Hello Brother (1999 film)

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Hello Brother
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Sohail Khan
Written bySohail Khan
Based on Aayushkalam (1992)
by Kamal
Produced bySohail Khan
Bunty Walia
Starring Salman Khan
Arbaaz Khan
Rani Mukerji
Narrated by Amitabh Bachchan
Cinematography Santosh Thundiyil
Edited byYusuf Khan
Music by Sajid–Wajid
Himesh Reshammiya
Production
companies
Sohail Khan Productions
G.S. Entertainment
Distributed by Tips Industries
Release date
  • 10 September 1999 (1999-09-10)(India)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget9 crore [1]
Box office21.10 crore [1]

Hello Brother is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language romantic fantasy comedy action film written and directed by Sohail Khan. It stars Khan's real-life elder brothers Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan with Rani Mukerji and Shakti Kapoor. The film is an adaptation of 1992 Malayalam film Aayushkalam .

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Plot

Hero (Salman Khan) works for a courier company owned by Khanna (Shakti Kapoor). He is spirited and humorous and is in love with Rani (Rani Mukerji) but she simply thinks of Hero as a very good friend. as Inspector Vishal (Arbaaz Khan) who works in the narcotics department. Vishal, who is stationed at a different Police Department, transfers to Mumbai and Goa. Vishal suspects Khanna to be involved in a drug ring and confronts him. Hero stands up to Vishal and defends his boss, but soon learns the truth behind Khanna. In a confrontation, Hero is shot dead by Khanna and he dies and shoots Vishal dead in the heart. The police department decides to transplant Hero's heart into Vishal's body.

Hero appears as a ghost now and can only be seen by Vishal, since his heart is in Vishal's body. Hero says that he will only rest in peace after Khanna is killed, thus avenging him. Vishal decides to go about doing this, and Rani and Vishal begin to fall in love with each other. Hero dislikes this and tries to foil Vishal's plans of getting close to Rani. But Hero and Vishal start getting closer and work together, becoming good friends after Vishal confronts Khanna's drug company.

Khanna arranges to leave the country but kidnaps Rani. Vishal and Hero go to save Rani and fight off Khanna's henchmen, but Vishal gets injured. Hero then goes inside him and controls his fighting moves, helping him to beat the thugs. Rani witnesses this and realizes that only Hero could perform such moves. She calls out Hero's name, though Vishal does not know that Hero is inside him. Khanna shoots Vishal. Hero takes Vishal's hand and shoots Khanna with the gun.

Khanna finally dies, and as Rani is comforting Vishal, he tells her that Hero is with them and he loves Rani. Rani then tells Vishal to tell Hero that she loves Him. Khanna's ghost rises from his dead body and Hero hits him. Khanna is taken to Hell and Hero is taken to Heaven.

Afterward, Rani and Vishal have gotten married and are spending their wedding night and honeymoon in a house on the water. It is shown that Hero, now an angel, is happily watching over them from Heaven.They then lived happily ever after .

Cast

Music

Hello Brother
Soundtrack album by
Released4 July 1999 (India)
Recorded1999
Venue Mumbai
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length15:57
Producer Himesh Reshammiya
Himesh Reshammiya
Sajid–Wajid chronology
Bandhan
(1998)
Hello Brother
(1999)
Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge
(2000)
#SongSinger(s)LengthComposer
1"Chandi Ki Daal Par" Salman Khan, Alka Yagnik 05:57 Himesh Reshammiya
2"Area Ka Hero" Sonu Nigam, Hema Sardesai 04:18 Sajid–Wajid
3"Hata Sawan Ki Ghata" Babul Supriyo, Jaspinder Narula04:21Sajid-Wajid
4"Teri Chunariya"Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu 05:48Himesh Reshammiya
5"Chupke Se Koi"Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan 05:39Sajid-Wajid
6"Hello Brother" Jaspinder Narula, Sonu Nigam, Kamaal Khan05:15Sajid-Wajid
7"Hata Sawan Ki Ghata" (Remix)Babul Supriyo, Jaspinder Narula03:59Sajid-Wajid
8"Teri Chunariya" (Remix)Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu04:52Himesh Reshammiya
9"Chupke Se Koi" (Remix)Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan04:21Sajid-Wajid
10"Hello Brother" (Remix)Jaspinder Narula, Sonu Nigam, Kamaal Khan04:58Sambit

Release and reception

Suparn Verma of Rediff.com wrote that "Hello Brother is a loud, garish film; it is funny, if you have an appetite for such fare". [2]

The film was dubbed and released in Telugu under the same name later that year. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hello Brother – Movie". Box Office India.
  2. Suparn Verma (11 September 1999). "Fun, the Khan way". Rediff.com .
  3. "Hello Brother review" (PDF) (in Telugu). 3 December 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2016.