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Released
2009 · FILM

Billu

A humble village barber seizes a chance at fame by claiming he’s an old friend of a visiting Bollywood superstar, only to battle the town’s expectations and his own insecurities as the star’s glamorous world collides with his simple life.

Directed by
Priyadarshan
Written by
Manisha Korde, Priyadarshan
Runtime
137 min
Language
HI
ComedyDrama
Streaming on
  • Netflix

Synopsis

When a renowned Bollywood actor arrives at a small village for the filming of a movie, a local barber, who is also a poor hairdresser, claims they were childhood friends. This assertion quickly draws attention to him, making him the focal point of interest in the village.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Arun KumarShot by ManikandanScored by Pritam ChakrabortyDesigned by Sartaj Singh

Box Office

2009 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.7× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$10.0M

Budget$5.8M
Worldwide gross$10.0M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $625K

Peak 70 theaters

Also known as

  • Billu Barberde

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