturing unit. Billa signs a deal with Dimitri without Abbasi's knowledge who learns this from Koti and is furious at Billa.
Tensions further increase when Billa beats up Satish Kumar , the son of an influential minister Praveen Kumar , when he tries to misbehave with Jasmine in a party. Abbasi expresses his discontent and vents at him. Billa, surprised and enraged at his ingratitude, walks away with Ranjith. Billa, Ranjith, and Ram (Sarath Mandava) plot to venture into the drug business on their own during the carnival.
At the carnival, Billa is betrayed by Ram and is brutally attacked. However, he survives and finishes off the assailants, kills Abbasi and Ram, and becomes Goa's most powerful gangster. He begins a relationship with Abbasi's girlfriend Sameera.Dimitri arrives to Goa and has a fallout with Billa when they try to negotiate a deal with Billa. So, Dimitri seeks to oust him. Dimitri seeks out the help of Koti, Satish, and Praveen to eliminate David. They proceed to kill Chief Minister Mohan Kanth , and the blame falls upon Billa. However, Billa is freed by threatening the judge and his family.
After coming out Billa rescues her niece from Koti's men and informs Sameera to take Jasmine to safety. But Sameera betrays Billa, informs the minister's son who hold Billa and Jasmine captives.
Billa while being held to the ground and is mocked at by Satish, who slits Jasmine's throat. Enraged at her death, Billa overpowers and kills everyone.Meanwhile, in Russia, Dimitri is having an auction of his weapons, and Koti is present with him. He shows his factory in his computer via a series of webcams and much to everyone's shock, Billa is seen destroying his factory in Georgia. He also sees his consignment train go off course. He gets angered and kills Koti for not killing Billa, and he sets out himself to finish the task. The arms factory is destroyed by Billa and his friends.
Dimitri arrives and follows his delivery train, when to his shock, the delivery train is blown by Billa, who would be waiting for him on his own helicopter. After an intense battle, Billa kills Dimitri. In the epilogue, Billa and Ranjith board a plane out of the country, and the loose threads (Sameera, Police and Lawyer) are eliminated by Billa's men.Cast. Main article:, who had also worked on the score of (2007), composed the soundtrack and score of Billa II, becoming his fifth project starring. The album consists of six tracks, five songs and a track.
The producer however confirmed that the film would feature a sixth song, not included in the soundtrack that was composed for a sequence. Agreed to write the lyrics for the songs. In a departure from convention, the lyrics were penned first which were set to tunes later.The audio launch was initially to be released in mid-March 2012, but was then pushed to second week of April.
Actor was approached to unveil the soundtrack, with the team supposedly rescheduling the audio launch to suit Rajinikanth's dates, who had left for London for the filming of his film. The soundtrack was unveiled on 1 May 2012, coinciding with 's birthday. That marketed the of Ajith Kumar's previous film, acquired the music rights of Billa II as well for an unprecedented sum after some weeks-long negotiations. In the week before the audio launch, Sony Music began releasing teasers of each of the songs every day and promoted them across social platforms. The Telugu version of the soundtrack was released on 5 June 2012 at the Taj Deccan in.
The soundtrack received positive response from critics and topped the charts. Marketing Billa II underwent an extensive marketing spree before its release. A first displaying the new logo design was published in 2011, while the first posters depicting Ajith Kumar's look were released in January 2012 during the festival. From late February onwards, further posters featuring Ajith were unveiled, with one poster in late March portraying a young Ajith carrying a kerosene can on a boat that led to speculations over the character's origin. On 13 April 2012, a one-minute was uploaded to YouTube. The teaser garnered over 500,000 views within the first three days of its release, setting a new record for Tamil films.As part of the marketing, the makers planned to release a Billa 2 calendar featuring the two lead actresses, Parvathy Omanakuttan and Bruna Abdulla; the stills were shot exclusively for the calendar in Goa.
An event to launch the official theatrical trailer was planned to be held on 2 July at the auditorium in, Chennai. The entire cast and crew along with Russian dancers were expected to attend the function, which was to be telecast on television later.
The event was cancelled at short notice. The trailer was however uploaded to YouTube the same day, gaining record views.
Moreover, a promotional video featuring Ajith with composer Yuvan Shankar Raja was shot as well, but was not released either. Release Billa 2 was released in 2500 theatres worldwide. On first day Mayajaal Multiplex released Billa 2 in all screens and all shows – a total of 102 shows in 14 screens.The overseas distribution rights were sold for 53 million to the US-based company GK Media, the highest ever for an Ajith film. In March 2012, The bought the satellite rights for a record price, with sources estimating the price at ₹6 million. Three prominent production houses were reportedly trying to purchase the domestical theatrical rights then. 's eventually acquired the theatrical distribution rights of Tamil Nadu for ₹260 million.
All the distribution rights of the film, except the Kerala and Hindi dubbing rights had been sold at a record price of more than ₹400 million, making Billa II one of the top pre-release revenue generating films of all time in the Tamil film industry. In early May 2012, the Kerala release rights were finally sold to Sagara Entertainment and Money Tree Entertainment for ₹8million, likewise a new record for an Ajith film. Billa II received an adult rating ('A' certificate) from the, due to its 'high glamour quotient, violence and the mature content'. In the UK, the film was issued an by the with an advice that it contained 'very strong violence and revenge theme'.Billa II was initially planned to release on 13 April 2012, coinciding with, but the release was postponed to 1 May 2012, coinciding with Ajith Kumar's birthday, with the makers considering to bring forward the film by four days to release it on a Friday. However, the release became further delayed and was pushed to the second half of May 2012. After considering the first four Fridays in June 2012 for the film's release, the producer finally zeroed in on 13 July as the release date.Billa 2 was released across over 1,400 screens worldwide, making it one of the largest Tamil releases ever.
The film was released simultaneously in the four southern states, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala as well as in North India and international markets. In Tamil Nadu, it opened across 550 theatres, while a Telugu version of the film released in Andhra Pradesh as David Billa.
In Kerala, the Tamil version was screened and Karnataka saw the release of both the versions. The film was also released by Aanna Films in most of the major multiplexes in France with French subtitles; in Malaysia, North India and the Gulf Nations, and subtitles were added to the film, respectively, while in other international markets, it was screened with English subtitles. Reception Karthik Subramanian of said, 'Where the movie lacks in substance, it does try to score with technical aspects. The camerawork by R. Rajasekhar, background score by Yuvan Shankar Raja and editing by are superlative for the most part', and that the film 'does live up to the hype'. Said ' Billa 2 would be an interesting film for ajith fans&watchable film for general audience'Meena Iyer of recommended it with a 3 star rating, 'If you're a Ajith fan— Billa 2 is a must.
If you're an action aficionado, it's a treat. If you're neither, then don't bother.' Indiaglitz called it as a slick entertainer running for just 129 minutes. Prathibha Parameswaran of said, 'If you liked and, and expected as much from the prequel, it falls well short of expectations.'
And further wrote, 'watch it only for Thala.' Anupama Subramanian of rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and said, 'The film works to a great extent because of the sheer screen presence of a star called Ajith Kumar. After all, it is his film all the way!' Box office India In the domestic market, Billa II had a great opening with 95% occupancy in single screens and multiplexes. In the opening week, it grossed around ₹4.79 crore at the Chennai box office and after 5 weeks, it amounted to ₹7.79 crore after tax deduction. It grossed around 41 crore at Tamil Nadu, 2.4 crore at kerala, 2.1 crore at karnataka, 2 crore at andra and 1 crore at rest of India. The film did not get exemption from entertainment tax due to A certificate.
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