Spicezee Bureau
Mumbai, Feb 08: Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has announced that he would get the title of ‘Billu Barber’ changed, as requested by ‘The Salon and Beauty Parlours Association’.
SRK’s decision is in response to the demands of the hairdressers’ association, which finds the word ‘barber’ offensive. They expressed their objection when Shah Rukh tied up with over 500 barber shops across the city and sent them the cassettes and CDs of the film to be displayed and played at their shops.
Uday Takke, the President of a hairdresser association, had said, “We have been given vinyl posters and CDs to put up in the shops. We want ‘Billu Barber’ to be called ‘Billu’. Hairdresser as barber is a derogatory and insulting term. We choose hairdressing as a profession because it is an art. Also there are many women hairstylists, if ‘Billu Barber’ becomes a hit, women hairdressers will be called barbers too!"
Well, ‘Billu Barber’ or ‘Billu’ is slated for release this Friday.
