ing is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film[4] directed by Chakri Toleti.

It's an unofficial
remake of 1983 movie Scarface.It is a Prequel to Billa and focuses on how David, an ordinary man
from the coastal regions of Sri Lanka, becomes Billa, a dreaded underworld don, with Ajith
Kumar reprising the role of the titular character.[5] Parvathy Omanakuttan, Bruna Abdullah, Vidyut
Jammwal and Sudhanshu Pandey appear in supporting roles, all of them marking their debut in
Tamil cinema. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja,
while R. D. Rajasekhar handled the cinematography and Suresh Urs worked as the editor.
The film, produced by Wide Angle Creations in association with the Hinduja Group company IN
Entertainment, was officially announced in November 2010, with Vishnuvardhan as the director. Due
to schedule clashes, Vishnuvardhan was replaced by Chakri Toleti, with a new script having been
penned by a team involving Toleti, Sarath Mandava and Eric Felberg.
Principal photography happened between July 2011 and December 2011. The filming primarily took
place at Tamil Nadu, Goa, Hyderabad and in Georgia. Billa II was released worldwide on 13 July
2012 and a dubbed Telugu version titled David Billa was also simultaneously released in Andhra
Pradesh and Telangana (then both states were combined under Andhra Pradesh state).[6] The film
garnered mixed reviews on release and collected decently at the box office because of the hype that
was created beforehand.