Billa (2007 film)

Billa
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vishnuvardhan
Written by	Seyon Ravi, Minosh Sivanesan, Thineshan Pathmanathan,
Screenplay by	Aowshigan Kugathasan
Story by	Salim–Javed
Based on	Don (Hindi)
Produced by	L. Suresh Abdurrahman. M Mithulan M.
Starring	Ajith Kumar Prabhu Rahman Nayanthara Namitha
Cinematography	Nirav Shah
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Music by	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Production companies	Ananda Picture Circuit Nigel Wick Zepher Studio
Distributed by	Pyramid Saimira Ayngaran International
Release date	14 December 2007 (2007-12-14) [1]
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Billa is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Vishnuvardhan. It is a remake of the 1980 film of the same name starring Rajnikanth, which itself is a remake of 1978 Hindi film Don, starring Amitabh Bachchan. The film stars Ajith Kumar who plays a double role as an underworld don and his friendly look-alike alongside Nayanthara and Namitha, while Prabhu, Rahman, Adithya Menon, and Santhanam playing supporting roles.^[2] It is produced by L. Suresh and Abdurrahman M while featuring a score and soundtrack by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography by Nirav Shah and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad.^{[citation needed]}

The shooting of Billa commenced in April 2007 and was released and distributed worldwide by Ayngaran International on 14 December 2007.^[3] The film, upon release, emerged highly successful,^[4] and was selected to be screened at the 61st Cannes Film Festival.^[5][6]