Billu
| Billu barber | |
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Promotional poster
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| 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 |
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Running time
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138 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
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| Soundtrack album by Pritam | ||||
| Released | 5 January 2009 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 70:64 | |||
| Label | T-Series | |||
| Producer | Gauri Khan | |||
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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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