Billu (Hindi: बिल्लू), originally titled Billu Barber and released under that title in the United States,[2][3] is a 2009 Bollywood film by Priyadarshan, produced by Red Chillies Entertainment, with an adapted screenplay by Manisha Korde and Mushtaq Sheikh based on the script by Sreenivasan. It stars Irrfan Khan and Lara Dutta in the lead roles and features Shah Rukh Khan, Om Puri, Rajpal Yadav and Asrani in supporting roles. Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone,[4] and Priyanka Chopra[5] make guest appearances in item numbers. The film was released on 13 February 2009.
It is an official adaptation of the 2007 critically acclaimed Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbol. It is also a retelling of the story of Sudama and Krishna.[6] The film was screened at the 2009 Hawaii International Film Festival.
Cast Irrfan Khan as Bilas Rao Pardesi (Billu) Lara Dutta as Bindiya Shah Rukh Khan as Sahir Khan Om Puri as Sahukaar Daamchand Rajpal Yadav as Zallan Kumar (Budbudiya) Asrani as Naubat Chacha Manoj Joshi as Damodar Dubey Rasika Joshi as Principal Gahalot Nagesh Bhonsle Atul Parchure Mitali Mayakar as Gunja Pratik Dalvi as Ronak (Duggu) Rushabh Shah as Taro Bapu
Released on 5 January 2009, the soundtrack for Billu has music by Pritam with lyrics from Gulzar, Neeraj Shridhar, Sayeed Quadri, Ashish Pandit and Mayur Puri. The song "Khudaya Khair" was recorded by playback singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya who has rendered his voice for Shahrukh Khan in many movies. However, due to the ongoing controversy between Abhijeet and SRK, the song was withdrawn. The song "Love Mera Hit Hit" was sampled by Serbian pop singer Anabela in her song "Igra Istine", by Serbian singer Dejan Stanković in his song "Kaligula" and by Macedonian singer Boki 13 in his song "Kaligula".
