Billu (2009)
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- Not Rated
- 2h 17min
- Comedy, Drama
- 12 Feb 2009 (Australia)
- Movie
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.
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Awards:
- 3 nominations.
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Cast
| Irrfan Khan | ... |
Billu
(as Irrfan)
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| Lara Dutta | ... |
Bindiya
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| Om Puri | ... |
Damchand
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| Govardhan Asrani | ... |
Nobat Chacha
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| Rajpal Naurang Yadav | ... |
Jhallan Kumar
(as Rajpal Yadav)
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| Manoj Joshi | ... |
Damodar Dubey
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| Jagadish | ... |
Madan
(as Jagdish)
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| Rasika Joshi | ... |
Principal Gahalot
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Mitali Mayekar | ... |
Gunja
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Pratik Dalvi | ... |
Duggu
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| Kareena Kapoor | ... |
Dancer in 'Marjani' song
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| Deepika Padukone | ... |
Dancer in 'Love Mera Hit Hit' song
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| Shah Rukh Khan | ... |
Sahir Khan
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Shankar Sachdev | ... |
Civil Officer
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| Chirag Vohra | ... |
Director
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| Atul Parchure | ... |
Charan Das Chaube
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Vineet Kapoor | ... |
School Committee Member 1
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Sunil Bob | ... |
School Committee Member 2
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| Nagesh Bhonsle | ... |
Damcand's Goon 1
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Vikash Srivastav | ... |
Damcand's Goon 2
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Pushkar Shotri | ... |
Riku
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| Amey Wagh | ... |
Modern Baber's Asst.
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Rishikesh Sharma | ... |
Policeman
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Ahsan Bakhsh | ... |
Police Inspector
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| Jayant Gadekar | ... |
Police Inspector at Mela
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Rajni Vaidya | ... |
Old woman at the Pond
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Neeti Wagh | ... |
Bindiya's Friend 1
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Lalit Parashar | ... |
Billu's Neighbour
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Urmila Sharma | ... |
Bindiya's Friend 2
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Rushi Mistry | ... |
D.S.P.
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Indra Mansukhani | ... |
D.S.P's Wife
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Anil Kumar | ... |
Collector
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Manoj Sharma | ... |
Carpenter
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Ajay Shah | ... |
Villager with Billu's Cycle
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Kanchan Rawat | ... |
School Teacher
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Rajgopal | ... |
Union Member 1
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Chander | ... |
Union Member 2
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Ashwini Bhatt | ... |
Sahil Khan's Secretary
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Stuti Rushi | ... |
IK's kids friend
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Uday Atroliya | ... |
Sub Inspector
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Dinkar Gawande | ... |
Villager 1
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Sushil Pande | ... |
Villager 2
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| Sushil Bonthiyal | ... |
Villager 3
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Sushil Shukla | ... |
Villager 4
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Basant Sinha | ... |
Villager 5
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Anand Bapat | ... |
Villager 6
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Paresh Brakmabhatt | ... |
Villager 7
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Noor Ali | ... |
Teenpatti Player 1
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Naushad Lari | ... |
