Hello Brother (1994 film)

Hello Brother
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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	20 April 1994
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. The film recorded as Industry Hit at box office. The film is loosely based on Twin Dragons. 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 labor with her husband. They have a daughter and one day in an accident at construction place were killed. The two children become orphans and they grew up, but the brother Deva (Nagarjuna) with his friend Kasi another orphan (Brahmanandam) become thieves for earning. On the other hand, Geetha goes into coma and Chakravarthy takes her to America for the cure, where 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 give his daughter Manga (Ramya Krishna) to him. But Ramya is in love with Deva. In the airport, he 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
Film score by Raj-Koti
Released	1994
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	30:34
Label	Supreme Music
Producer	Raj-Koti
Raj-Koti chronology
Govinda Govinda (1994) Hello Brother (1994) Bhale Mamayya (1994)

Music composed by Raj-Koti. All songs are blockbusters. Music released on SUPREME Music company.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
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
1997	Judwaa	Salman Khan	David Dhawan
1997	Cheluva	V. Ravichandran	V. Ravichandran

Awards

• Nandi Award for Best Music Director

External links

• Hello Brother at the Internet Movie Database