Hello Brother (1999 film)

For other uses, see Hello Brother (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Hello Brother (1994 film).

Hello Brother is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language romantic fantasy comedy action film written and directed by Sohail Khan. It stars Khan's real-life elder brothers Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan with Rani Mukerji and Shakti Kapoor. The film is an adaptation of 1992 Malayalam film Aayushkalam (itself adapted from the 1990 American films Ghost and Heart Condition).

Hello Brother
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sohail Khan
Written by	Sohail Khan
Based on	Aayushkalam (1992) by Kamal
Produced by	Sohail Khan Bunty Walia
Starring	Salman Khan Arbaaz Khan Rani Mukerji
Narrated by	Amitabh Bachchan
Cinematography	Santosh Thundiyil
Edited by	Yusuf Khan
Music by	Sajid–Wajid Himesh Reshammiya
Production companies	Sohail Khan Productions G.S. Entertainment
Distributed by	Tips Industries
Release date	10 September 1999 (1999-09-10) (India)
Running time	132 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹9 crore[1]
Box office	₹21.10 crore[1]

Plot

Hero (Salman Khan) works for a courier company owned by Khanna (Shakti Kapoor). 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 (Arbaaz Khan) 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 ghost 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 ghost rises from his dead body and Hero hits him. Khanna is taken to Hell and Hero is taken to Heaven.

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 a Fairy, is happily watching over them from Heaven. They then lived happily ever after .

Cast

• Salman Khan as Hero
• Arbaaz Khan as Vishal
• Rani Mukerji as Rani
• Shakti Kapoor as Khanna
• Johnny Lever as Havaldar Hatela
• Razak Khan as Ninja Chacha
• Neeraj Vora as Sr. Inspector
• Sulbha Arya as Rani's Mother
• Dinyar Tirandaz as Doctor
• Amitabh Bachchan as God voiceover only (cameo appearance)
• Ganesh Acharya as himself in the song "Chaandi ki Daal Par" (cameo appearance)

Music

Hello Brother
Soundtrack album by Himesh Reshammiya Sajid–Wajid
Released	4 July 1999 (India)
Recorded	1999
Venue	Mumbai
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	49:56
Producer	Himesh Reshammiya
Himesh Reshammiya Sajid–Wajid chronology
Bandhan (1998) Hello Brother (1999) Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge (2000)

The soundtrack was very popular especially track "Teri Chunnariya" sung by Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 22,00,000 units sold the soundtrack became the eighth highest-selling album of the year.^[2]

#	Song	Singer(s)	Length	Composer
1.	"Teri Chunnariya"	Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik	05:48	Himesh Reshammiya
2.	"Chupke Se Koi"	Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik	05:39	Sajid-Wajid
3.	"Hata Saawan Ki Ghata"	Babul Supriyo, Jaspinder Narula	04:21	Sajid-Wajid
4.	"Area Ka Hero"	Sonu Nigam, Hema Sardesai	04:18	Sajid–Wajid
5.	"Hello Brother"	S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Kamaal Khan, Rekha Bhardwaj	05:15	Sajid-Wajid
6.	"Chandi Ki Daal Par"	Salman Khan, Alka Yagnik	05:57	Himesh Reshammiya
7.	"Teri Chunnariya" (Remix)	Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik	04:52	Himesh Reshammiya
8.	"Chupke Se Koi" (Remix)	Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik	04:21	Sajid-Wajid
9.	"Hata Sawaan Ki Ghata" (Remix)	Babul Supriyo, Jaspinder Narula	03:59	Sajid-Wajid
10.	"Hello Brother" (Remix)	Jaspinder Narula, Sonu Nigam, Kamaal Khan	04:58	Sajid-Wajid

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".^[3]

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.^[4]