''Hello Brother'' is a 1999 Indian

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comedy Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...

action film written and directed by

Sohail Khan Sohail Salim Abdul Rashid Khan (born 20 December 1969) is an Indian actor and producer who works mainly in Hindi cinema. He is the younger brother of actors Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan. He has an elder sister, Alvira Khan Agnihotri. He produ ...

. It stars Khan's real-life elder brothers Salman Khan and

Arbaaz Khan Arbaaz Salim Abdul Rashid Khan (born 4 August 1967) is an Indian actor and film producer who primarily works in Bollywood, Hindi cinema, in addition to Telugu cinema, Telugu, Urdu and Malayalam, Malayalam cinema. Since his debut in 1996, he ha ...

with Rani Mukerji and

Shakti Kapoor Shakti Kapoor (born Sunil Kapoor; 3 September 1952) is an Indian actor and comedian who appears in Bollywood films. Known for his villainous and comic roles in Hindi films, he has featured in over 700 films. In the 1980s and 1990s, Kapoor team ...

. The film is an adaptation of 1992

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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 (

). He is spirited and humorous and is in love with Rani ( Rani Mukerji) but she simply thinks of Hero as a very good friend. Inspector Vishal (

) 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

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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. Enraged, 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

rises from his dead body and Hero hits him. Khanna is taken to

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and Hero is taken to

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. 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 *

as Vishal * Rani Mukerji as Rani *

as Khanna *

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as Havaldar Hatela * Razak Khan as Ninja Chacha * Neeraj Vora as Sr. Inspector * Sulbha Arya as Rani's Mother * Dinyar Tirandaz as Doctor *

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as God voiceover only (cameo appearance) *

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as himself in the song "Chaandi ki Daal Par" (cameo appearance)

Music

The soundtrack was very popular especially track "Teri Chunnariya" sung by

Kumar Sanu Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), professionally known as Kumar Sanu, is a leading Indian playback singer who primarily sings in Hindi film songs. He is widely regarded as the Melody King of Bollywood. He holds the record for winn ...

Alka Yagnik Alka Yagnik (born 20 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. One of the most prominent singers of 1990s era Bollywood, she has received several accolades, including two National Film Awards, two Ben ...

. According to the Indian trade website

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, with around 22,00,000 units sold the soundtrack became the eighth highest-selling album of the year.

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". The film was dubbed and released in Telugu under the same name later that year, despite a 1994 Telugu film with the same name was already released.

References

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