Teenpatti Player 2
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Dharmandra Patidar | ... |
Teenpatti Player 3
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Anu Aggarwal | ... |
Teenpatti Player 4
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Deepesh | ... |
Kid at Billu's Shop (Ghansu)
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Yaseen Khan | ... |
Sahir Khan's Bodyguard
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Saurabh Frenchmail | ... |
Producer
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James | ... |
DOP
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Hamid | ... |
Damchand's Goons
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Dilip | ... |
Damchand's Goons
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Paresh Bramhbhatt | ... |
Shopkeeper
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| Priyanka Chopra Jonas | ... |
Self 'You Get me rocking and reeling'
(as Priyanka Chopra)
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Kristian Hedegaard-Petersen | ... |
Sound Engineer
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Perin Malde | ... |
Flying kiss boy in crowd
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Prasoon Narayan |
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| Pushkar Shrotri | ... |
Film crew member
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Deependra Singh | ... |
Std Owner
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Directed by
| Priyadarshan | ||
Written by
| Manisha Korde | ... | (dialogue) (as Maneesha Horde) |
| Priyadarshan | ... | (screenplay) |
| Mushtaq Shiekh | ... | (screenplay) (as Mushtaq Sheikh) |
| Sreenivasan | ... | (story) (as P. Srinivasan) |
Produced by
| Sanjiv Chawla | ... | executive producer |
| Gauri Khan | ... | producer |
| Vaibhav Misra | ... | supervising producer |
| Anil Sable | ... | executive producer |
| Rajan Vanmali | ... | line producer |
Music by
| Pritam Chakraborty | ||
Cinematography by
| Manikandan | ... | (as V. Manikandan) |
Editing by
| Arun Kumar | ||
Editorial Department
| Rohan Desai | ... | digital intermediate supervisor |
| Suman Prasad | ... | assistant editor |
| Sanjay Sharma | ... | associate editor |
| Smanoj C.P.K. Verma | ... | colorist |
Casting By
| Manisha Korde | ||
| Sahil Sayyed | ||
Production Design by
| Sartaj Singh | ||
Costume Design by
| Neeta Lulla | ||
| Manish Malhotra | ||
Makeup Department
| Arun Indulkar | ... | makeup artist |
| Manish Joshi | ... | assistant makeup artist |
| Tushar Mohite | ... | makeup artist |
| Vijay Shikare | ... | Personal makeup artist:Irrfan khan |
| Vivek Singh | ... | makeup artist |
| Vinod B. Upadhyay | ... | makeup department head |
Production Management
| Sameer Khan | ... | production manager |
| Sanjeev Kumar | ... | production manager |
| Manivarma | ... | production manager |
| Deven Munjal | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Ike | ... | assistant director |
| Parag Kalita | ... | second assistant director |
| Abilash Nair | ... | chief associate director |
Art Department
| Madhura Gokarn | ... | assistant art director |
| Anil Jadhav | ... | assistant art director |
| Santosh Kotkar | ... | assistant art director |
| Twisha Pal | ... | assistant art director |
| Suresh Selvarajan | ... | assistant art director |
| Venkatesh V. | ... | on set painter |
Sound Department
| Tarun Bhandari | ... | adr recordist |
| Baylon Fonseca | ... | additional sound recordist |
| Rajakrishnan M.R. | ... | audiographer (as Rajakrishnan) |
| Julian Mascarenhas | ... | sound recordist |
| Dhrubajyoti Phukan | ... | supervising mix editor |
| Santosh Verma | ... | sound recordist |
| P.C. Vishnu | ... | assistant sound mixer / pre-mix engineer |
Visual Effects by
| Vikas Agarwal | ... | motion graphics artist |
| Tushar Anchan | ... | cg artist |
| Abhishek Arya | ... | match move artist |
| Gaurav Bhira | ... | jr compositor |
| Shidhyesh Bhogle | ... | lighting lead |
| Prakash Bhoir | ... | digital compositor |
| Omkar Bhosle | ... | office administrator |
| Abhineet Christian | ... | compositor |
| Murad Currawalla | ... | compositor |
| Vikrant Dalal | ... | visual effects artist |
| Sagar Doiphode | ... | compositor |
| Obaid Haris | ... | lead modeler |
| Haresh Hingorani | ... | visual effects production director / visual effects supervisor |
| Manik Iratkar | ... | digital matte painter |
| Akhilesh Jain | ... | vfx creative lead |
| Amit Jain | ... | digital compositor |
| Narendra Joiya | ... | 3d artist |
| Dhaval Kakadiya | ... | visual effects |
| Hiral Kawa | ... | jr compositor (as Hiral Vyas) |
| Manish Khatiwada | ... | digital compositor |
| Sagar Kudle | ... | modeling artist |
