Overview
When a famous Bollywood actor visits a small village for a film's shoot, a poor hairdresser's claim that they were once childhood friends soon makes him the centre of attention.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $10M worldwide, about 1.7 times its $5.75M budget
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Music
Music by Pritam Chakraborty
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Cinematography
Cinematography by V. Manikandan
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Manisha KordeScreenplay
- Mushtaq SheikhScreenplay
- SreenivasanStory
- PriyadarshanScreenplay
- Original title
- बिल्लू
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 13, 2009
- Original language
- Hindi
- Budget
- $5.8M
- Revenue
- $10M
- Countries
- India
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Cast
Irrfan KhanBillas Pardesi aka Billo Barber
Shah Rukh KhanSahir Khan
Lara DuttaBillu's Wife
Om PuriSahukaar Daamchand
Rajpal YadavZallan Kumar
Mitali MayekarGunja- Pratik DalviRonak
Manoj JoshiDamodar Dubey- Rishikesh SharmaTaro Bapu
Kareena Kapoor KhanSahir Khan's Heroine
Priyanka Chopra JonasSahir Khan's Heroine
Deepika PadukoneSahir Khan's Heroine
AsraniNaubat Chacha
Jagadish'Modern' Madan
Rasika JoshiPrincipal Gahalot- Shankar SachdevCivil Officer
Chirag VohraDirector
Atul ParchureCharan Das Chaube- Vineet KapoorSchool Committee Member 1
Nagesh BhonsleDamcand's Goon 1
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