This will be Chakri Toleti's second directorial venture in Tamil the first being 'Unaipol Oruvan' with Kamal Haasan which garnered a lot of critical popularity. Now with him in the director's chair for 'Billa 2' as well as a huge star cast, and the earlier successes the sequel's predecessors have seen, a lot of expectations are banking on this mega project.

Apart from Ajith, Prabhu Ganesan and Rahman, the entire cast and crew have been reshuffled. The lead lady's role has gone to a model Huma Qureshi. KK who played a minor supporting role in 'Kaavalan' will play a bad cop in 'Billa 2.' Vimala Raman and Sudhanshu Pandey will be seen in special appearances in this prequel.

Earlier it was believed that Hemant Chaturvedi from Bollywood will be doing the cinematography for this multi starrer, but now it will be RD Rajasekhar at the camera. We had also earlier informed that this film will feature scenes shot using the RED EPIC Camera in 5K resolution. This will be the first Indian film to use this camera for shooting a full length feature film.

Since 'Billa 2' will be a prequel, Ajith's looks have a lot of importance in the film. To look much younger, the actor is working hard on his looks and doing regular workouts. It will be a total contrast (in case of looks) from his soon to be released 'Mankatha' where Ajith will be portrayed in an all natural style inclusive of the salt and pepper hairdo (George Clooney style).

The director has been location hunting and was in Hyderabad recently. Now sources indicate that the first shooting schedule will begin from Hyderabad. Chakri, at the moment, is working with Yuvan Shankar Raja for the music for 'Billa 2.'

It looks like the entire team is really working hard to make sure that this film too is as good as the previous 'Billa' films or even better...