Shah Rukh Khan’s Billo Barber will be released in February 2009
Shah Rukh Khan’s Billo Barber has been postponed again and now the movie is scheduled to release in February 2009. First, the movie was slated to release during Diwali. Then it was postponed to November 7 and now February. Directed by famous director, Priyadarshan, Billo Barber, is the remake of Katha Parayumpol, a hit Malayalam movie of 2007.
One of the major reasons behind this postponement is the failure to complete the shooting of the movie. According to news reports, shooting of some songs could not be completed because of Shah Rukh Khan. To shoot the movie, the unit went to Pollachi in Coimbatore district. Since it was monsoon season, there was heavy rain and the unit had to shoot in the middle of rain because Shah Rukh Khan and Priyadarshan wanted to wrap up the shooting at any cost. The post production work of the movie is still remaining.
However, there was rumor that movie was postponed due to Kuselan’s poor business. Kuselan starring Rajinikanth, the South Indian superstar, did not do well which baffled Shah Rukh Khan. After seeing Kuselan’s failure, Priyadarshan and Shah Rukh Khan decided to reshoot some scenes. In addition, they made sure that Billo Barber does not cross the two and half hour time scale. Kuselan was a three hour long movie which was another reason behind its failure. More over, another movie of Shah Rukh Khan, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, directed by Shah Rukh Khan’s long time friend, Aditya Chopra, is slated to release on December 12, 2008. Shah Rukh Khan does not want to release two movies at the same time.
An official of the Red Chillies Entertainment, the production company of Shah Rukh Khan that is producing Billo Barber said:
The film is not complete yet, there are two more songs remaining to be canned and a big marketing drive is being planned. With all this remaining how can the film release in just over a month’s time from now? We are looking forward to early 2009 release.
Anyway, it looks like Shah Rukh Khan’s fans will have to wait a little bit long to see their favorite hero’s next big project.
Useful Links:
http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/08/sep/16-songs-delay-billoobarber-to-feb-2009-090805.asp
http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2008/09/billoo-barber-release.html
http://news.sawf.org/Bollywood/53184.aspx
