Sasha, a young woman with revenge on her mind, joins the gang. CJ, Billa’s extremely possessive girlfriend, takes an instant dislike for Sasha. Billa’s right-hand man Ranjith manages to balance the various deals.
In a dramatic turn of events Billa dies. A high ranking Interpol Officer Gokulnath is brought into the case, to the unhappiness of the DSP whose authority is threatened. He tracks down a lookalike of Billa, a simpleton named Velu who can impersonate Billa and help him arrest the gang. In return, the DSP promises to educate his ward Karan.
A rigorous training under the DSP successfully transforms Velu into Billa. He infiltrates the gang, gathers information for the DSP and comes close to being killed by Sasha.
However, when she discovers his real identity, she promises to keep it a secret.
Unfortunately, just as the truth is about to be revealed, the DSP dies without revealing Velu’s identity.
Since he was the only person who knew the truth, Velu finds himself in a desperate situation, being hunted by both, the police and by Billa’s henchmen. At this juncture he is shocked to learn that the Interpol Officer is the cunning leader of a smuggler’s gang.
A mad race ensues to retrieve a Pen drive that holds all the information about the smugglers: it is the only thing that can prove Velu’s identity. When Velu gets hold of the Pen drive, Gokulnath takes Sasha and Karan into custody. Will Velu now succeed in unveiling the real culprit?
VISHNU VARDHAN
Vishnu Vardhan started his career in films as a child artist in Mani Ratnam’s Anjali (1990). Subsequently he acted in Shatriyan, produced by Mani Ratnam.
He completed Visual Communication studies from the prestigious Loyola College, Chennai. Returning to his passion - films - he joined ace cameraman and award winning director Santosh Sivan and assisted him in Terrorist, Malli, Fiza, Asoka and various commercials and music videos.
Filmography
2003: Kurumbu (Telugu) 2005: Arinthumm Ariamalumm 2006: Pattiyyal 2007: Billa
2008: Sarvvam (under production)
Cast & Credits
Producer : Ananda Pictures Circuit
Director, Screenplay : Vishnu Vardhan
Camera : Niravshah
Editing : A Sreekar Prasad
Music : Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cast : Ajith Kumar, Prabhu Rahman
Indian Panorama IFFI-2008
BILLA
Film in Tamil/130minutes/35mm/colour
Gyan Pathak - 2008-11-15 17:44
Elusive Billa is the powerful Don of an underworld gang. When the Chennai Police close in on him, he escapes to Malaysia. DSP Jai Prakash who watches hawkeyed the illegal activities of Billa, is sent on a special mission to work closely with the Malaysian Police and put Billa’s gang behind the bars.