Hello (2017 film)

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Hello
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Vikram Kumar
Written byVikram Kumar
Produced by Akkineni Nagarjuna
Starring Akhil Akkineni
Kalyani Priyadarshan
Jagapati Babu
Ramya Krishna
Cinematography P. S. Vinod
Edited by Prawin Pudi
Music by Anup Rubens
Production
companies
Annapurna Studios
Manam Enterprises
Release date
  • 22 December 2017 (2017-12-22)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹30 crore [1]
Box officeest.₹34 crore [1]

Hello! is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film directed by Vikram Kumar and produced by Akkineni Nagarjuna under Annapurna Studios. The film stars Akhil Akkineni, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Jagapati Babu and Ramya Krishnan. This film marks Kalyani Priyadarshan's film debut. The music is composed by Anup Rubens. Hello was released on 22 December 2017.

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Plot

Seenu is a young orphan who plays an Ektara and earns money. He meets Junnu at a Pani Puri stall. Seenu is captivated by Junnu's quirky nature. Junnu is touched when Seenu creates an original tune upon her request, and they become friends. They meet every day and play around the Indravati Park near Ramakrishna Signal. Every day, while going to school, she gives me a ₹100 note without revealing her identity. Seenu gifts her a set of bangles. However, their friendship is abruptly disrupted when Junnu's father is transferred to Delhi. Before parting ways, Junnu writes her phone number on a ₹100 note and gives it to Seenu, but a thief named Pandu steals the note. Seenu chases after the thief but gets hit by a car driven by Sarojini. Sarojini and her husband Prakash adopt Seenu after he survives the accident, thus fulfilling Sarojini's promise to do something good for him. Noticing their sadness, their respective parents ask them, and they reveal about each other. The Park being demolished, Prakash and Priya's father are unable to locate Junnu and Seenu's address, respectively. Seenu continues to jog around Ramakrishna Signal daily in the hope of meeting Junnu again. Junnu makes a single bangle out of the set of bangles.

14 years later, Seenu is now known as Avinash, and Junnu goes by the name of Priya. They lead affluent lifestyles but feel a sense of emptiness without each other. After a chance call from an Uber driver, Avinash discovers Priya's whereabouts. However, Pandu, this time, steals Avinash's phone, hindering his efforts to contact Junnu. Determined to reconcile with her, Avinash embarks on a mission to retrieve the stolen phone.

Past: Priya feels sorrowful in Delhi and longs to meet Seenu, where she discovers that her father is being transferred to the United States. Before leaving for the US, Priya decides to search for Seenu in Hyderabad while attending her friend Kavita's wedding. While picking up his mother from the airport, Avinash and Priya notice each other but fail to recognize each other. They become friends when Priya generously gives ₹100 to street children. Priya met Sarojini on the flight she came, and Sarojini hopes Priya to be her daughter-in-law. Priya invites him to Kavita's wedding. Sarojini and Prakash mention how Avinash is not going to the jog after Priya's arrival and has forgotten Junnu. Avinash now avoids contacting Priya. At the wedding, Priya runs away after being overwhelmed by memories of Seenu. Avinash follows her and accidentally breaks the bangle that Seenu had gifted her.

Present: Avinash successfully retrieves his phone from the phone mafia and learns that Junnu is at Rockfort Music Festival. Avinash encounters Priya at the festival, where they forgive each other and Avinash presents her with a new bangle and leaves to find Junnu. Determined to find Junnu, Avinash goes to a music stall and starts playing the tune they had created during their childhood on a violin. Upon hearing the tune, Priya frantically searches for him but fails to locate him. Avinash discovers the ₹100 note with Junnu's phone number on it and repeatedly dials the number, but Priya keeps cutting the call as she is also trying to locate the tune player at the festival. Avinash plays the tune one final time and Priya rushes around in search of the musician. Overwhelmed by seeing Priya's desperate expression, Avinash softly utters Junnu, where she responds with a "yes" sign and they embrace each other passionately.

Cast

Soundtrack

Hello
Soundtrack album by
Released
  • 7 December 2017 (2017-12-07)
Recorded2017
Genre Soundtrack
Length29:48
Label Aditya Music
Producer Anup Rubens
Anup Rubens chronology
Paisa Vasool
(2017)
Hello
(2017)
Oo Pe Ku Ha
(2017)

Music of the movie was composed by Anup Rubens. Music released on Aditya Music. The audio function was held at Visakhapatnam on 7 December 2017. [2] The film is Anup Rubens's 50th film. [3]

Telugu Original Track-List
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Hello" Vanamali, Shreshta Armaan Malik 3:33
2."Anaganaga Oka Uru" Chandrabose Sri Dhruthi5:29
3."Thalachi Thalachi"Vanamali Haricharan 5:20
4."Yevevo"Chandrabose Akhil Akkineni, Jonita Gandhi 4:53
5."Anaganaga Oka Uru" (Female)Chandrabose Shreya Ghoshal 4:52
6."Merise Merise"VanamaliHaricharan, Srinidhi 5:20
Total length:29:48

All lyrics are written by Prashanth Ingole

Taqdeer (Hindi Dubbed) Tracklist
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Hello"Asa Singh3:23
2."Barse Barse"Shreyas Puranik, Deepali Sathe5:10
3."Ik Aisa"Jai Lakshmi2:37
4."Tarse Tarse"Asa Singh3:14
5."Kitne The"Asa Singh, Deepali Sathe4:17
6."Rap song"Jay Mehta 
Hello (Tamil Dubbed) Tracklist
No.TitleLength
1."Hello"3:23
2."Azha Azhagai Oru Ooril"2:46
3."Nenachi Nenachi"5:28
4."Yedhedho"5:42
5."Yedhedho (Female version)"1:10
6."Minal Minal"5:07

Release

The film was released worldwide on 22 December 2017. It was later dubbed into Hindi under the title Taqdeer (transl. Destiny) and premiered on Star Gold on 23 June 2018. It was dubbed into Tamil with the same title and premiered in Star Vijay, and in Malayalam with the same title in 2019. [4] [ additional citation(s) needed ]

Box office

The film grossed 26.4 crore worldwide in four days, with a distributors share of 14.38 crore. In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the four-day gross was 15.75 crore, with a share of 10.1 crore. [5] Hello grossed ₹34 crore in its first week. [1]

An individual from Jharkhand claimed that the phone number used in the film as Junnu's number, which was shown through out the film, belonged to him and that he had been receiving several calls from fans. He alleged that his personal and professional life was impacted because of the calls and had claimed a compensation of 50 lakh (US$63,000). The makers of the film insisted that they attained due permission from the respective telecom company. However, the company denied the claims and said that no such permission was granted. [6]

Accolades

65th Filmfare Awards South

7th South Indian International Movie Awards

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