Hello Brother (1994 film)

Hello Brother
Hello Brother
Film score by Raj–Koti
Released	1994
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	30:34
Label	Supreme Music
Producer	Raj–Koti
Raj–Koti chronology

Hello Brother
Hello Brother
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	E. V. V. Satyanarayana
Screenplay by	E. V. V. Satyanarayana; L.B. Sriram (dialogues)
Story by	E. V. V. Satyanarayana; Ramani
Produced by	K. L. Narayana; S. Gopala Reddy (Presenter)
Starring	Nagarjuna; Ramya Krishna; Soundarya
Cinematography	S. Gopal Reddy
Edited by	K. Ravindra Babu
Music by	Raj–Koti
Production; company	Sri Durga Arts
Release date	20 April 1994;
Running time	152 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Box office	₹15.25 crore

Hello Brother is a 1994 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film, produced by K. L. Narayana and directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana. It stars Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishna and Soundarya, with music composed by Raj–Koti. The film is loosely based on the Hong Kong action comedy Twin Dragons (1992) starring Jackie Chan.^[2]^[3] In turn, Hello Brother spawned several of its own remakes, twice in Hindi as Judwaa (1997) and its reboot Judwaa 2 (2017), in Kannada as Cheluva (1997) and in Bengali as Bhaijaan Elo Re. The film was the highest grossing Telugu movie of 1994.

Plot

Misra, a dacoit, is arrested by SP Chakravarthy. Misra wounds himself and is taken to the hospital, where Chakravarthy is waiting for his wife Geetha, who is pregnant and gives birth to twins. The doctor says that both children have a reflection mentality (if one person is hurt, the other is also hurt) depending on the distance. Misra escapes and takes one of the twins with him, hurting Geetha. Chakravarthy pursues him but is unable to find the child and shoots Misra. The child is saved by the other twins due to their reflection mentality, and a female laborer witnesses it. The child is taken by her husband, and they adopt him, while already having a daughter.

One day, in an accident at a construction place, the couple is killed. As a result, the two children become orphans. As they grow up, one of the twins, Deva, becomes a thief for earning along with his friend Kasi another orphan. On the other hand, Geetha goes into a coma, and Chakravarthy takes her to America for the cure, where the other twin, Ravi Varma is brought up. He returns to India as a rock star to give performances. He is received by Chakravarthy's friend, who wishes to marry his daughter Manga to him, but Manga is in love with Deva. At the airport, Ravi Varma falls for Ooha, the daughter of Akkamamba, who is organizing his programs. Simhachalam, Akkamamba's brother, also wishes to marry Ooha. Meanwhile, at home, Manga advances with Ravi, thinking he is Deva. One day in a restaurant, they see each other and find that they are identical, which leads to humorous misunderstandings.

Meanwhile, Deva's sister Kasthuri witnesses a ruthless don and flutist Mitra, the son of Misra, who murdered an inspector on the road for refusing to stay corrupt and providing evidence against him in court. Enraged, Mitra attempts to rape her, and Deva fights with him, so Mitra wants to take revenge against Deva. He sends his henchman as the groom to Kasthuri, but Deva breaks up the plan and makes his sister's marriage to another man. Deva obtains all pieces of evidence detailing Mitra's crimes and gets him jailed. Later, the court decides on the death sentence for Mitra.

As months pass, Kasthuri becomes pregnant and is admitted to the hospital for delivery. Deva asks Ravi to stay at the hospital as he is going in search of money. Ravi visits his father Chakravarthy. At the same time, Mitra escapes from jail, comes to the hospital to kidnap Kasthuri, recognizes Chakravarthy as the one who killed his father, and also gets to know that Deva is his son. Mitra blackmails Deva to get Chakravarthy to release Kasthuri. Deva, who does not know that Chakravarthy is his father, goes to his house where Geetha also comes out from the coma by Deva's touch and he discovers that they are his parents. Finally, Deva and Ravi join, protect their father and sister, and bring Mitra to justice. The story ends with the duo marrying their respective love interests.

