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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Billa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8550783 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billa Context triple: [Rajinikanth, notableWork, Billa]
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A.
Billa
Billa is a 2009 Telugu-language action thriller film starring Prabhas, known for its stylish remake of the 1980s Chiranjeevi classic of the same name.
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B.
Badal
Badal is a Barcelona Metro station that serves the area near Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain.
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C.
Bheemla Nayak
Bheemla Nayak is a 2022 Telugu-language action drama film, a remake of the Malayalam movie Ayyappanum Koshiyum, known for its intense face-off between a principled cop and an influential ex-army man.
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D.
Kaalpurush
Kaalpurush is an acclaimed Bengali film by director Buddhadeb Dasgupta that explores memory, time, and human relationships through a poetic, surreal narrative.
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E.
Jawan
Jawan is a 2023 Indian action thriller film starring Shah Rukh Khan, known for its high-octane action, social themes, and massive box-office success.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billa Target entity description: 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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A.
Billa
Billa is a 2009 Telugu-language action thriller film starring Prabhas, known for its stylish remake of the 1980s Chiranjeevi classic of the same name.
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B.
Badal
Badal is a Barcelona Metro station that serves the area near Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain.
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C.
Bheemla Nayak
Bheemla Nayak is a 2022 Telugu-language action drama film, a remake of the Malayalam movie Ayyappanum Koshiyum, known for its intense face-off between a principled cop and an influential ex-army man.
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D.
Kaalpurush
Kaalpurush is an acclaimed Bengali film by director Buddhadeb Dasgupta that explores memory, time, and human relationships through a poetic, surreal narrative.
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E.
Jawan
Jawan is a 2023 Indian action thriller film starring Shah Rukh Khan, known for its high-octane action, social themes, and massive box-office success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian film
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action film ⓘ gangster film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Don (1978 Hindi film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Don (1978 Hindi film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
K. Balaji
NERFINISHED
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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
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crime ⓘ gangster ⓘ |
| hasRemake |
Billa (2007 Tamil film)
NERFINISHED
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Billa (2009 Telugu film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSong |
My Name is Billa
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Vethalaiya Potendi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later Tamil action films ⓘ |
| leadCharacter |
Billa
NERFINISHED
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Rajappa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | underworld crime ⓘ |
| musicBy | M. S. Viswanathan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
landmark gangster movie in Tamil cinema
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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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Billa Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.