Billu (2009)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Priyadarshan

Writers:

Gulzar (lyrics)
Manisha Korde (dialogue)

Release Date:

12 February 2009 (Australia)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Based on the story of friendship between Krishna and Sudama.

Plot Keywords:

Barber | One Word Title | Character Name In Title

Cast

Irrfan Khan	...	Billu Vilas Pardesi
Shahrukh Khan	...	Sahir Khan
Lara Dutta	...	Bindiya B. Pardesi
Om Puri	...	Daamchand
Rajpal Yadav	...	Jhalan Kumar
Asrani	...	Mobat Chacha
Kareena Kapoor	...	Herself 'Marjaani'
Deepika Padukone	...	Herself 'Love mera hit hit'
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Uday Atroliyer	...	Sub-Inspector
Ahsan Bakshi	...	Police Inspector
Ashwini Bhatt	...	Yeshwant - Sahir's P.A.
Sunil Bob	...	School Committee Member
Priyanka Chopra	...	Herself 'You Get me rocking and reeling'
Pratik Dalvi	...	Ronak 'Duggu' B. Pardesi
Jagdish	...	Madan - Billu's competitor
Manoj Joshi	...	Damodar Dubey - School Committee Member
Rasika Joshi	...	Mrs. Gahalot - School Principal
Vineet Kapoor	...	School Committee Member
Mitali Mayekar	...	Gunja B. Pardesi
Rushi Mistry	...	D.S.P.
Lalit Parashar	...	Neighbour
Atul Parchure	...	Charandas Chaubey - Guesthouse Manager
Kanchan Rawat	...	Schoolteacher
Shankar Sachdev	...	D.P. Kansana - Municipal Officer
Rishikesh Sharma	...	Police Inspector
Chirag Vohra	...	Movie Director
Ameya Wagh	...	Jeetendra - Employee of 'Modern Madan'

Also Known As:

Billu Barber (India: English title) (working title)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:PG | Canada:G (Manitoba/Ontario/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia) | Australia:G | UK:PG | New Zealand:PG | Hong Kong:I | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Film City, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company:

Eros Entertainment

Trivia:

When Shahrukh Khan called Lara Dutta to offer a role in this movie, she originally believed it was for an international show. Upon hearing that she was being offered a role for one of his films, she readily agreed.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Katha Parayumpol (2007)

Soundtrack:

You Get Me Rocking & Reeling

are you a good friend and real down to earth person? go watch compare and check yourself !!

Nowadays most films are made to give important message for life so that everyone can connect with it. This film touches one's heart by giving great example of true friendship between two childhood friends.

Both friends found themselves in different situation after childhood days of friendship as one became rich while the other remained poor but their bond of friendship was intact in their heart. The poor friend has started believing that his friend might have forgotten him after such a long time and after getting fame and money but in reality that was not the case instead he is still reminding his childhood friend and always wanted to meet him. The character of rich friend shows real down to earth personality of a person and example of true friendship that never fades irrespective of money and fame at the same time the character of poor friend and his wife also shows that being poor never restrict you of being good person.

Over all this is very good film and must watch for its heart warming subject of friendship.