Shahrukh
Khan
has
dropped
the
word
'Barber'
from
the
title
of
his
next
release,
Billu
Barber.
Now
his
film
is
simply
called
Billu.
The
President
of
the
Salon
and
Beauty
Parlors
Association,
Uday
Takke,
said
they
found
the
word
'barber'
objectionable
and
they
wanted
it
to
be
changed
to
hairdesser.
After
that,
SRK
decided
that
he
didn't
want
to
waste
his
time
cajoling
a
group
of
people
and
decided
to
simply
drop
the
word
'barber'
from
his
film's
title.
Says
a
source
from
the
industry,
"This
is
a
smart
move
because
everyone
already
knows
the
name
of
the
film
and
now
that
group
of
people
don't
have
any
agenda
anymore."
On
Saturday
evening,
Takke
met
Shahrukh
at
Mannat.
He
says,
"We
explained
to
him
that
barber
refers
to
a
caste
like
'nai'
or
'hajaam'.
We
are
not
barbers
by
caste.
Shahrukh
understood
our
problem." Shahrukh
says,
"When
they
met
me
they
were
very
emotional.
I
didn't
know
that
the
word
is
a
caste.
I
didn't
want
to
hurt
their
feelings
so
I
removed
the
word.
In
the
song
Billu
bhai
hajaam
hai
we
will
try
and
beep
out
the
word
in
the
film
while
showing
the
film."
Story first published: Monday, February 9, 2009, 11:56 [IST]