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Billo Barber

Billu barber
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Promotional poster
Directed by Priyadarshan
Produced by Shah Rukh Khan
Screenplay by Manisha Korde
Mushtaq Sheikh
Story by Sreenivasan
Starring Irrfan Khan
Lara Dutta
Shah Rukh Khan
Om Puri
Rajpal Yadav
Asrani
Music by Pritam
Cinematography V. Manikandan
Edited by Arun Kumar
Distributed by Red Chillies Entertainment
Release date
  • 13 February 2009 (2009-02-13)
Running time
138 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Billu
Soundtrack album by Pritam
Released 5 January 2009 (2009-01-05)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 70:64
Label T-Series
Producer Gauri Khan
Pritam chronology
Golmaal Returns (2008) Billu (2009) Ek: The Power Of One (2009)

Billu is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film by Priyadarshan, produced by Red Chillies Entertainment, with an adapted screenplay by Manisha Korde and Mushtaq Sheikh based on the script by Sreenivasan. It stars Irrfan Khan and Lara Dutta in the lead roles and features Shah Rukh Khan, Om Puri, Rajpal Yadav and Asrani in supporting roles. Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, and Priyanka Chopra make guest appearances in item numbers. The film was released on the 13 February 2009.

It is an official adaptation of the 2007 critically acclaimed Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbol and 2008 Tamil film Kuselan. It is also a retelling of the story of Sudama and Krishna. The film was screened at the 2009 Hawaii International Film Festival.

Billu (Irrfan Khan) is a poor barber who lives with his wife Bindiya (Lara Dutta) and their two children, Gunja (Mitali Mayekar) and Ronak (Pratik Dalvi) in the village of Budbuda. He also spends time with his close friends Budbudiya (Rajpal Yadav) and Naubat Chacha (Asrani). Though struggling, Billu lives an uneventful life until Bollywood superstar Sahir Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) comes to the village for a film shoot.


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