Pizza | |
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Created by | C. V. Kumar |
Original work | Pizza (2012) |
Owners | Thirukumaran Entertainment Abi & Abi Pictures Sangam Cinemas |
Films and television | |
Film(s) | List of films |
Audio | |
Soundtrack(s) | Pizza (soundtrack) Pizza II: Villa (soundtrack) |
Pizza is an Indian Tamil-language horror film series. The franchise is produced by C. V. Kumar and distributed by Abi & Abi Pictures and Sangam Cinemas. [1] Each film starts with a fresh story unrelated with the preceding film's story. However, the theme and the pace remains the same. [2]
Film | Release date | Director | Screenwriter(s) | Story by | Producer(s) |
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Pizza | 19 October 2012 [3] | Karthik Subbaraj | Karthik Subbaraj, Prasath Ramar | C. V. Kumar | |
Pizza II: Villa | 14 November 2013 [4] | Deepan Chakravarthy | Deepan Chakravarthy, K. Manikandan | ||
Pizza 3: The Mummy | 28 July 2023 | Mohan Govind | |||
The first installment of the series, based on a fictional incidents. The film is written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj and produced by C. V. Kumar. [5] It stars Vijay Sethupathi, Remya Nambeesan in lead roles. [6] [7] Pizza was released on 19 October 2012 by Sangam Cinemas Chennai, in 600 theatres and gained positive response from audiences. [8] [9] It earned ₹8 crore worldwide against a budget of ₹1.5 crore. [10] The satellite rights of the film were acquired by Sun TV.
The film follows Michael, a pizza delivery boy, who lives with Anu, an aspiring horror fiction writer. One day, while delivering food, he goes to a bungalow where mysterious events begin to take place.
After the success of Pizza, C. V. Kumar and Santhosh Narayanan re-unite once again for sequel. The film was titled as Pizza II: Villa and also second installment in this series. [11] [12] The film stars Ashok Selvan and Sanchita Shetty in lead roles. [13] The film was released on 14 November 2013 worldwide. [14] [15] and gained positive response from audiences. [16] Proving to be similarly successful to the first entry in the series, the film emerged as a huge box office success collected ₹20 crore worldwide. [17]
Pizza 2 features Jebin and his girlfriend Aarthi as they find a series of paintings in an ancient mansion. Trouble begins when the incidents from the paintings begin to come true.
On October 15, a teaser was released on Vasy Music Entertainment. The film is titled Pizza 3: The Mummy.[ citation needed ]
This table lists the main characters who appear in the Pizza film series.
List indicators
- A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.
- TBA blue cell indicates the character name not fixed yet in the film.
Actors | Films | ||
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Pizza | Pizza II: Villa | Pizza 3: The Mummy | |
Vijay Sethupathi | Michael Karthikeyan | ||
Remya Nambeesan | Anu | ||
Aadukalam Naren | Shanmugan | ||
Pooja Ramachandran | Smitha | ||
Ashok Selvan | Jebin M. Jose | ||
Sanchita Shetty | Aarthi | ||
Ajmal Ameer | Gnabry | ||
Kaali Venkat | Ponraj | Daamu | |
Nassar | Marshall P. Jose | ||
Ashwin Kakumanu | Nalan | ||
Pavithra Marimuthu | Kayal | ||
Gaurav Narayanan | Prem Kumar | ||
Anupama Kumar | Rani | ||
Raveena Daha | Ghost | ||
Occupation | Film | ||
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Pizza (2012) | Pizza II: Villa (2013) | Pizza 3: The Mummy (2023) | |
Director | Karthik Subbaraj | Deepan Chakravarthy | Mohan Govind |
Producer | C. V. Kumar | ||
Writer | Karthik Subbaraj, Prasath Ramar | Deepan Chakravarthy, K. Manikandan | Mohan Govind |
Editor | Leo John Paul | Ignaitious Aswin | |
Music | Santhosh Narayanan | Arun Raj | |
Production Companies | Thirukumaran Entertainment | Studio Green, Thirukumaran Entertainment | Thirukumaran Entertainment |
Distributing Companies | Sangam Cinemas | Abi & Abi Pictures | |
Running Time | 128 minutes | 102 minutes | 123 minutes |
Film | Release date | Budget | Box office revenue |
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Pizza | 19 October 2012 | ₹ 1.5 crore [18] | ₹8 crore (US$950,000) [19] |
Pizza II: Villa | 14 November 2013 | ₹ 7 crore | ₹20 crore (US$2.4 million) |
Pizza 3: The Mummy | 28 July 2023 | ₹5 crore (US$590,000) | |
Total | ₹8.5 crore (US$1.0 million) two films | ₹28 crore (US$3.3 million) two films |
The original film was remade in Kannada as Whistle (2013), in Hindi as Pizza (2014) and in Bengali as Golpo Holeo Shotti (2014).