name | Billu |
---|---|
director | Priyadarshan |
producer | Gauri Khan |
screenplay | Manisha KordeMushtaq Sheikh |
story | Sreenivasan |
starring | Irrfan KhanLara Dutta Om PuriRajpal Yadav Asrani |
music | Pritam |
cinematography | V.Manikandan |
editing | Arun Kumar |
distributor | Eros Labs |
released | |
runtime | 150 minutes |
country | |
language | Hindi |
budget | |
gross | }} |
It is a official adaptation of the 2007 Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbol and its screenplay by Manisha Korde and Mushtaq Sheikh closely imitating Rajinikanth guest starrer Kuselan, the Tamil remake of the Malayalam original. It is also a retelling of the story of Sudama and Krishna.
Billu has mentioned to his family that he knows Sahir from the past but has never elaborated how he knows the star. When his children talk about their father's friendship with the star, word spreads throughout the village. Virtually overnight, Billu, who had previously been scorned by most due to his lowly state, becomes the center of attention. People who had spurned him only the week before now call him a close friend so that he will introduce them to Sahir. Billu refuses and downplays the friendship. Even so, the powerful businessman Sahukaar Daamchand (Om Puri) demands to see Sahir and offers Billu expensive gifts in order to gain such a meeting. When Billu consistently fails to introduce the people of the village to Sahir, his situation changes once again. He is accused of lying about his friendship and everyone — including his wife and children — begin to doubt his character and integrity. Rather than defend himself, Billu remains quiet about the nature of his and Sahir's friendship.
On Sahir's last day in the village, the star speaks at a local school. He tells the children about his own impoverished childhood when he had nothing but a special friendship with another young boy, named Billu. It was Billu who had taken care of Sahir and eventually helped him travel to Mumbai where Sahir became a star. Billu, who is standing at the back of the event, leaves during the talk without revealing to Sahir that he is there. But the townspeople, realizing their error, take Sahir to Billu's house. Billu's children come home and apologize to their father. Then, Sahir appears in his Bentley Continental GT, and Billu and Sahir are reunited. In the end, Sahir must leave for another shoot but promises that his and Billu's friendship is reignited and will remain friends.
In April 2008, the director announced that he had cast Lara Dutta as Billu's wife. The cast began filming for the project on 8 April 2008 and according to Shahrukh Khan, "the film is a sweet story of friendship...quite similar to the bond shared between Krishna and Sudama." The film also features Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone in item numbers with Shahrukh Khan.
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name | Billu |
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type | soundtrack |
artist | Pritam |
released | |
genre | Feature film soundtrack |
length | 70:64 |
label | T-Series |
producer | Gauri Khan }} |
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 "Love Mera Hit Hit" was sampled by Serbian pop singer Anabela Đogani in her song "Igra Istine".
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