Billa is a 1980 Tamil-language Action Crime film directed by R. Krishnamurthy and produced by Suresh Balaje under the banner of Suresh Arts. Billa stars Rajinikanth, K. Balaji, Ashokan, R.s. Manohar, Aachi Manorama, A.v.m. Rajan and Helen Richardson. The motion picture is based on Don by Salim Javed. The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. Cinematography was done by G. Or. Nathan and editing by V. Chakrapani. The movie has a running time of 175 minutes. It was released on 26th January 1980.