Billa

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Billa is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language action film starring Rajinikanth, known for its stylish portrayal of an underworld don and its status as a landmark gangster movie in Tamil cinema.

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Billa (1980 film) 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian film
action film
gangster film
adaptationOf Don (1978 Hindi film) NERFINISHED
basedOn Don (1978 Hindi film) NERFINISHED
castMember K. Balaji NERFINISHED
Major Sundarrajan NERFINISHED
Radhika NERFINISHED
Rajinikanth NERFINISHED
Sridevi NERFINISHED
Thengai Srinivasan NERFINISHED
Tiger Prabhakar NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy K. S. Prasad NERFINISHED
costumeDesignStyle western-influenced suits and sunglasses for the don character
countryOfOrigin India
dialogueBy A. L. Narayanan NERFINISHED
director R. Krishnamoorthy NERFINISHED
distributor Sujatha Cine Arts NERFINISHED
editedBy R. Devarajan NERFINISHED
featuresDoubleRole Rajinikanth NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Chennai NERFINISHED
genre action
crime
gangster
hasRemake Billa (2007 Tamil film) NERFINISHED
Billa (2009 Telugu film) NERFINISHED
hasSong My Name is Billa
Vethalaiya Potendi NERFINISHED
influenced later Tamil action films
leadCharacter Billa NERFINISHED
Rajappa NERFINISHED
mainSubject underworld crime
musicBy M. S. Viswanathan NERFINISHED
notableFor landmark gangster movie in Tamil cinema
stylish portrayal of an underworld don
originalLanguage Tamil NERFINISHED
partOf Tamil gangster film tradition
producer K. Balaji NERFINISHED
productionCompany Sujatha Cine Arts NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1980
releaseRegion Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED
runtime approximately 134 minutes
screenwriter A. L. Narayanan NERFINISHED
setInPeriod late 1970s
starring Rajinikanth NERFINISHED
title Billa NERFINISHED

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Rajinikanth notableWork Billa
Nayanthara notableWork Billa