Hello (1999 Film)
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''Hello'' is a 1999 Indian
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romantic drama film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...
directed and written by
K. Selva Bharathy K. Selva Bharathy is an Indian film director and dialogue writer, who works in Tamil cinema. He was one time assistant of late director-actor Manivannan. He was also an erstwhile dialogue writer for director Sundar C. He has directed nine films ...
. The film stars
Prashanth Prashanth Thiagarajan (born 6 April 1973), known professionally as Prashanth, is an Indian actor, businessman, playback singer and film producer known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil films, he has also appeared in f ...
and
Preeti Jhangiani Preeti Jhangiani (born 18 August 1980) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with the Malayalam film '' Mazhavillu'' (1999) and her Hindi debut with the multi-starrer romantic film ''Moha ...
. It was released on 7 November 1999.


Plot

Chandru works in a flower shop. He tries to woo girls and enter into a relationship, but it does not materialise. His friends tease him for being unable to find a girlfriend. Chandru has a plan to prevent them making fun of him. He requests his close friend Gayathri to come to the temple along with some of her friends so he would introduce her as his girlfriend to his friends. Chandru takes his friends with him to temple with plans of introducing Gayatri's friend as his lover. Unfortunately, Gayatri does not turn up that day, and Chandru simply points out a girl among the crowd in the temple as his lover to his friends. Chandru pretends as if he is talking frequently over phone to his lover so that his friends would believe him. Suresh is Charle's friend who comes to Chennai to visit a girl for marriage proposal. He is introduced to Chandru, and they become good friends. Chandru's friends accompany Suresh while he goes to meet the girl, whose name is Swetha and inform Suresh that Swetha is in love with Chandru. Suresh feels bad that he has come to meet his friend's lover. All three leave the place without informing them. Suresh apologises to Chandru for the incident that happened, which shocks him. Meanwhile, Swetha's brother Sekhar gets furious, meets Charle, and asks for the reason for them to stop the marriage proposal. Charle reveals that Chandru and Swetha are in love. Shekar scolds Swetha, even though she tries to prove her innocence. She feels bad that no one in her family trusts her. Swetha consumes poison and is admitted in the hospital. Also, Shekar beats up Chandru's friends, and they are admitted in the same hospital. Chandru comes to the hospital to meet his friends and is surprised to know that Gayatri and Swetha are good friends. Gayatri tells about Swetha consuming poison, which makes Chandru feels guilty that he is responsible for all the fiascos at Swetha's house. With Gayatri's help, Chandru gets introduced to Swetha but does not disclose the truth to her. Slowly, Swetha and Chandru become good friends. Chandru also earns the trust of Swetha's family members. Gayatri gets to know that Swetha loves Chandru, and she informs him about this. Swetha's family also likes Chandru, and they decide to get them married. One day, Suresh comes to wish Chandru, knowing about his marriage. Swetha's family members get shocked seeing Chandru and Suresh together. Finally, Chandru reveals the truth, apologises, and clarifies that his intention is not to cheat Swetha. Swetha's family members get convinced, and Chandru and Swetha unite.


Cast


Production

The film marked the second venture for director
K. Selva Bharathy K. Selva Bharathy is an Indian film director and dialogue writer, who works in Tamil cinema. He was one time assistant of late director-actor Manivannan. He was also an erstwhile dialogue writer for director Sundar C. He has directed nine films ...
, while it also featured
Preeti Jhangiani Preeti Jhangiani (born 18 August 1980) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with the Malayalam film '' Mazhavillu'' (1999) and her Hindi debut with the multi-starrer romantic film ''Moha ...
in her first Tamil film. Being unfamiliar with the language, Jhangiani mouthed her longer on-screen dialogues in Hindi, and was later dubbed over by a voice artist. The actress also noted that the production of ''Hello'' was completed swiftly.


Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by
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. The song "Salam Gulamu" was reused as "Salam Gulami" in the Kannada film ''Baithare Baithare''.


Reception

Aurangazeb of ''
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'' wrote dragging length in second half and copied music of Deva are the biggest flaws but since the humour makes us forget those flaws Selvabharathi has scored pass mark for second time. Malathi Rangarajan of ''
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'' wrote, "Prashanth as the hero Chandru does a neat job. The choreography for the songs is appealing and Prashanth's elegant movements enhance the appeal. The wonderful locations are an added feast for the eyes". ''Chennai Online'' wrote, "To push his narration forward, the director forces in a lot of accidental encounters and co-incidences that brings the hero and the heroine to the same places at the same time".


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* * 1990s Indian films 1990s Tamil-language films 1999 films 1999 romantic drama films Films directed by K. Selva Bharathy Films scored by Deva (composer) Indian romantic drama films Tamil-language Indian films {{Improve categories, date=March 2024