''Hello Daddy'' is a 1996 Indian

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

-language

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film directed by

Naganna B. Naganna is an Indian film director and writer working in Kannada cinema. He is the son of acclaimed producer and distributor R. Lakshman. After working as an associate director in the K. S. L. Swamy directorial '' Jimmy Gallu'' in 1982, Nag ...

and produced by Raju. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Sonakshi and

Surabhi Kamadhenu ( sa, कामधेनु, , ), also known as Surabhi (, or , ), is a divine bovine-goddess described in Hinduism as the mother of all cows. She is a miraculous cow of plenty who provides her owner whatever he desires and is often ...

. The film was widely popular for the songs composed by

Hamsalekha Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and a songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, di ...

upon release. The movie was a ''below average'' grosser.

Plot

Prakash, a widower, is a government official responsible for confiscating lands acquired by criminals illegally. His son wants him to get a life and tries to find a suitor. The criminals wants to take revenge on Prakash for ruining their plan for that they employ an evil sorcerer to cast a spell on him. The sorcerer ends up interchanging the souls of Prakash and his son resulting in Prakash behaving like his son and vice versa.

Cast

* Vishnuvardhan as Prakash * Sonakshi as Prakash's deceased wife *

as Surabhi *

Vaishali Kasaravalli Vaishali Kasaravalli (12 April 1952 – 27 September 2010) was a noted Kannada actress, television serial director, and costume designer. Early life She was born on 12 April 1952 in Gulbarga to theatre enthusiast parents Dr. Chitagopi and Ni ...

as Surabhi's grandmother * Vimala * Sudheer *

Lohithaswa Lohithaswa T. S. (5 August 1942 – 8 November 2022) was an Indian Kannada film actor and playwright and an English professor. He acted in more than five hundred Kannada movies, stage plays, and television serials. He was popularly known for h ...

* Master Nithin as Arun * Sanjana * Mandeep Roy * Biradar * Arjun as Jijo

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed and lyrics written by

. The audio was released by

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company.https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/hello-daddy/3cUq1EEgHhw_

References

External links

* 1990s fantasy comedy films 1990s Kannada-language films 1996 comedy films 1996 films Films directed by Naganna Films scored by Hamsalekha Indian fantasy comedy films {{fantasy-film-stub