- Billo Barber
Infobox_Film
name = Billoo Barber
caption =
director =Priyadarshan
producer =Shahrukh Khan
writer =Sreenivasan
music =Pritam
starring =Irrfan Khan Shahrukh Khan Lara Dutta Om Puri Rajpal Yadav
Asrani Jason Mehta
country = flagicon|IndiaIndia
cinematography =V. Manikandan
editing =
distributor =Red Chillies Entertainment
released =October 24 ,2008
runtime =
language = Hindi/Urdu
budget =
imdb_id =
website ="Billoo Barber" is an upcoming
Bollywood film starringShahrukh Khan ,Irrfan Khan andLara Dutta in the lead roles. Produced by Khan himself and directed byPriyadarshan , the film also featuresOm Puri ,Rajpal Yadav and Asrani in supporting roles with guest appearances by actressesKareena Kapoor andDeepika Padukone .cite web|title=Shah Rukh Khan speaks about Billoo Barber|work=Billo Barber Cast|url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2008/04/26/11293/index.html|accessdate=2008-04-29] The film, which is a remake of the Malayalam film "Kadha Parayumbol ", has already been remade in Tamil as "Kuselan " starringPasupathy andRajinikanth following a poor box office reception. Currently filming, the project is expected to release onOctober 24 ,2008 . [cite web|title=Authentic and Up to date Release Dates of Bollywood Movies|work=Billo Barber to release on Nov 7|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/trade/releasedates/index_in.html|accessdate=2008-08-31]Production
Director
Priyadarshan signed on actorsIrrfan Khan ,Akshay Kumar and Tabu to essay pivotal roles in the film. However, Kumar didn't find the film interesting and opted out of the project [cite web|title=Shahrukh picks what Akshay dumps|work=Kumar opts out of Billo Barber|url=http://www.bollywoodmantra.com/news/shahrukh-picks-what-akshay-dumps/2597/|accessdate=2008-04-29] whilst Tabu refused the film as she didn't want to work with Irrfan Khan. [cite web|title=Hotbed of problems|work=Tabu opts out of Billo Barber|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?Page=article§id=30&contentid=200803272008032702260113946296127|accessdate=2008-04-29] The director then offered Kumar's and Tabu's role toShahrukh Khan andAmisha Patel respectively, and both of them agreed to do the film. [cite web|title=SRK mil gaya!|work=Shahrukh Khan & Amisha Patel signed on|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?Page=article§id=30&contentid=2008032520080325021221920fa868c2f|accessdate=2008-04-29]Patel later opted out of the film as she felt her character's role was not substantial enough [cite web|title=Yeh dil maange more!|work=Patel opts out of Billo Barber|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?Page=article§id=30&contentid=20080401200804010207191839f60c64d|accessdate=2008-04-29] and sources had indicated that
Juhi Chawla was signed on for the role. [cite web|title=Juhi to replace Amisha in Billo Barbar?|work=Juhi Chawla to essay the role of the barber's wife|url=http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2008/apr/02juhi.htm|accessdate=2008-04-29] In April 2008, the director announced that he had signed onLara Dutta to essay the role of the barber's wife. [cite web|title=The Barber gets a wife|work=Priyadarshan signs Lara Dutta|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?Page=article§id=30&contentid=20080413200804130331524258edf724|accessdate=2008-04-29] The cast began filming for the project onApril 8 ,2008 [cite web|title=SRK shoots for Priyadarshan's BILLO BARBER!
work=Billo Barber begins filming|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/08/apr/14-srk-shoots-for-priyadarshans-billo-barber-040805.asp|accessdate=2008-04-29] and according to Shahrukh Khan, "the film is a sweet story of friendship...quite similar to the bond shared betweenKrishna andSudama ." The film will also have guest appearances by actressesKareena Kapoor andDeepika Padukone , who are reportedly doingitem numbers in the film. [cite web|title=Kareena, Deepika's item numbers in Billo Barber|work=Billo Barber is reported to have item numbers by Kareena & Deepika|url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2008/04/17/11251/index.html|accessdate=2008-04-29]tory
The story is set in today's day and age. Billo (Irrfan Khan) plays a village barber. His business is running low because he has not been able to upgrade himself according to the changing trends. One fine day, a film unit visits his village to shoot a movie. It stars a superstar (SRK), who was once Billo's school friend. All at once, Billo's status in the village changes, and he becomes highly respected. Everyone wants him to meet the superstar. But Billo is unsure, as he feels he cannot compare to the superstar's status. Besides, he fears that the star may not recognize him. He makes many attempts to meet the star but fails. After all these hardships, he gives up. But people think that he lied about the relationship with the star and start insulting him. His family and children also gets upset.
In the end, for an invited school function, the star reveals his past. He tells the audience that in his school days he had a friend who always stood by him in his hardships. He tells how much the friend helped him by providing food when he was hungry, provided clothes when he did not have any. He tells that the friend gave him the money to join acting by selling his ancestral ear ring and that friend happens to be Billo.
At that time the people recognize about Billo and the movie happily ends.
Cast
*
Irrfan Khan ... Billoo
*Shahrukh Khan ... Superstar Actor
*Lara Dutta ... Billoo's Wife
*Om Puri ...
*Paresh Rawal ...
*Rajpal Yadav ...
* Manoj Joshi ...
* Asrani ...
*Kareena Kapoor ... Guest appearance
*Deepika Padukone ... Guest appearance
*Priyanka Chopra ... Guest appearanceCrew
* Director:
Priyadarshan
* Producer:Shahrukh Khan
* Distributor:Red Chillies Entertainment
* Executive/Associate/Co-Producer: Elahe Hiptoola
* Music:Pritam
* Written :Sreenivasan
* Lyrics:Gulzar References
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