| Senthil Kumar M. | ... | visual effects artist |
| Sanjay Kumar | ... | senior matte painter/td |
| Prashant Mahashabde | ... | visual effects artist |
| Arjun Mitra | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Udit Mohan | ... | digital compositor |
| Siddhartha S. Mondal | ... | compositor |
| Nishikanta Patra | ... | matchmove artist |
| Swanand Phadnis | ... | Paint & Roto Artist |
| Vijay Rajbhar | ... | compositor |
| Sasmit Ranadive | ... | 3d artist |
| Varsha Ranu | ... | roto artist: Red Chillies.vfx |
| Sai Krishna Rimmalapudi | ... | digital compositor |
| Mandeep Singh Saini | ... | compositor |
| Chandrakant Sakpal | ... | visual effects |
| Ronak Sanghadia | ... | project manager |
| Vishal Shah | ... | team leader: Redchillies.VFX |
| Amjad Shaikh | ... | team lead |
| Sarfaraaz Shaikh | ... | 3d artist |
| Rohan Silimkar | ... | rotoscope artist |
| Anurag Utsav | ... | visual effects artist |
| Akshay Vichare | ... | lighting artist |
| Keitan Yadav | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Stunts
| Afzal Usman Khan | ... | stunt performer |
| Feroz Khan | ... | action director |
| Madina Sayed | ... | stunt double |
| Parvez Shaikh | ... | Action Director: India |
| Ashraf Stuntindia | ... | stunt coordinator |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Debal Banerjee | ... | assistant camera |
| Ramesha k Barti | ... | camera caretaker (as Ramesha Bharathi Bk) |
| David Basu | ... | assistant camera |
| Nilesh Chaubey | ... | lighting technician |
| Kamal Chaupal | ... | Cinematographer's Assistant |
| Ganesh Hegde | ... | gaffer |
| Ganesh s Hegde | ... | gaffer |
| Rakesh Manikantan | ... | associate cameraman (as Rakesh Manikanthan) |
| Chary Sajjana | ... | focus puller |
| Suhas-Tatkare | ... | lighting technician |
| Tambi | ... | first assistant camera |
| Kapil Verma | ... | steadicam operator |
Animation Department
| Yuvraj Singh Dodia | ... | animator |
Casting Department
| Himalaya Agrawal | ... | casting associate |
Music Department
| Abhijeet | ... | playback singer |
| Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | ... | playback singer |
| Sunidhi Chauhan | ... | playback singer |
| Gulzar | ... | lyricist |
| Suraj Jagan | ... | playback singer |
| Ajay Jhingran | ... | playback singer |
| Akriti Kakar | ... | playback singer (as Akriti Kakkar) |
| Tulsi Kumar | ... | playback singer |
| Krishnakumar Kunnath | ... | playback singer (as K.K.) |
| Rana Muzumdar | ... | playback singer (as Rana Mazumdar) |
| Kalpana Patowary | ... | playback singer (as Kalpana) |
| Dhrubajyoti Phukan | ... | music producer/programmer |
| Sayeed Qadri | ... | lyricist |
| Sandeep Shirodkar | ... | song programming arranger |
| Neeraj Shridhar | ... | playback singer (as Neeraj Sridhar) |
| Sukhwinder Singh | ... | playback singer |
| Abhijit Vaghani | ... | music producer |
| Raghubir Yadav | ... | playback singer (as Raghuveer Yadav) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Kanika Dhillon | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
| Vinod Bhalla | ... | Manager North: Eros International |
| Sumeet Goradia | ... | assistant choreographer |
| Farah Khan | ... | choreographer |
| Parveen Kumar | ... | production accountant |
| Rahul Nanda | ... | Campaign Designer |
| Ketki Samant | ... | marketing assistant |
| Prasanna Sujit | ... | choreographer |
| Abhijeet Ubale | ... | production accountant |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Rapid Eye Movies (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
- Red Chillies Entertainment (2009) (World-wide)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Based in Budbuda, Uttar Pradesh, Billu Vilas Pardesi barely makes a living as a barber. His wife, Bindiya, looks after the household, and his children, Gunja and Ronak, are on the verge of being expelled from Gyaan Bharti Vidyalay Higher Secondary School due to non-payment of fees. Then everything changes when Bollywood actor Sahir Khan makes an appearance to film a movie in the town. Rumors spread that Billu is Sahir's close friends, and he becomes a celebrity virtually overnight. His shop gets donations and clientèle, and the school decides to educate his children for free. The trouble begins when townsfolk want to meet with Sahir but Billu is unable to contact him. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) |
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Did You Know?
| 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. See more » |
| 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. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Ae Aa O See more » |
| Crazy Credits | And Incidentally Shah Rukh Khan as Sahir Khan. See more » |