Movie Review of Red Chillies Entertainment's 'Billu'
'Hamre Billu Bhayankar' is what Rajpal Yadav, a poet in Irfan Khan's village writes for him. This is after the village gets to know that Billu is friends with superstar Sahir Khan.
'Billu' (It used to be 'Billu Barber' until two weeks ago.) created a good pre-release hawa thanks to the presence of SRK and Irfan Khan's reputation as an actor. I went to the theater and asked for a ticket for 'Billu barber'. The ticket I got read 'Billu'. I wanted to ask the multiplex wallah, "e burbak, aadha hi ticket diye ho kaa? Ya hum interbal tak hi picture dekhein kaa?"
The movie is entertaining on the whole. Billu's sad life in the beginning and how things take a turn has been handled in a funny way. Rasika Joshi, as the school principal is amazing. Atul Parchure, as the guesthouse manager, brings the house down. Lara Dutta looks like a beautiful village ki aurat - that's precisely what she is reduced to. Om Puri is good too. Shahrukh Khan and Irfan Khan both stand out as powerful characters.
When Billu claims to be Sahir Khan's friend, you wonder if he's bluffing to get attention. By the end of the movie you are almost sure of it.
The climax reminds one of the 'Krishna-Sudama' story. But why would a superstar, at the annual function of a village school, tell a story of his best friend and how he lost him and break down? This looks slightly filmy.
Nevertheless, the film is nice and a good one-time watch!
'Hamre Billu Bhayankar' is what Rajpal Yadav, a poet in Irfan Khan's village writes for him. This is after the village gets to know that Billu is friends with superstar Sahir Khan.
'Billu' (It used to be 'Billu Barber' until two weeks ago.) created a good pre-release hawa thanks to the presence of SRK and Irfan Khan's reputation as an actor. I went to the theater and asked for a ticket for 'Billu barber'. The ticket I got read 'Billu'. I wanted to ask the multiplex wallah, "e burbak, aadha hi ticket diye ho kaa? Ya hum interbal tak hi picture dekhein kaa?"
The movie is entertaining on the whole. Billu's sad life in the beginning and how things take a turn has been handled in a funny way. Rasika Joshi, as the school principal is amazing. Atul Parchure, as the guesthouse manager, brings the house down. Lara Dutta looks like a beautiful village ki aurat - that's precisely what she is reduced to. Om Puri is good too. Shahrukh Khan and Irfan Khan both stand out as powerful characters.
When Billu claims to be Sahir Khan's friend, you wonder if he's bluffing to get attention. By the end of the movie you are almost sure of it.
The climax reminds one of the 'Krishna-Sudama' story. But why would a superstar, at the annual function of a village school, tell a story of his best friend and how he lost him and break down? This looks slightly filmy.
Nevertheless, the film is nice and a good one-time watch!
U ACTUALLY HAVE TERMED THE FILM AS 'GOOD OVERALL'...I THOUGHT IT IS A DISASTER LOOKING AT THE TITLE GIVEN TO THE POST...PLANNING TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND..
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