Deepika Padukone is making a cameo appearance in the Priyadarshan’s much-talked about “Billo Barber”.

Priyadarshan gives credit to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan for bringing her to the project. Besides Deeepika, Kareena Kapoor also makes a guest appearance in the movie.

The director had been trying to rope in Shah Rukh for years. “I had offered him four other films. I never made those films. You can’t make a film written for Shah Rukh with anyone else. Then now when he finally gave me 65 days, he said he’s busy with the IPL (Indian Premier League) and I’d have to adjust dates accordingly.

“Then I narrated Billo Barber to him. He got really excited and said, ‘IPL and this film happen side by side’. This film takes me back to my Viraasat. I feel I’ve gone back to my roots.”

Billo Barber is a remake of the Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbol, which was directed by Sreenivasan. Mammootty and Sreenivasan played the lead roles in it.

Irrfan is playing the title role in this comedy by Priyadarshan. The talented actor is now all set to take hair cutting lessons from a roadside barber, to make his character look real in his next film Billo Barber.Shah Rukh plays a superstar called Saahil Khan

Commenting upon Irrfan, the director said: “Any big star would’ve agreed to play the title role. But I wanted someone who looked like a real villager, a hardcore barber. Irrfan has learnt how to cut hair,” said Priyadarshan.