An Eros Entertainment release of Red Chilies Entertainment production, produced by Gauri Khan and Sanjiv Chaula, directed by Priadarshan, Abilast Nair, storey by P.Shrinivasan.

Billu Barber is all about big-time Bollywood that meets a small town Budbuda in India to make a quietly entertaining two-hours fun filled package. The movies consists of a simple tale of friendship where it cleverly manages to bring together super hit hero Shah Rukh Khan who is film industries best character in the movie with is poor friend Irrfan Khan. Khan’s own production Red Chilies released ‘Rab De Bana Di Jodi’ was a approach to engage a more emotional level, but ‘Billu barber’ is a movie that not only consists of a emotional climax wining al hearts, but also conveys an important message that friendship ever ends.

Billu (Irrfan Khan) is a struggling barber who has settled in a small town in India called Budbuda. He lives in a small mud house with his wife Bindia (Lara Dutta) and two children’s (Mitali Mayakar and Pratik Dalvi). The movie begins showing tales of Billu getting wacked in everyday life struggling to earn a single Rupee from his barber shop.

The complete movie takes a deep turn when Sahir (Shah Rukh Khan) approaches to hit Budbuda and shoot his latest blockbuster movie. Peoples of Budbuda which hated Billu started to worship him after they know Billu and Sahir were once old school buddies. Everyone became Billu’s and his families pal as they forced Billu to agree to let them meet with Sahir at least for once. Billus business flourishes as venal moneylender Daamchand (Om Puri) suddenly became his fan and donated huge sum of money and in return wanted to talk to Sahir once.

The first half of the movie draws the two characters together in one place and after the intermission; they start to get close to each other. Sahir initially stays surrounding with body guards and assistance, thus his old school friend Billu is made the only opportunity via which the peoples of Budbuda can ever talk to the superstar.

But in the other world, Billu is ashamed of his economic condition and is shied to talk to his friend Sahir thinking Sahir has weather forgot him or will try to avoid him due to his financial status. But surprisingly, Sahir speaks in a speech at the end of the movie where he clearly mention his friend Billus name, how they were good friends and how he still miss him.

The movie is well equipped with flashy and well staggered music that interrogates with the drama. The movie is also stars Karina Kapoor, Dipika and Priyanka Chopra as special appearances in some of the music video shoot with Sahir.

The movie has in-between some fun filled moments with some of the India’s best comedians like Raj Pal Yadav who is an ordinary rural Indian who wants to be a great poet.

Priyadarshan hits his carrier with the production which is aided by striking lensing, bind blowing locations and saturated color processing to make a sharp and brilliant film ‘Billu barber.’

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