Simple style ; Billu is a simple tale, told twice before in Katha Parayumpol and Kuselan, each time headlining a superstar. This time, it's Shah Rukh Khan.

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Publication: India Today

Date: 2009-03-02 00:00:00

FILM REVIEW BILLU

Director: Priyadarshan

Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Irrfan, Lara Dutta

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It's a simple tale, told twice before in Katha Parayumpol and Kuselan, each time headlining a superstar. This time, it's Shah Rukh Khan, and he's playing Sahir Khan, a long lost friend of Billu from Budbuda village in Uttar Pradesh.

Billu lives with his clothing-challenged wife played by Lara Dutta and his two children who don't seem particularly grateful. Put upon by the villagers, flat broke, plagued by a cutting-edge hairdresser opposite, the best ...

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