In an Indian village, a struggling barber sees his luck begin to turn when residents learn that a famous actor he once knew is coming to town.In an Indian village, a struggling barber sees his luck begin to turn when residents learn that a famous actor he once knew is coming to town.In an Indian village, a struggling barber sees his luck begin to turn when residents learn that a famous actor he once knew is coming to town.
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
Irrfan Khan
- Billu
- (as Irrfan)
Rajpal Naurang Yadav
- Jhallan Kumar
- (as Rajpal Yadav)
Storyline
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- TriviaSahir Khan's illustrious career, showcased as various clips from his numerous movies (and with the posters that fans carry and posters that are in Billu's shop) make ready use of Shah Rukh Khan's real life movie career, utilizing clips from Baazigar, Darr, Trimurti, Karan Arjun, Pardes, Koyla, Yes Boss, Dil To Pagal Hai, Duplicate, Dil Se, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Baadshah, Mohabbatien, Josh, One 2 Ka 4, Asoka, Devdas, Chalte Chalte, Kal Ho Na Ho, Main Hoon Na, Swades, Paheli, Chak De! India, Om Shanti Om, and others.
- GoofsBillu is sitting on the banks of the river, while talking to his friend. Billu gets up, and we see his dhoti (trowser) is really soiled. In the next scene the dhoti is clean.
- Crazy creditsAnd Incidentally Shah Rukh Khan as Sahir Khan.
- ConnectionsEdited from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)
- SoundtracksAe Aa O
Written by Neeraj Shridhar
Composed by Pritam Chakraborty
Performed by Krishnakumar Kunnath, Rana Muzumdar and Suraj Jagan
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)
Featured review
Priyadarshan off recent keeps giving nonsensical stuff After the last flop Akshaye-Paresh Starrer MERE BAAP PEHLE AAP he tries to remake a flop Rajnikant film
The film has a nice plot about friendship but the treatment is good in parts only
The comedy is now getting boring of Priyadarshan films as it's mostly the same actors(Rajpal, Om) or similar characters
The plight of Irrfan's lifestyle is well brought out but the entire Sahir thing is overdone, why does the entire gaon go crazy after him and imitate Srk as if they is no one else?
This looks like SRK glorification afterall he being the producer of the film
The item songs and other insider jokes.etc on SRK take a long time then required
The film also gets unrealistic when the entire village goes berserk after Irrfan This could've been handled better
However the climax is well handled and the emotions are well brought out
Direction by Priyadarshan is good in parts but overall not his best yet better then his last films except BHOOL BHULAIYAA Music is good, Marjaani, YOU GET ME ROCKING AND REELING are nice songs and well picturised but forced
Amongst actors Irrfan Khan is the life of the film, he excels in his part and lives up to the role Nice to see him do diverse kinda roles but he could've better read the script again SRK is his usual self and again he plays himself after OSO and the novelty factor is missing, yet he does his best towards the end but his wrinkles could've gone Lara dutta doesn't look a village belle but acts very well Om Puri is as usual Rajpal is wasted again Asrani, Manoj Joshi are as usual again populating Priyan's films
The film has a nice plot about friendship but the treatment is good in parts only
The comedy is now getting boring of Priyadarshan films as it's mostly the same actors(Rajpal, Om) or similar characters
The plight of Irrfan's lifestyle is well brought out but the entire Sahir thing is overdone, why does the entire gaon go crazy after him and imitate Srk as if they is no one else?
This looks like SRK glorification afterall he being the producer of the film
The item songs and other insider jokes.etc on SRK take a long time then required
The film also gets unrealistic when the entire village goes berserk after Irrfan This could've been handled better
However the climax is well handled and the emotions are well brought out
Direction by Priyadarshan is good in parts but overall not his best yet better then his last films except BHOOL BHULAIYAA Music is good, Marjaani, YOU GET ME ROCKING AND REELING are nice songs and well picturised but forced
Amongst actors Irrfan Khan is the life of the film, he excels in his part and lives up to the role Nice to see him do diverse kinda roles but he could've better read the script again SRK is his usual self and again he plays himself after OSO and the novelty factor is missing, yet he does his best towards the end but his wrinkles could've gone Lara dutta doesn't look a village belle but acts very well Om Puri is as usual Rajpal is wasted again Asrani, Manoj Joshi are as usual again populating Priyan's films
- silvan-desouza
- Oct 5, 2009
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- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Anh Chàng Cắt Tóc Billu
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $754,928
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $512,124
- Feb 15, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $8,034,797
- Runtime2 hours 17 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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