Filming Billa (2007 film)

the song sevalkodi shot @ murugan temple, batu caves, kuala lumpur, malaysia

apart casting of ajith kumar in dual lead role, played rajinikanth, rest of cast took 4 months finalise. role played sripriya in original, given nayantara in 2007, controversially after bollywood actress, isha sherwani, had been in contention act in last few movies of ajith kumar, paid advance. vishnuvardhan reported pleased nayanthara s role in, e , subsequently opted her. other lead female role in film written shriya saran, due contract sivaji: boss, refused accept film. despite other actresses such trisha krishnan, reema sen, asin thottumkal , bhanu being considered, role given pooja umashankar. however, refused role, citing reluctant appear in bikini, role required. subsequently, namitha, actress signed role.

the remaining members of cast selected subsequently after launch, held on 13 april 2007. despite reports of prakash raj playing role enacted k. balaji of inspector in original, role secured prabhu ganesan. role of comedian tipped go vadivelu, after received rave reviews comic chemistry in chandramukhi rajinikanth, however, despite reviews, vishnuvardhan s regular pattern meant spotlight comedian limited. santhanam replaced him , became part of project, did character artiste, adithya signed 1 of members of police troupe, did malayalam actor, rahman, billa, made comeback tamil cinema. item number, danced helen in original given mumaith khan, later changed newcomer, rose dawn, unknown reasons.

for crew, vishnuvardhan picked preferred technicians; rajkannan dialogue writer, nirav shah cinematographer, william ong stunt master, thotta tharani art director, pa. vijay chief lyricist , a. sreekar prasad editor. vishnuvardhan s orthodox music composer, yuvan shankar raja chosen, creating great expectations project, while vishnuvardhan s wife, anu, debuted costume designer. film entirely shot in malaysia @ locations including langkawi, kuala lumpur overlooking petronas towers , other parts.