Billa (1980 film)
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| Billa | |
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| Directed by | R. Krishnamurthy |
| Produced by | K.Balaji |
| Starring | Rajnikanth Balaji Sripriya |
| Release date(s) |  January 26, 1980 |
| Running time | 175 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
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Billa is an Indian Tamil film released in 1980. The movie was produced by K.Balaji and directed by R.Krishnamurthy. The film stars Rajnikanth, Balaji, Thengaai Srinivasan, Manorama , Sripriya and Major Sundarajan.
[edit] Synopsis
Billa (Rajnikanth) is the leader of an underworld gang until the DSP tracks him down and kills him. Then DSP tracks down a lookalike of Billa who impersonates Billa to take down the rest of Billa's gang while 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.
[edit] Trivia
- This movie is a remake of Don
- This is one of the movies that helped Rajinikanth receive a star status.
- A remake of this film starring Ajith (Billa 2007) in the role of Rajini is slated for Deepavali release in 2007
