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The soundtrack, consisting of 4 songs is composed by [[M.S. Viswanathan]]. |
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* My Name Is Billa - [[S.P. Balasubramaniam]] |
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* Iravum Pagalum - [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[Vani Jayaram]] |
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* Veththalaya Pottendi - [[Malaysia Vasudevan]] |
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* Ninnaithale Inikkum Sugame - [[Eswari LR]] |
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Revision as of 10:54, 6 August 2011
| Billa | |
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| File:Billa 1980.jpg The film's logo | |
| Directed by | R. Krishnamurthy |
| Produced by | K.Balaji |
| Starring | Rajinikanth Balaji Sripriya Reena Roy Major Sundarrajan R.S.Manohar Thengai Srinivasan S.A. Asokan |
| Music by | M.S. Viswanathan |
Release date | January 24, 1980 |
Running time | 175 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Billa is a 1980 Tamil film produced by K.Balaji and directed by R.Krishnamurthy. The film stars Rajinikanth, Balaji, Thengai Srinivasan, Manorama, Sripriya, Reena Roy and Major Sundarrajan. This movie is extensively based on the Hindi film Don (1978), with changes made in the script to suit the Tamil audience.
Plot
Billa (Rajinikanth) is the leader of an underworld gang. A deputy superintendent of police (DSP) is tracking down Billa and in one of their confrontations the DSP wounds Billa, resulting in his death. The DSP then secretly holds a burying of Billa. After which the DSP remembers a person who looks like Billa, he then tracks that person down. The DSP requests Raju to impersonate Billa so that the DSP can take down the rest of Billa's gang, Raju requests that the DSP promises him that he will give a proper education to the children that he is looking after. But in an unexpected turn of events the DSP dies. The DSP is the only one who knows the truth about our impersonator who now finds himself in a life-threatening situation - hunted by both the cops and the real Billa's henchmen and to make matters worse, he then finds out that Interpol Officer is a crook and has taken the place of the real person. He is the one responsible for the DSP's murder. It's now a race to retrieve a the DSP's diary in which the DSP has documented his substitution of the real Billa.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Rajinikanth | Billa and Raju |
| Balaji | DSP |
| Sripriya | Priya |
| Major Sundarrajan | Jagdesh Kumaran Santhanam |
| R.S.Manohar | Manohran |
| Thengai Srinivasan | Gj |
| S.A. Asokan | |
| Reena Roy | Cameo appearance |
Soundtrack
The soundtrack, consisting of 4 songs is composed by M.S. Viswanathan.
- My Name Is Billa - S.P. Balasubramaniam
- Iravum Pagalum - Malaysia Vasudevan, Vani Jayaram
- Veththalaya Pottendi - Malaysia Vasudevan
- Ninnaithale Inikkum Sugame - Eswari LR
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