# Pizza (film series)

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. Each film starts with a fresh story unrelated with the preceding film's story. However, the theme and the pace remains the same.

## Films

| Film | Release date | Director | Screenwriter(s) | Story by | Producer(s) |
| Pizza | 19 October 2012 | Karthik Subbaraj | Karthik Subbaraj | Karthik Subbaraj, Prasath Ramar | C. V. Kumar |
| Pizza II: Villa | 14 November 2013 | Deepan Chakravarthy | Deepan Chakravarthy, K. Manikandan | Deepan Chakravarthy, K. Manikandan | | C. V. Kumar |
| Pizza 3: The Mummy | 28 July 2023 | Mohan Govind | Mohan Govind | Mohan Govind | | | C. V. Kumar |

### 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. It stars Vijay Sethupathi, Remya Nambeesan in lead roles.Pizza was released on 19 October 2012 by Sangam Cinemas Chennai, in 600 theatres and gained positive response from audiences. It earned ₹8 crore worldwide against a budget of ₹1.5 crore. 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. The film stars Ashok Selvan and Sanchita Shetty in lead roles. The film was released on 14 November 2013 worldwide. and gained positive response from audiences. 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.
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.

## Recurring cast and characters

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 | Films | Films |
| Actors | 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 |

## Additional crew and production details

| Occupation | Film | Film | Film |
| Occupation | Pizza (2012) | Pizza II: Villa (2013) | Pizza 3: The Mummy (2023) |
| Director | Karthik Subbaraj | Deepan Chakravarthy | Mohan Govind |
| Producer | C. V. Kumar | C. V. Kumar | C. V. Kumar |
| Writer | Karthik Subbaraj, Prasath Ramar | Deepan Chakravarthy, K. Manikandan | Mohan Govind |
| Editor | Leo John Paul | Leo John Paul | Ignaitious Aswin |
| Music | Santhosh Narayanan | 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 |

## Release and revenue

| Film | Release date | Budget | Box office revenue |
| Pizza | 19 October 2012 | ₹1.5 crore | ₹8 crore (US$920,000) |
| Pizza II: Villa | 14 November 2013 | ₹7 crore | ₹20 crore (US$2.3 million) |
| Pizza 3: The Mummy | 28 July 2023 | | ₹5 crore (US$570,000) |
| Total | Total | ₹8.5 crore (US$970,000) two films | ₹28 crore (US$3.2 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).