Billu Barber Review

Cast:

Irrfan Khan...Billu

Shah Rukh Khan...Sahir Khan

Lara Dutta...Billu's Wife

Summary:

A small town barber, Billu, is in the dumps because of a new barbershop down the avenue that is much fancier than his. He has lost all of his customers, and all he has left is his wife(Dutta) and his two children. Billu is trying all the things in the world to make some money to support his family. Suddenly the biggest superstar in India needs to make a film in a small ruel town, and he chooses Billu's town to film in. The town goes crazy! Everyone wants a piece of Sahir Khan while he is in town, and a rumor has been spread that Billu knows Sahir very well, and he's like a brother to Sahir. Billu becomes a local celebrity, and everyone wants the connection to their hero. Billu is a very humble person and gets very bothered when he is pushed around by the townspeople. And he is forced to make promises to get Sahir to see people, and we don't even know if he really does know Sahir at all. If Billu really does know Sahir then all of his problems will be solved, but if he doesn't know Sahir he will become the laughing stock of the town. Its up to kismet to see if they really do know eachother...

Review:

I really enjoyed this film! I thought each character was so nice and they all really seemed like genuine people. You connected with Billu because of his humbleness and you really felt what he was going though, and Sahir seemed like such a real celebrity. He wasn't a hero on and off the sets, he was a normal person who really thought it was strange having so many people literally die to meet him. Even though it was a very simple story, I thought Priyadarshan really turned it into a sweet and touching film. When I walked into the film, I was expecting the worst.As a director, Priyadarshan seems to make more silly films and honestly I don't really enjoy them. I was expecting the whole film to be about Rajpal Yadav and his slapstick acting, but it wasn't! I have to say that the COMPLETE highlight of this film were the item numbers!!!!!!! Deepika, Priyanka and Kareena were so amazing and the sets and clothes for the songs were mindblowing. I would definently recomend seeing this film in theaters because its a really fun film, and very sweet.

Music:

HOW COULD YOU NOT LIKE THIS MUSIC! Most of the songs were absolutely amazing! The best being Marjaani, Love Mera Hit Hit, and You Get Me Rockin and Reelin. Marjaani was a Moraccan themed set with Kareena Kapoor and SRK, Love Mera Hit Hit was a futuristic set with Deepika Padukone and SRK, and You Get Me Rockin and Reeling was with Priyanka Chopra and SRK on a stylish house(?) set. I don't really know how to describe that one. You can see all of these music videos on a previous post 'Billu Barber Song Promos'.