Billa 2 (A)

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Starring :
Ajith Kumar, Parvathy Oomanakuttan, Bruna Abdullah, Vidyut Jamwal, Sudanshu Panday
Language : Tamil Genre : Action
Synopsis :

Loyalty above life; that’s David Billa’s maxim. Anyone who lets him down is dead meat.
Director :
Chakri Toleti
Music Director : Yuvan Shankar Raja
Duration: 2 hrs & 7 mins

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Loyalty above life; that’s David Billa’s maxim. Anyone who lets him down is dead meat.

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Story: Loyalty above life; that's David Billa's maxim. Anyone who lets him down is dead meat.

Movie Review: Billa 2 is a medium-paced action thriller with lots of blood-shed but mercifully no gore. The film that is a prequel to the 2007 Ajith Kumar film Billa, sends out just message. If people are inconvenient or disloyal, just kill them all and come back alone.

So through the two and a half hour duration; Ajith (David Billa) turns himself into a mean-killing machine; who is adept at using a knife, a gun or even his bare fists to pound people to pulp.

The narrative is linear; it talks of the rise and rise of Billa, who finds himself virtually jobless in a refugee camp for a brief while. Destiny sends him on a chore to deliver fish. Voila, there are diamonds in the fish belly and before you know Billa is fishing diamonds out of the black soil. He is also eliminating a few bad guys along the way at regular intervals; almost like a terminator.

The action movies from the South of India to Goa; and also nestles lovingly in some exotic locations in Georgia, Eastern Europe. But almost all other aspects of this film including the very weak music, the practically non-existent Kollywood dancing and buffoonery are minimal because the entire focus is on showing Billa to be a relentless killer.

Not one to rest on his laurels, he moves from diamond-smuggling to dealing in drugs in a jiffy. And he makes even quicker progress to smuggling illegal arms. It is as if the director is a tearing hurry to see Billa rise to the top of his heap. No soul-searching excuses for this hero, who by the time of the end-credits becomes the top villain.

So is there any emotional connect in the film at all or not?

Yes, Billa has a handicapped sister in Madras (this is a prequel remember—so Chennai is referred to as Madras.) But the sister conveniently dies after just one scene and Billa is left baby-sitting her young daughter Parvathy Oomanakuttan (Jasmine.) Parvathy is a Miss India 2008 winner and is fortunate to have got the big break.

Coming back to the film, it's clear that Jasmine is infatuated with Billa but he of course has no time for her puppy-love. Instead he prefers to make eyes at his boss Sudhanshu Panday's (Abbasi) girl Bruna Abdullah (Sameera). But even this love story is lacklustre because Billa is quintessentially a gun-guy and not your average roses-type.

While the girls have been short-changed by the script-writer and given extended cameos; the two villains—Abbasi and Dimitri—have their screen moments. Both Bollywood exports to Tamil cinema; these good-looking guys manage to make their mark. Especially so in the case of Vidyut, who is a martial arts expert and whose screen introduction is truly impressive.

Coming to the protagonist—Ajith's entry on screen at the multiplex where we watched Billa 2 was greeted with deafening whistles. Though his screen character is uni-dimensional, Ajith manages to charm with his lop-sided smile and some heavyweight dialogue. Check this out--`another man's fear is our strength'; `to be my friend you don't need any qualifications—but to be my enemy you certainly need status.' Whistle, clap, clap when more of these lines are thrown at an audience that has put Ajith on a pedestal long enough.

Tip off: If you're a Ajith fan—Billa 2 is a must. If you're an action aficionado, it's a treat. If you're neither, then don't bother.

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shanmuga priyan
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Rating 15

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Not so good.......

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Annamalai
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Rating 35

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Not up to expectations. Flap

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Yankee Gopi
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Rating 25

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fed up ajith with a lots of guns

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Navien
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Rating 35

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not so good ad billa 1!!!

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Rishabh
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Rating 2.55