Hello
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vikram Kumar
Written by	Vikram Kumar
Produced by	Akkineni Nagarjuna
Starring	Akhil Akkineni Kalyani Priyadarshan Jagapati Babu Ramya Krishna
Cinematography	P. S. Vinod
Edited by	Prawin Pudi
Music by	Anup Rubens
Production companies	Annapurna Studios Manam Enterprises
Release date	22 December 2017 (2017-12-22)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹30 crore[1]
Box office	est. ₹34 crore[1]

Hello! is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film directed by Vikram Kumar and produced by Akkineni Nagarjuna under Annapurna Studios. The film stars Akhil Akkineni, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Jagapati Babu and Ramya Krishnan. This film marks Kalyani Priyadarshan's film debut. The music is composed by Anup Rubens. Hello was released on 22 December 2017.

Plot

Seenu is a young orphan who meets Junnu and they quickly become friends. Seenu is captivated by Junnu's quirky nature, while Junnu is touched when Seenu creates an original tune. However, their friendship is abruptly disrupted when Junnu's father is transferred to Delhi. Before parting ways, Junnu writes her phone number on a ₹100 note and gives it to Seenu, but a thief named Pandu steals the note. Seenu chases after the thief, but gets hit by a car driven by Sarojini. Sarojini and her husband Prakash adopt Seenu after he survives the accident, thus fulfilling Sarojini's promise to do something good for him.

14 years later, Seenu is now known as Avinash and Junnu goes by the name of Priya. They lead affluent lifestyles, but feel a sense of emptiness without each other. On a whim, Avinash stumbles upon Junnu's whereabouts while on a call with a cab driver who mentions a music festival. However, Pandu, who is now a street thug, steals Avinash's phone, hindering his efforts to contact Junnu. Determined to reconcile with her, Avinash embarks on a mission to retrieve the stolen phone.

Past: Priya feels sorrowful in Delhi and longs to meet Seenu, where she discovers that her father is being transferred to the United States. Before leaving for the US, Priya decides to search for Seenu in Hyderabad while attending her close friend Kavita's wedding. While picking up his mother from the airport, Avinash sees Junnu / Priya but fails to recognize her. They become friends when Priya generously gives ₹100 to street children. Priya invites him to Kavita's wedding. At the wedding, Priya runs away after being overwhelmed by memories of Seenu. Avinash follows her and accidentally breaks the bangle that Seenu had gifted her, which held sentimental value.

Present: Avinash successfully retrieves his phone from the phone mafia and learns that Junnu is at the Hyderabad Music Festival. Avinash encounters Priya at the festival, where they forgive each other and Avinash presents her with a new bangle and leaves to find Junnu. Determined to find Junnu, Avinash goes to a music stall and starts playing the tune they had created during their childhood. Upon hearing the tune, Priya frantically searches for him but fails to locate him. Avinash discovers the ₹100 note with Junnu's phone number on it and repeatedly dials the number, but Priya keeps cutting the call as she is also trying to locate the tune player at the festival. Avinash plays the tune one final time and Priya rushes around in search of the musician. Overwhelmed by seeing Priya's desperate expression, Avinash softly utters Junnu, where she responds with a "yes" sign and they embrace each other passionately.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music of the movie was composed by Anup Rubens. Music released on Aditya Music. The audio function was held at Visakhapatnam on 7 December 2017.^[2] The film is Anup Rubens's 50th film.^[3]

Release

The film was released worldwide on 22 December 2017. It was later dubbed into Hindi under the title Taqdeer (transl. Destiny) and premiered on Star Gold on 23 June 2018. It was dubbed into Tamil with the same title and premiered in Star Vijay, and in Malayalam with the same title in 2019.^[4]

Box office

The film grossed ₹26.4 crore worldwide in four days, with a distributors share of ₹14.38 crore. In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the four-day gross was ₹15.75 crore, with a share of ₹10.1 crore.^[5] Hello grossed ₹34 crore in its first week.^[1]

Legal issues

An individual from Jharkhand claimed that the phone number used in the film as Junnu's number, which was shown through out the film, belonged to him and that he had been receiving several calls from fans. He alleged that his personal and professional life was impacted because of the calls and had claimed a compensation of ₹50 lakh (US$63,000). The makers of the film insisted that they attained due permission from the respective telecom company. However, the company denied the claims and said that no such permission was granted.^[6]

Accolades

References

External links

• Hello at IMDb