Billa II is sequel to the superhit Billa Tamil movie . with the tag line " Every Man has a past. Every Don, A history". It is being dubbed to as David billa in telugu .It's an Indian Tamil gangster-thriller film directed by Chakri Toleti. It is a prequel to the 2007 film Billa and would focus on how David, an ordinary man from the coastal regions of South Tamil Nadu, becomes Billa, a dreaded underworld don, with Ajith Kumar reprising the role of the titular character. Supporting roles are essayed by Parvathy Omanakuttan, Bruna Abdullah, Vidyut Jamwal and Sudhanshu Pandey, all of whom make their debut in Tamil cinema. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, while R. D. Rajasekhar handled the cinematography and Suresh Urs worked as the editor. Billa II was filmed with an RED EPIC Camera, becoming the first Indian production to be shot with it.
The film, which is being produced by Wide Angle Creations in association with the Hinduja Group company IN Entertainment, was officially announced in November 2010, with Vishnuvardhan as the director. Due to conflicting dates, he was replaced by Chakri Toleti, while a new script was penned by a team involving Toleti and Eric Felberg. Filming, which commenced in July 2011 and was completed by December 2011, took place primarily at Goa, Hyderabad and Georgia. Billa II will be released by Venu Ravichandran's Aascar Films on 22 June 2012.
Casting for Billa2:
Ajith Kumar as David Billa ,Parvathy Omanakuttan as Jasmine ,Bruna Abdullah ,Vidyut Jamwal ,Prabhu as DSP Jayaprakash ,Rahman as Jagdish/Gokulnath ,Sudhanshu Pandey as Abbasi
Music Director:
Yuvan Shankar Raja, who had also worked on the score of Billa (2007), composed the soundtrack and score of Billa II, becoming his fifth project starring Ajith Kumar. The album would reportedly feature six tracks, including one promotional video song. Na.Muthukumar 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 soundtrack received positive response. Kaushik L. M. from Behindwoods.com rated the album 3.5 out of 5 and stated: "The Thala Yuvan combo continues to rock with another youthful album. Until the next biggie comes around, Billa 2 will stay on top of the charts merrily".
Director:
Chakri Toleti is the Director is Billa2,it is the 3rd film for him as a director.Chakri Toleti (Telugu: చక్రి తోలేటి) is an Indian actor and film director based in the United States[1] who recently made his directorial debut with the bilingual films Unnaipol Oruvan (meaning "Someone Like You" in Tamil) and Eeenadu (meaning "Today" in Telugu). The film was a remake of Neeraj Pandey's 2008 Hindi film A Wednesday. Chakri Toleti made his acting debut in the Telugu film Sagara Sangamam and acted in over 15 films as a child artist. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Film and VFX at the University of Central Florida. He has also acted in Dasavathaaram starring Kamal Hassan.
Official Trailer:
A first teaser poster displaying the new logo design was published in Diwali 2011,while the first posters depicting Ajith Kumar's look were released in January 2012 during the Pongal 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 teaser trailer 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
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