103.25.251.242: Bhaijan Elo Re is not remaked from this movie.

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{{Infobox film
| name = Hello Brother
| image = Hello Brother poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| story = E. V. V. Satyanarayana [[Balabhadrapatruni Ramani|Ramani]]
| screenplay = E. V. V. Satyanarayana [[L.B. Sriram]] {{small|(dialogues)}}
| producer = K. L. Narayana [[S. Gopala Reddy]] {{small|(presents)}}
| director = [[E. V. V. Satyanarayana]]
| starring = [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]] [[Ramya Krishnan|Ramya Krishna]] [[Soundarya]]
| music = [[Raj-Koti]]
| cinematography = [[S. Gopal Reddy]]
| editing = K. Ravindra Babu
| studio = Sri Durga Arts
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1994|4|20}}
| runtime = 152 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
}}

'''''Hello Brother''''' is a 1994 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[action comedy film]], produced by K. L. Narayana and directed by [[E. V. V. Satyanarayana]]. It stars [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]], [[Ramya Krishnan|Ramya Krishna]] and [[Soundarya]], with music composed by [[Raj-Koti]]. The film is loosely based on the Hong Kong action comedy ''[[Twin Dragons]]'' (1992).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Srinivas |first=S. V. |title=Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination in Action Cinema |date=2005 |publisher=[[Hong Kong University Press]] |isbn=978-1-932643-19-0 |editor-last=Morris |editor-first=Meaghan |pages=111–124 (112) |chapter=7. Hong Kong Action Film and the Career of the Telugu Mass Hero |editor-last2=Li |editor-first2=Siu Leung |editor-last3=Chan |editor-first3=Stephen Ching-kiu |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DdrHAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA112}}</ref><ref name="Rediff">{{Cite web |date=19 July 2007 |title=David Dhawan's blue-eyed boys |url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2007/jul/19slid2.htm |access-date=3 September 2016 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> 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)

== Plot ==
Misra is a dacoit. SP Chakravarthy arrests him. Misra wounds himself and is taken to hospital for the cure, where Chakravarthy is waiting for his wife Geeta, who is pregnant 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. Misra escapes and takes one of the twins with him, hurting Geeta. Chakravarthy goes after him, he is unable not find the child, but shoots Misra. The child is taken by a with her husband and they adopted him. They have a daughter and one day in an accident at construction place both are killed. The two children become orphans and they grow up, but the brother Deva with his friend Kasi, another orphan, become thieves for earning. On the other hand, Geetha goes into coma and Chakravarthy takes her to America for the cure, here the other twin Ravi Varma is brought up. He returns to India as a rock star to give performances. He is received by Giribabu (Chakravarthy's friend), who wishes to marry his daughter Manga to him. But Manga is in love with Deva. In the airport, Ravi Varma sees Ooha, daughter of Akkamamba, who is organising 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. 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 sees the local gangster and flutist Mitra (Napoleon) son of Misra, who murdered an Inspector on the road and provides evidence in court. Enraged, Mitra sexually harasses her and Deva fights with him. So Mitra wants to take revenge against Deva, he sends his [[henchmen]] as the bride to Kasthuri, but Deva breaks up the plan and makes his sister's marriage with another man. The court decides on the death sentence for 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 recognises Chakravarthy, that he who killed is father Misra 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 and Ravi join together, protect their father and sister from Mitra and the story ends with the duo marrying their respective ladies.

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Akkineni Nagarjuna]] as Deva & Ravi Varma (Dual role)
* [[Ramya Krishnan|Ramya Krishna]] as Manga
* [[Soundarya]] as Ooha
* [[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]] as Mitra
* [[Sri Hari]] as Simhachalam (Ooha's uncle)
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as S. I. Thadi Mataiyya
* [[Brahmanandam]] as Kaasi
* [[Ali (actor)|Ali]] as Higaral
* [[Sarath Babu]] as Chakravarthy
* [[Giri Babu]] as Manga's father
* [[Babu Mohan]] as Satti Pandu
* [[Mallikarjuna Rao (actor)|Mallikarjuna Rao]] as Constable Chitti
* [[Rajanala Kaleswara Rao|Rajanala]] as Rajanala
* [[Charan Raj]] as Misro (Mitra's father)
* [[Sivaji Raja]] as Mitra's henchman
* [[Ananth Babu]]
* [[Gautam Raju]] as Inspector
* Kota Shankar Rao as Inspector
* Madan Mohan as Jailor
* Kadambari Kiran as Sentry
* [[Ashok Kumar (Telugu actor)|Ashok Kumar]] as Chakravarthy's brother-in-law
* [[Narsing Yadav]] as Mitra's henchman
* [[Jenny (actor)|Jenny]] as Marvadi
* [[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]] as dancer in song "Kanne Pettaro"
* [[Aamani]] as dancer in song "Kanne Pettaro"
* [[Indraja (actress)|Indraja]] as dancer in song "Kanne Pettaro"
* [[Annapoorna (actress)|Annapurna]] as Akkamanba (Ooha's mother)
* [[Sangeetha Krish|Sangeetha]] as Geetha (Hero's mother)
* [[Sudha (Telugu actress)|Sudha]] as Manga's mother
* [[Sri Lakshmi (actress)|Sri Lakshmi]] as Thadi Mataiyya's wife
* Siva Parvathi
* Aruna Sri as Kasthuri (Deva's sister)
* Master Uday as Childhood Mitra
* [[Baladitya (actor)|Master Baladitya]] as Childhood Deva
{{colend}}

