Such a frustrating disappointment

I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Awfully bad movie with the very poor direction which is never expected from Priyadarshan. I couldn't make out if the movie was about 'billu barber' the character or it was all about Shahrukh Khan, actually it was all about Shahrukh Khan promo and that made it so boring and dull.The movie is listed in the 'comedy' genre but comedy was no-where to be found.Irfan Khan as always is an amazing actor but he made a mistake signing for this movie, I would suggest him to take the roles more carefully. Priyadarshan let everybody down. Songs are undoubtedly a major hit and they are really good too, but when you watch the movie, you'll be shocked that none of the songs fit into the movie at all, with a completely different production design and all.don't waste your time and money on this one.

"Billu" is the remake of the Malayalam movie "Kathaparayumbol". In fact "Kathaparayumbol" is 100 times better than this one. The songs in the movie Billu has got nothing to do with the movie. The songs were just a matter of adding Glamor to the movie. Once again Srk has proved that he is an overacting idiot! In certain scenes his acting was pathetic...especially when he was delivering that speech. Irfan was good. He was tailor made for doing the role....Lara was ordinary. What I feel is that Srk is trying to show off his stardom in this movie...Well...about Priyadarshan(director).. he s the biggest copy cat in the industry...he doesn't deserve a bit of reputation he has made. Finally...The movie sucked big time.....

This could have been a good rural movie with some good actors like Irfan Khan but for the item numbers which are so out of place, out of context that it is beyond the point of being ridiculous-pathetic. Why are the Indian producers spending enormous money on these item numbers? Om Puri who has proved himself to be a versatile actor is more a jester with his accident prone character. The part of the guest house manager acting as an inspector is so overdone it becomes more annoying than funny.The only redeeming scene is the last few scenes. The movie has no soul with erratic editing and dialog. Irfan Khan is the one actor who brings some serenity to an otherwise circus-like atmosphere that seems to prevail for the most part. This is typical SRK production with not much substance but hype. Lara Dutta has acquired new acting skills that come handy for a rural housewife-like making roti's bathing under waterfalls and making ransom demands to see an over-the-hill film actor. The scene where she falls out of the bed-day dreaming is plainly funny-"My god I had problems in the day-now at night too!"

This movie is absolutely terrible. Priyadarshan seems to have lost his touch. I can't believe this is the same director who made movies like Hera Pheri.The idea of the movie is quite novel. But the problem is the execution. The movie is super-slow. The same things keep repeatedly, until you are too bored to yawn !! The movie really needed much slicker editing.There are some light moments. Some joes actually do feel funny. However it is like a diamond in coal mine. Believe me spare yourself the torture and spend the 2 hours some place better !