Hello Brother (1999 film)

Hello Brother
Hello Brother
Soundtrack album by Himesh Reshammiya; Sajid–Wajid
Released	4 July 1999 (India)
Recorded	1999
Venue	Mumbai
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	15:57
Producer	Himesh Reshammiya
Himesh Reshammiya; Sajid–Wajid chronology

Hello Brother
Hello Brother
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sohail Khan
Written by	Sohail Khan
Based on	Aayushkalam (1992); by Kamal
Produced by	Sohail Khan; Bunty Walia
Starring	Salman Khan; Arbaaz Khan ; Rani Mukerji
Narrated by	Amitabh Bachchan
Cinematography	Santosh Thundiyil
Edited by	Yusuf Khan
Music by	Sajid–Wajid; Himesh Reshammiya
Production; companies	Sohail Khan Productions; G.S. Entertainment
Distributed by	Tips Industries
Release date	10 September 1999 (India);
Running time	132 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹9 crore
Box office	₹21.10 crore

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

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

Salman Khan as Hero
Arbaaz Khan as Vishal
Rani Mukerji as Rani
Shakti Kapoor as Khanna
Johnny Lever as Havaldar Hatela
Razak Khan as Ninja Chacha
Neeraj Vora as Sr. Inspector
Sulbha Arya as Rani's Mother
Dinyar Tirandaz as Doctor
Amitabh Bachchan as God voiceover only (cameo appearance)
Ganesh Acharya as himself in the song "Chaandi ki Daal Par" (cameo appearance)

Music

#	Song	Singer(s)	Length	Composer
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 Narula	04:21	Sajid-Wajid
4	"Teri Chunariya"	Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu	05:48	Himesh Reshammiya
5	"Chupke Se Koi"	Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan	05:39	Sajid-Wajid
6	"Hello Brother"	Jaspinder Narula, Sonu Nigam, Kamaal Khan	05:15	Sajid-Wajid
7	"Hata Sawan Ki Ghata" (Remix)	Babul Supriyo, Jaspinder Narula	03:59	Sajid-Wajid
8	"Teri Chunariya" (Remix)	Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu	04:52	Himesh Reshammiya
9	"Chupke Se Koi" (Remix)	Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan	04:21	Sajid-Wajid
10	"Hello Brother" (Remix)	Jaspinder Narula, Sonu Nigam, Kamaal Khan	04:58	Sambit

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]

References

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

External links

Hello Brother at IMDb

[auto-1] "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.

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