Cast

Nagarjuna in a dual role as
- Deva Varma
- Ravi Varma
Ramya Krishna as Mangathayaru alias Manga (Voice Dubbed by Saritha)
Soundarya as Ooha (Voice Dubbed by Shilpa)
Napoleon as Mitra
Srihari as Simhachalam, Ooha's uncle
Kota Srinivasa Rao as S. I. Thadi Mataiyya turned to Constable
Brahmanandam as Kaasi
Ali as Higaral
Sarath Babu as Chakravarthy
Sangeetha as Geetha
Charan Raj as Misro, Mitra's father
Giri Babu as Manga's father
Sudha as Manga's mother
Annapurna as Akkamamba, Ooha's mother
Siva Parvathi as Deva's foster mother
Aruna Sri as Kasthuri, Deva's sister
Sri Lakshmi as Thadi Mataiyya's wife
Mallikarjuna Rao as Constable Chitti turned to S. I.
Babu Mohan as Satti Pandu
Rajanala Kaleswara Rao as Rajanala
Sivaji Raja as Mitra's henchman
Narsing Yadav as Mitra's henchman
Gautam Raju as Inspector
Kota Shankar Rao as Inspector
Ashok Kumar as Chakravarthy's brother-in-law
Jenny as Marvadi
Madan Mohan as Jailor
Ananth Babu
Kadambari Kiran as Sentry
Master Baladitya as Child Deva
Master Uday as Child Mitra
Rambha as dancer in song "Kanne Pettaro"
Aamani as dancer in song "Kanne Pettaro"
Indraja as dancer in song "Kanne Pettaro"

Production

Principal photography began with the song "Priya Raagaley".^[4]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Raj–Koti.^[5]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ekkandayya Baabu"	Vennelakanti	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra	5:06
2.	"Manasichhi Icchi"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra	5:10
3.	"Abba Em Dhebba"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra	4:50
4.	"Shukkesi Pakkesi"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra	4:27
5.	"Kanne Pettaro"	Bhuvanachandra	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:40
6.	"Priya Ragaaley"	Bhuvanachandra	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra	6:06
Total length:				30:34

Remakes

Year	Film	Cast	Director	Language
1997	Judwaa	Salman Khan	David Dhawan	Hindi
1997	Cheluva	V. Ravichandran	V. Ravichandran	Kannada
2018	Bhaijaan Elo Re	Shakib Khan	Joydip Mukherjee	Bengali
2018	Judwaa 2	Varun Dhawan	David Dhawan	Hindi

Reception

Griddaluru Gopalrao of Zamin Ryot on his review dated 6 May 1994, appreciated the way the director moulded the characters. He noted that the fast-paced screenplay generated humour in nearly every scene.^[6] The film was dubbed in Tamil under the same title.^[7]

Awards

Nandi Awards

Best Music Director – Raj–Koti (1994) ^[8]
Best Cinematographer - S. Gopal Reddy
Best Editor - Ravindra Babu

References

^ "Hello Brother Trivia". IMDb. 21 April 2024.
^ Srinivas, S. V. (2005). "7. Hong Kong Action Film and the Career of the Telugu Mass Hero". In Morris, Meaghan; Li, Siu Leung; Chan, Stephen Ching-kiu (eds.). Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination in Action Cinema. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 111–124 (112). ISBN 978-1-932643-19-0.
^ "David Dhawan's blue-eyed boys". Rediff.com. 19 July 2007. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
^ Vyas (2 November 2020). "Bigg Boss 4 Telugu: Nagarjuna reveals about his first meeting with Soundarya". The Hans India. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ "Hello Brother". Gaana. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ Gopalrao, Griddaluru (6 May 1994). "సరదా సరదా హాస్యం నరాలు మెలిపెట్టె శృంగారం: హలో బ్రదర్" (PDF). Zamin Ryot (in Telugu). p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
^ ஆர். பி. ஆர். (8 January 1995). "ஹலோ பிரதர்". Kalki (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. 13 March 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

External links

Hello Brother at IMDb

[1] "Hello Brother Trivia". IMDb. 21 April 2024.

[2] Srinivas, S. V. (2005). "7. Hong Kong Action Film and the Career of the Telugu Mass Hero". In Morris, Meaghan; Li, Siu Leung; Chan, Stephen Ching-kiu (eds.). Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination in Action Cinema. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 111–124 (112). ISBN 978-1-932643-19-0.

[Rediff-3] "David Dhawan's blue-eyed boys". Rediff.com. 19 July 2007. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2016.

[4] Vyas (2 November 2020). "Bigg Boss 4 Telugu: Nagarjuna reveals about his first meeting with Soundarya". The Hans India. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[5] "Hello Brother". Gaana. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[6] Gopalrao, Griddaluru (6 May 1994). "సరదా సరదా హాస్యం నరాలు మెలిపెట్టె శృంగారం: హలో బ్రదర్" (PDF). Zamin Ryot (in Telugu). p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

[7] ஆர். பி. ஆர். (8 January 1995). "ஹலோ பிரதர்". Kalki (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

[8] "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. 13 March 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

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