Pizza (film series)

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Pizza
Created by C. V. Kumar
Original work Pizza (2012)
OwnerAbi & Abi Pictures
Sangam Cinemas
Films and television
Film(s) List of films
Audio
Soundtrack(s) Pizza
Pizza II: Villa

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]

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Films

FilmRelease dateDirectorScreenwriter(s)Story byProducer(s)
Pizza 19 October 2012 [3] Karthik Subbaraj Karthik Subbaraj, Prasath Ramar C. V. Kumar
Pizza II: Villa 14 November 2013 [4] Deepan ChakravarthyDeepan Chakravarthy, K. Manikandan
Pizza 3: The Mummy 28 July 2023Mohan Govind

Pizza

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.

Pizza 2

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] [18]

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.

Pizza 3

On October 15, a teaser was released on Vasy Music Entertainment. The film is titled Pizza 3: The Mummy.[ citation needed ]

Recurring cast and characters

This table lists the main characters who appear in the Pizza film series.

List indicator(s)
ActorsFilms
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 PonrajDaamu
Nassar Marshall P. Jose
Ashwin Kakumanu Nalan
Pavithra MarimuthuKayal
Gaurav Narayanan Prem Kumar
Anupama Kumar Rani

Additional crew and production details

OccupationFilm
Pizza
(2012)		 Pizza II: Villa
(2013)		 Pizza 3: The Mummy
(2023)
DirectorKarthik SubbarajDeepan ChakravarthyMohan Govind
Producer C. V. Kumar
WriterKarthik Subbaraj, Prasath RamarDeepan 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 CompaniesSangam CinemasAbi & Abi Pictures
Running Time128 minutes102 minutes123 minutes

Release and revenue

FilmRelease dateBudgetBox office revenue
Pizza 19 October 2012 ₹ 1.5 crore [19] ₹8 crore (US$1.0 million) [20]
Pizza II: Villa 14 November 2013 ₹ 7 crore [21] ₹20 crore (US$2.5 million) [22]
Pizza 3: The Mummy 28 July 2023₹5 crore (US$630,000)
Total₹8.5 crore (US$1.1 million)
two films		₹28 crore (US$3.5 million)
two films

Remakes

The original film was remade in Kannada as Whistle (2013), in Hindi as Pizza (2014) and in Bengali as Golpo Holeo Shotti (2014).

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