Billu Barber

Movie
German title	Billu Barber
Original title	Billu
Country of production	India
original language	Hindi , English
Publishing year	2009
length	137 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Priyadarshan
script	Priyadarshan ; Manisha Korde ; Mushtaq Sheikh ; Sreenivasan
production	Gauri Khan
music	Pritam Chakraborty
camera	Manikandan
cut	Arun Kumar
occupation
	Irrfan Khan : Bilao Rao Pardesi / Billu; Lara Dutta : Bindiya; Shah Rukh Khan : Sahir Khan; Om Puri : Daamchand; Rajpal Yadav : Jhalan Kumar; Asrani : Mobat Chacha; Manoj Joshi : Damodar Dubey / Member of the school council; Rasika Joshi : Mrs. Gahalot / Rector; Jagdish : Madan / Billus competitor; Kareena Kapoor : (guest appearance); Priyanka Chopra : (guest appearance); Deepika Padukone : (guest appearance);

Billu ( Hindi : बिल्लू) is a Hindi film about an extraordinary connection between a superstar and a simple hairdresser. Both have more in common than appearances suggest.

The international theatrical release took place on February 13, 2009, in Germany and Austria the film had already been shown the day before, but in the original language with German subtitles ( OmU ).

action

Bilao Rao Pardesi alias Billu lives with his wife Bindiya and their two children very modestly in a small Indian village. He earns his living as a hairdresser and can barely survive with it. However, his children face suspension from school because Billu cannot pay the school fees.

One day a large film crew turns up for a set - among them the biggest film star in the country: Sahir Khan. Suddenly the whole village goes crazy, after all, everyone wants something from the fame of the superstar. More casually Billu mentions that Sahir was a childhood friend of his. The news spreads like wildfire and all of the villagers are suddenly extremely nice to Billu. The family now has a high reputation and is given rich gifts, because they see in them the link to the otherwise inaccessible Sahir Khan.

The situation is slowly spiraling out of control: Billu himself cannot get close to Sahir and is only turned away on the phone. He also doubts that he will still be recognized by Sahir at all. As the shooting draws to a close, most of the villagers accuse Billu of fraud and take back all the belongings that were given.

The school principal was the only one who could persuade Sahir to take part in the school festival. Sahir uses this favor to give a lecture to the children. Above all, he makes it clear to them how important education is - the first step out of poverty. Nevertheless, they should enjoy their childhood and help one another. Finally, Sahir also talks about his best friend, who was the only one who did not despise him because of his poor circumstances and who even helped him to get to the film metropolis of Bombay . After Sahir established himself as an actor, he wanted to thank his friend and so returned to his village. But there he only learns about his move after his marriage. But he never forgot his friend - his friend named Billu.

Suddenly all viewers are speechless at the name and Billu himself is surprised how much Sahir still knew. The film ends with Sahir's visit to Billu.

music

Song title	Singer
Marjaani *	Sukhwinder Singh , Sunidhi Chauhan
Love Mera Hit Hit *	Neeraj Shridhar , Tulsi Kumar
You Get Me Rockin & Reeling *	Neeraj Shridhar
Ae Aa O *	KK , Rana Mazumder , Neeraj Shridhar
Jahoon Kahan	Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Khudaya Khair *	Neeraj Shridhar , choir
Billoo Bhayankar	Ajay Jhingran , Kalpana

* Various remixes of these marked songs can be heard on the soundtrack. In the songs Marjaani , Love Mera Hit Hit and You Get Me Rockin & Reeling have Kareena Kapoor , Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra their cameo appearances.

German dubbed version

The German dubbing was initiated by the Cologne film label Rapid Eye Movies on the occasion of the DVD release on September 11, 2009 , dialogue director was Katrin Fröhlich . For the film stars Shah Rukh Khan and Lara Dutta , who are already known in German-speaking countries , their assigned voice actors Pascal Breuer and Gundi Eberhard were selected, for the main actor Irrfan Khan it was decided to have a cast that is typical of character, as Steve Carell's celeb Uwe Büschken spoke to the amiable, naive mid-forties Barber Billu.

This and that

This film is a remake of the Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbol (2007).
Due to many complaints from hairdresser owners, the original title was changed to Billu .
Since Shahrukh Khan actually plays himself, many short excerpts from his earlier films are shown in the song Ae Aa O. B. I am always there for you! ( Main Hoon Na ), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge - Whoever comes first gets the bride , In good and bad days , Kuch Kuch Hota Hai - And all of a sudden it's love , Chak De! India - An unbeatable team , Don - The game begins , Om Shanti Om , Asoka - The way of the warrior , For my love is immortal ( Mohabbatein ), Live and do not think of tomorrow ( Kal Ho Naa Ho ), Devdas - Flame of our love and Pardes .

Reviews

"Elegantly staged, but not very original drama with lots of dance and song interludes, which the main actor Shahrukh Khan does not even use for the obvious self-distancing from his role persona."

- Lexicon of international film

“ Fortunately, the often overdone behavior of Indian films can hardly be found in Billu Barber . The fact that the story does without any romantic banter is a big plus of the film, as this is the absolute exception in Shahrukh Khan films. Irrfan Khan and his cute film family, all of whom play superbly, definitely make up for all the irritations that Shahrukh's scenes cause in the audience. "

- cineclub.de