An unfair cut

Dear Mr Priydarshan,

i have watched all the comedies that you made, with the intention to get a good laugh. And i found a strong reason to say that clean topical comedy has been born again because of you. If one director can take the mundane middle,lower middle or lower class setting, preserve their respective dynamism, their many shades, and yet deliver a side splitting comedy, its you. The sharp wit in the dialogues, and the native humour in the situations are all your trademark symbols of new found vigour for laughathons. Dazzling camera and cinematography were always your strong point, well before bollywood woke up to you post Hera pheri. These points are proven beyond doubt in the latest venture of yours called Billoo. i yet again warmed up to the rib tickling fun patented by you, well i almost enjoyed the whole movie, the emotional part well taken too. Well almost. It will not be fair to say that the entry of the superstar Sahil Khan played by Shahrukh was not brilliant. What detailing, what imagery! Wow! And the song settings, exceptional. The wry humour was evident throughout, culminating in the most funny scene of the year, the police inspector's dialogues fumbling one. And finally a well orchestrated climax. Every thing was right, well almost.Here is where the danger zone is, this well almost there thing. For some, it passes off as good effort. For some it just cannot escape extra bit of scrutiny. That is the funny part in the balancing game, just cannot be thinly balanced on a extra heavy plank. A superstar like Shahrukh Khan would need some heavy dose of fireworks to please the masses, not just two songs and a few far between scenes. Not fair Mr Priyadarshan Sir. This is not just a story about Billoo, its about the phenomena called King Khan. Where is the showcasing of your prized ticket? Keeping the two protagonists apart all through? Not fair Sir. You almost scored ten on ten with the rest of your craft, sometimes exceeding past experience, but not at the cost of keeping the highly prized USP under wraps for a full 120 minutes. That has proved fatal. This is a very late review. All the noise around the movie has died down, its over. But i still watched it for you, just to see if i find the reason for the dismal showing. i did. And it just looks like someone snipped the most precious moments of your movie before release. One was half the title, second was the reason this may have hit bulls eye. Change your barber sir, pronto.