Billu (Priyadarshan, 2009)

[sandeep]

Preview:
Billu Barber is a story of a simple ordinary man who led an extra ordinary life. Bilas Rao Pardesi (Irrfan Khan) was living in his village with his wife Bindiya (Lara Dutta) and two great kids. Life was bitter sweet... we can say more sweet than bitter.

One day a superstar Sahir Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) came into their lives and everything changed. Life changed, people changed, friends changed, the village changed but one man did not... Billu Barber.

Will this ordinary man redefine the words ordinary? Will the words see the greatness behind his small existence? And most of all, Will life ever be the same for Billu Barber again?

[suresh]

This is an example of a good malayalam movie, remade into a mediocre hindi movie. The original version of the movie, "Katha Parayumbol" was very good, since it focused on the barber enacted by Srinivasan. Mammootty, who played the superstar had limited screentime, but we could feel his presence during the whole movie. Those who understand Malayalam should check it out. The remakes (Kuselan in tamil and Billu in Hindi) tried to leverage the star values of Rajnikanth and Shahrukh and thus failed miserably.