Hello Brother (1994 film)
| Hello Brother | |
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 DVD Cover | |
| Directed by | E. V. V. Satyanarayana |
| Produced by |
K. L. Narayana S. Gopal Reddy (presents) |
| Written by | L.B. Sriram (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | E.V.V. Satyanarayana |
| Story by |
E.V.V. Satyanarayana Ramani |
| Starring |
Akkineni Nagarjuna Ramya Krishna Soundarya Napoleon |
| Music by | Raj-Koti |
| Cinematography | S. Gopal Reddy |
| Edited by | K. Ravindra Babu |
Production company |
Sri Durga Arts |
Release dates |
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Running time | 152.1 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Hello Brother is a 1994 Telugu action-comedy film, produced by K. L. Narayana on Sri Durga Arts banner, presented by S. Gopal Reddy and directed by E V V Satyanarayana. Starring Akkineni Nagarjuna in a dual role, Ramya Krishna, Soundarya in lead roles and music composed by Raj-Koti. box office. The film was a huge blockbuster at the Box Office. It was later remade in Kannada as Cheluva with V. Ravichandran and Hindi as Judwaa with Salman Khan.
Plot
Misro Charan Raj is a dacoit. SP Chakravarthy Sarath Babu arrests him. Misro wounds himself and is taken to hospital for the cure, where Chakravarthy is waiting for his wife Geeta Sangeetha who is on labor and she gives birth to twins and the doctor says that both children have reflection mentality, that means "if it pains to one other also hurts" depending on distance. Misro escapes and takes one of the twins with him, hurting Geeta. Chakravarthy goes behind him, but he could not find the child but shoots Misro. The child was taken by a lady who works as a daily labourer with her husband and they adopted him. They have a daughter and one day in an accident at construction place both were killed. The two children become orphans and they grew up, but the brother Deva Nagarjuna with his friend Kasi Brahmanandam, another orphan become thieves for earning. On the other hand, Geetha goes into coma and Chakravarthy takes her to America for the cure, here another twin Ravi Varma (also Nagarjuna) is brought up. He returns India as a rock star to give performances here. He is received by Giribabu (Chakravarthy's friend) who wishes to marry his daughter Manga Ramya Krishna to him. But Ramya is in love with Deva. In the airport, Ravi Varma sees Ooha Soundarya daughter of Akkamamba Annapurna who is organizing his public performances and falls in love with her. Simhachalam Srihari who is Akkamamba's brother also wishes to marry Ooha. Meanwhile, at home Manga advances with him thinking he is Deva only. One day in a restaurant they see each other and find that they are identical which leads to hilarious misunderstandings.
Meanwhile, Deva's sister Kasthuri (Aruna Sri) sees local goon Mitra (Napoleon) son of Misro killing an Inspector on the road and provides evidence in the court. Enraged Mitra teases her and Deva fights with him. So Mitra wants to take revenge against Deva, he sends his henchmen (Sivaji Raja) as the bride to Kasthuri, but Deva breaks up the plan and makes his sister marriage with another guy. The court decides death sentence to Mitra. Days pass Kasthuri becomes pregnant and she is admitted into 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 come to the hospital to kidnap Kasthuri and recognizes Chakravarthy that he who killed is father Misro and also knows that Deva is his son. He blackmails Deva to get Chakravarthy to release Kasthuri. Deva who doesn't know that Chakravarthy is his father goes to his house where Geetha also comes out from the coma by Deva's touch and he comes to know the truth that they are his parents. Finally, Deva & Ravi join together, protect their father and sister from Mitra and the story ends with the duo marrying their respective ladies.
Cast
- Akkineni Nagarjuna as Deva & Ravi Varma (Dual role)
- Ramya Krishna as Manga
- Soundarya as Ooha
- Nepolian as Mitra
- Sri Hari as Simhachalam (Ooha's uncle)
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as S.I.Thadi Mataiyya
- Brahmanandam as Kaasi
- Ali as Higaral
- Sarath Babu as Chakravarthy
- Giri Babu as Manga's father
- Babu Mohan as Satti Pandu
- Mallikarjuna Rao as Constable Chitti
- Rajanala as Rajanala
- Charan Raj as Misro
- Sivaji Raja
- Ananth
- Gowtham Raju as Inspector
- Kota Shankar Rao as Inspector
- Madan Mohan as Jailor
- Kadambam Kiran as Sentry
- Ashok Kumar as Chakravarthy's brother-in-law
- Narsingh Yadav as Rowdy
- Jenny as Marvadi
- Rambha as Special appearance
- Aamani as Special appearance
- Indraja as Special appearance
- Annapurna as Akkamanba (Ooha's mother)
- Sangeetha as Geetha (Hero's mother)
- Sudha as Manga's mother
- Sri Lakshmi as Thadi Mataiyya's wife
- Siva Parvathi
- Aruna Sri as Kasthuri
- Master Uday as Childhood Mitra
- Master Baladitya as Childhood Deva
Soundtrack
| Hello Brother | ||||
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| Film score by Raj-Koti | ||||
| Released | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 30:34 | |||
| Label | Supreme Music | |||
| Producer | Raj-Koti | |||
| Raj-Koti chronology | ||||
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Music composed by Raj-Koti. All songs are blockbusters. Music released on SUPREME Music company.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ekkandayya Baabu" | Vennelakanti | SP Balu, Chitra | 5:06 |
| 2. | "Manasichhi Icchi" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu,Chitra | 5:10 |
| 3. | "Abba Em Dhebba" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu,Chitra | 4:50 |
| 4. | "Shukkesi Pakkesi" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu,Chitra | 4:27 |
| 5. | "Kanne Pettaro" | Bhuvanachandra | SP Balu,Chitra | 4:40 |
| 6. | "Priya Ragaaley" | Bhuvanachandra | SP Balu,Chitra | 6:06 |
Total length: |
30:34 | |||
Reception
The movie was largely appreciated and was highly successful at Box-office. It proved that Nagarjuna could do comedy roles.
Remakes
| Year | Film | Cast | Director | Notes |
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| 1997 | Judwaa | Salman Khan | David Dhawan | |
| 1997 | Cheluva | V. Ravichandran | V. Ravichandran | |