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Billu

  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 17m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
14K
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Irrfan Khan and Shah Rukh Khan in Billu (2009)
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ComedyDrama

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.

  • Director
    • Priyadarshan
  • Writers
    • Manisha Korde
    • Priyadarshan
    • Mushtaq Shiekh
  • Stars
    • Irrfan Khan
    • Lara Dutta
    • Om Puri
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    14K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Priyadarshan
    • Writers
      • Manisha Korde
      • Priyadarshan
      • Mushtaq Shiekh
    • Stars
      • Irrfan Khan
      • Lara Dutta
      • Om Puri
    • 63User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations total

    Videos1

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    Photos9

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    Irrfan Khan
    Irrfan Khan
    • Billu
    • (as Irrfan)
    Lara Dutta
    Lara Dutta
    • Bindiya
    Om Puri
    Om Puri
    • Damchand
    Govardhan Asrani
    Govardhan Asrani
    • Nobat Chacha
    Rajpal Naurang Yadav
    Rajpal Naurang Yadav
    • Jhallan Kumar
    • (as Rajpal Yadav)
    Manoj Joshi
    Manoj Joshi
    • Damodar Dubey
    Jagadish
    Jagadish
    • Madan
    • (as Jagdish)
    Rasika Joshi
    Rasika Joshi
    • Principal Gahalot
    Mitali Mayekar
    • Gunja
    Pratik Dalvi
    • Duggu
    Kareena Kapoor
    Kareena Kapoor
    • Dancer in 'Marjani' song
    Deepika Padukone
    Deepika Padukone
    • Dancer in 'Love Mera Hit Hit' song
    Shah Rukh Khan
    Shah Rukh Khan
    • Sahir Khan
    Shankar Sachdev
    • Civil Officer
    Chirag Vohra
    Chirag Vohra
    • Director
    Atul Parchure
    Atul Parchure
    • Charan Das Chaube
    Vineet Kapoor
    • School Committee Member 1
    Sunil Bob
    • School Committee Member 2
    • Director
      • Priyadarshan
    • Writers
      • Manisha Korde
      • Priyadarshan
      • Mushtaq Shiekh
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Sahir 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.
    • Goofs
      Billu 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 credits
      And Incidentally Shah Rukh Khan as Sahir Khan.
    • Connections
      Edited from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Ae 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)

    User reviews63

    Featured review
    9/10

    Touching..

    The climax is special.. It made me cry. No words to describe. Watch it.

    It's worth watching the development of the main character as it all ends up well. Even those who seem to have nothing, have the biggest thing a human being can have.

    Every being is before anything else, human. This comes to show that no one is bigger than anyone else. Even the people in the TOP today were down under once. U don't grow alone without any help!

    For the nostalgia in the end 100/10. For the whole movie 8/10.

    The songs are nice, gaining fame, although some had no context in the movie.
    • rishi_ff
    • Oct 26, 2013
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    • Release date
      • February 13, 2009 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • Hindi
      • Awadhi
    • Also known as
      • Anh Chàng Cắt Tóc Billu
    • Filming locations
      • Pollachi, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Production companies
      • Eros Worldwide
      • Red Chillies Entertainment
      • Redchillies.VFX
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $754,928
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $512,124
      • Feb 15, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,034,797
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 17 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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