Billa | |
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Directed by | Meher Ramesh |
Screenplay by | Meher Ramesh |
Story by | Salim–Javed |
Based on | Don (Hindi) |
Produced by | D. Narendra Prabodh |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Soundarrajan |
Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
Music by | Mani Sharma |
Production company | Gopi Krishna Movies |
Distributed by | Creative Commercials |
Release date |
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Running time | 154 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Box office | est. ₹26 crore[1] |
Billa is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by Meher Ramesh and produced by Gopikrishna Movies. The film stars Prabhas in a dual role alongside Krishnam Raju, Anushka Shetty, Namitha, Rahman, and Kelly Dorjee. The soundtrack was composed by Mani Sharma. It is a remake of 1978 Hindi film Don[2][3] and carried the same title as Tamil movie, Ajith Kumar starrer Billa. The film follows the titular criminal's lookalike, a thief from Andhra Pradesh who replaces the don in Malaysia after he died in a high-speed chase. Tasked with infiltrating the mafia, he embarks on a covert mission to gather intelligence on a major weapons deal.
The film began its production in October 2008 and was released and distributed worldwide by Creative Commercials.[4]