== Production ==
Principal photography began with the song "Priya Raagaley".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vyas |date=2 November 2020 |title=Bigg Boss 4 Telugu: Nagarjuna reveals about his first meeting with Soundarya |work=[[The Hans India]] |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/tollywood/bigg-boss-4-telugu-nagarjuna-reveals-about-his-first-meeting-with-soundarya-654267 |url-status=live |access-date=13 January 2021}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Hello Brother
| type = film
| artist = [[Raj-Koti]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1994
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Soundtrack
| length = 30:34
| label = Supreme Music
| producer = [[Raj-Koti]]
| prev_title = [[Govinda Govinda]]
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Bhale Mamayya
| next_year = 1994
}}
The music was composed by [[Raj-Koti]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hello Brother |url=https://gaana.com/album/hello-brother-telugu |access-date=13 January 2021 |website=[[Gaana.com]]}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 30:34
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| title1 = Ekkandayya Baabu
| lyrics1 = [[Vennelakanti]]
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam|SP Balu]], [[K. S. Chitra|Chitra]]
| length1 = 5:06
| title2 = Manasichhi Icchi
| lyrics2 = [[Veturi Sundararama Murthy]]
| extra2 = SP Balu, Chitra
| length2 = 5:10
| title3 = Abba Em Dhebba
| lyrics3 = Veturi Sundararama Murthy
| extra3 = SP Balu, Chitra
| length3 = 4:50
| title4 = Shukkesi Pakkesi
| lyrics4 = Veturi Sundararama Murthy
| extra4 = SP Balu, Chitra
| length4 = 4:27
| title5 = Kanne Pettaro
| lyrics5 = [[Bhuvanachandra]]
| extra5 = SP Balu
| length5 = 4:40
| title6 = Priya Ragaaley
| lyrics6 = Bhuvanachandra
| extra6 = SP Balu, Chitra
| length6 = 6:06
}}

== Remakes ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Year !! Film !! Cast !! Director !! Notes
|-
|1997
| ''[[Judwaa]]''
|[[Salman Khan]]
|[[David Dhawan]]
|
|-
|1997
| ''[[Cheluva]]''
|[[V. Ravichandran]]
|V. Ravichandran
|
|-
|2017
| ''[[Judwaa 2]]''
|[[Varun Dhawan]]
|[[David Dhawan]]
|
|-
|2018
| ''[[Bhaijaan Elo Re]]''
|[[Shakib Khan]]
|[[Joydip Mukherjee]]
|
|-
|}

== 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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gopalrao |first=Griddaluru |date=6 May 1994 |title=సరదా సరదా హాస్యం నరాలు మెలిపెట్టె శృంగారం: హలో బ్రదర్ |language=te |page=9 |work=Zamin Ryot |url=http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/1994/May/6-may-1994.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Awards ==
* 1994: [[Nandi Award for Best Music Director]] – [[Raj-Koti]] – won<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 March 2010 |title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008) |trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008) |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=9 January 2021 |publisher=[[Andhra Pradesh (magazine)|Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh]] |language=te}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0282554|Hello Brother}}

{{E. V. V. Satyanarayana}}

[[Category:1994 films]]
[[Category:Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Twins in Indian films]]
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[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian action comedy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana]]
[[Category:Films scored by Raj-Koti]]
[[Category:1990s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:1994 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of Hong Kong films]]
[[Category:1990s action comedy films]]

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103.25.251.242: Bhaijan Elo Re is not remaked from this movie.