| Pizza | |
| Creator: | C. V. Kumar |
| Origin: | Pizza (2012) |
| Owner: | Abi & Abi Pictures Sangam Cinemas |
| Films: | List of films |
| Soundtracks: | 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]
| Film | Release date | Director | width=18% | Screenwriter(s) | width=20% | Story by | width=26% | Producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pizza | 19 October 2012[3] | Karthik Subbaraj | Karthik Subbaraj, Prasath Ramar | C. V. Kumar | ||||
| 14 November 2013[4] | Deepan Chakravarthy | Deepan Chakravarthy, K. Manikandan | ||||||
| 28 July 2023 | Mohan Govind | |||||||
See main article: Pizza (2012 film).
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.
See main article: Pizza II: Villa. 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.
See main article: Pizza 3: The Mummy. On October 15, a teaser was released on Vasy Music Entertainment. The film is titled Pizza 3: The Mummy.
This table lists the main characters who appear in the Pizza film series.
- 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pizza | |||
| Vijay Sethupathi | Michael Karthikeyan | colspan=2 | |
| Remya Nambeesan | Anu | colspan=2 | |
| Aadukalam Naren | Shanmugan | colspan=2 | |
| Pooja Ramachandran | Smitha | colspan=2 | |
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width:"10%;" | Pizza (2012) | width:"10%;" | (2013) | width:"10%;" | (2023) |
| Director | Karthik Subbaraj | Deepan Chakravarthy | Mohan Govind | ||
| Producer | Colspan=3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pizza | 19 October 2012 | 1.5 crore[18] | [19] |
| 14 November 2013 | 7 crore | ||
| 28 July 2023 | |||
| Total |
The original film was remade in Kannada as Whistle (2013), in Hindi as Pizza (2014) and in Bengali as Golpo Holeo Shotti (2014).