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Hello Brother (1999 film)

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Not to be confused with Hello Brother (1994 film).
Hello Brother
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySohail Khan
Written bySohail Khan
Based onAayushkalam (1992)
by Kamal
Produced bySohail Khan
Bunty Walia
StarringSalman Khan
Arbaaz Khan
Rani Mukerji
Narrated byAmitabh Bachchan
CinematographySantosh Thundiyil
Edited byYusuf Khan
Music bySajid–Wajid
Himesh Reshammiya
Production
companies
Sohail Khan Productions
G.S. Entertainment
Distributed byTips Industries
Release date
  • 10 September 1999 (1999-09-10) (India)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹9 crore[1]
Box office₹21.10 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 (itself adapted from the 1990 American films Ghost and Heart Condition).

Plot

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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 from 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 shoots Vishal 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

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Music

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Hello Brother
Soundtrack album by
Himesh Reshammiya
Sajid–Wajid
Released4 July 1999 (India)
Recorded1999
VenueMumbai
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length49:56
ProducerHimesh Reshammiya
Himesh Reshammiya
Sajid–Wajid chronology
Bandhan
(1998) 		Hello Brother
(1999) 		Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge
(2000)

The soundtrack was very popular especially track "Teri Chunnariya" sung by Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 22,00,000 units sold the soundtrack became the eighth highest-selling album of the year.[2]

# Song Singer(s) Length Composer
1. "Teri Chunnariya" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik 05:48 Himesh Reshammiya
2. "Chupke Se Koi" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik 05:39 Sajid-Wajid
3. "Hata Saawan Ki Ghata" Babul Supriyo, Jaspinder Narula 04:21 Sajid-Wajid
4. "Area Ka Hero" Sonu Nigam, Hema Sardesai 04:18 Sajid–Wajid
5. "Hello Brother" Sonu Nigam, Kamaal Khan, Jaspinder Narula 05:15 Sajid-Wajid
6. "Chandi Ki Daal Par" Salman Khan, Alka Yagnik 05:57 Himesh Reshammiya
7. "Teri Chunnariya" (Remix) Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik 04:52 Himesh Reshammiya
8. "Chupke Se Koi" (Remix) Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik 04:21 Sajid-Wajid
9. "Hata Sawaan Ki Ghata" (Remix) Babul Supriyo, Jaspinder Narula 03:59 Sajid-Wajid
10. "Hello Brother" (Remix) Jaspinder Narula, Sonu Nigam, Kamaal Khan 04:58 Sajid-Wajid

Release and reception

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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".[3]

The film was dubbed and released in Telugu under the same name later that year.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Hello Brother – Movie". Box Office India.
  2. ^ "BoxOffice India.com". web.archive.org. 2 January 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  3. ^ Suparn Verma (11 September 1999). "Fun, the Khan way". Rediff.com.
  4. ^ "Hello Brother review" (PDF) (in Telugu). 3 December 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2016.
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