Billa (1980)

Billa is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language gangster film directed by R. Krishnamurthy and produced by Suresh Balaje. The film stars Rajinikanth, Sripriya, K. Balaji, Major Sundarrajan, R. S. Manohar, Thengai Srinivasan and A. V. M. Rajan. It was a remake of Don, a 1978 Hindi film written by Salim-Javed and starring Amitabh Bachchan. In turn, Billa went on to have its own remake, the 2007 Tamil film Billa.