Billu Barber

If I were more in love with Shah Rukh Khan, this would have to be my favorite film. Because that's what every acting star and her admirer would want. Shahrukh plays Sahir Khan, a movie star who seems to be the spitting image of the real Shahrukh. The film tells the story of the star's dramatic clash with his childhood friend, who toils with poverty and his life is no bed of roses, but at the same time, his pride won't allow him to climb out of the mire on the ladder of loans. Billua is played by a very charismatic Irrfan Khan, but to little avail - half of the film is made up of the aura around the fictional Sahir made up largely of real-life artifacts associated with the real Shah Rukh Khan. It’s an exemplary film on the subject of the self-awareness of the medium (if anyone wants to dig a little deeper). We thus see glimpses of his older films, movie posters, and promotional products. The whole village gets a haircut like his, and the delightful novelty is the individual songs that are meant to announce the imaginary hit that is currently being filmed. The item with Kareena Kapoor will definitely not let me sleep for long as it contains the perfect combination of typecast Bollywood and oriental aesthetics. For a change, the item with Deepika Padukone is rather WTF due to its sci-fi charge, but this is compensated by the new shots with the goddess Priyanka Chopra. A pleasant surprise was Lara Dutta as Irrfan's wife, who had previously been mostly just a decorative actress/former miss. (21.10.2012)