Pizza (2012 film)

Pizza is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language horror thriller film directed by Karthik Subbaraj, based on a story he co-wrote with Prasath Kumar and produced by C. V. Kumar under Thirukumaran Entertainment. The film stars Vijay Sethupathi and Remya Nambeesan, with Naren, Jayakumar, Karunakaran, Simha and Pooja in supporting roles. It is about a pizza delivery man who goes to a customer's house, but becomes trapped there and begins witnessing paranormal activity.

Pizza is the feature directorial debut of Karthik, previously a short film director. The film's music is composed by Santhosh Narayanan, with cinematography handled by Gopi Amarnath and editing done by Leo John Paul. It was the first Tamil film to feature 7.1 surround sound.

Pizza was released on 19 October 2012 and became a commercial success, grossing approximately ₹8 crores against a budget of ₹1.5 crores. It also established Sethupathi and Karthik as a leading actor and director in Tamil cinema. The film is the first instalment in a series and was followed by two spiritual successors. It was remade in Kannada as Whistle (2013), in Hindi under the same title (2014), and in Bengali as Golpo Holeo Shotti (2014).