Hello
Hello
| 10 October 2008 (USA)
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Call-center workers receive a phone call from God.

Reviews
Nonureva Really Surprised!
Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic
MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant
Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.
vjdshkh The movie is totally a must see.It is a perfect Diwali treat.The direction is excellent.The script is outstanding.The movie tells us about six people working in a call center. It is a tale about the events that happen one night at a call center. Told through the views of the protagonist, Shyam, it is a story of almost lost love, thwarted ambitions, absence of family affection, pressures of a patriarchal set up, and the work environment of a Globalized office. Shyam is losing his girl friend because his career is going nowhere as he trudges his way around in a call center. His girl friend, Priyanka, is also an agent like him at the call center who is about to be snatched by an NRI Technogeek. There is also the aspiring model, Esha, who is hoping for the break that seems to be always already eluding her and the man about town, Vroom, who is into well, things. The housewife, Radhika, who is constantly at the receiving end of her mother-in-law and a beleaguered grandfather, Military Uncle, who has been barred from interacting with his grandchild make up the rest of the call agents who see their worlds crumbling around them as the decisions of right sizing are conveyed by Bakshi, the boss.The movie is a must see.Sharman and Sohail were superb.The others are superb too.The music is excellent.This movie will keep you totally entertained from start to finish.This movie is 100%Family Entertainer.This is much much better than "Kidnap". A must see movie Rating-10/10
ankur-kapoor45 Hello offers an enticingly original presentation of familiar tales by utilizing a flashback system of storytelling that fuses exhilarating adventure with suspenseful drama. Many of the scenarios created are nothing new, but the fantastical delivery and extraordinary setting undoubtedly provide a refreshing take on more traditional themes.Hello's finest accomplishment lies within a unique method of flashback storytelling that perfectly complements the line of questioning presented during the film. Hello presents a recognizably surefire love story between Shyam and Priyanka that has been seen before. But the process in which it is used - the method of storytelling - is wholly original and genuinely entertaining. A rare setting, a coming of age flashback setup, and wonderfully developed characters make Hello a winning fantasy of unyielding love. It knows when to provoke emotions through heartache, musically driven segments and ardent drama, and knows how to keep the viewer captured by the beauty of love's destiny.The acting is sublime. Sohail Khan perform naturally and is outstanding, particularly in the scene where he and Sharman interact. Sharman Joshi is brilliant and confident and holds his own against the more experienced actors. Ditto for Gul penag. It has been more than a decade since I've seen Sharat Saxena do any decent acting in any decent movie. Here, he seems to be back on track and delivers one of his best works . Esha Koppikhar is getting typecast but she is effective and Amrita Arora is good...There is not one boring moment, and you will be moved to tears by the end of it..i would happily state any negative points I could think of, fortunately I cant. Go watch it you will not be disappointed!! :)
hrushiraj gore Atul Agnihotri has come up with some interesting cinema, certainly defining himself as someone above average. What he achieves in "Hello" is transcend the line between inspiration and a miracle, awakening an emotional connection to the very special element great cinema can deliver. The packages might have changed, and the contents are more controversial and maybe a bit more tied to reality, certainly taking us to an exotic local, teaching us that our world extends beyond our freeway and limited perception of how more than the other half of the world's population has to deal without certainly preaching to us.At first, the story introduces Salman khan who is on a world tour and happens to meet a stranger in airport lounge.. to kill time she offers to tell Salman khan a story provided he makes a film on it...Salman after much hesitation agrees to listen to the story which is about six character in a call centerThere is an element of freshness in the way the story is presented, as we accompany Shyam through his life odyssey is determined to be the team leader in his call center. There are some strong emotions in the film, and Atul's direction keeps the film dynamic and engaging.Prepare yourself to be overtaken by emotions as varied as joy, pity, happiness, anger, revulsion, surprise, and an exhilarating conclusion rarely seen in movies anymore. This film has made me grateful to be alive and that we still have people in cinema like Atul who understands the power and beauty of the medium. He knows that the perfect mix of a great story and the respective imagery can provoke unforgettable memories in its audience.Hello is by genre a comedic drama, but it becomes much more. The film asks questions about fate, righteousness, greed, and even urban sprawl. Above all, however, it is about that phone call from god .... every characters story is a tragic and unfortunate one, but as seen through their eyes, it is still beautiful. It would be nearly impossible for there to be a better picture this year.See this movie it won't disappoint!
bobbysing Based on a bestseller "One Night at a Call Center" by Chetan Bhagat, the movie is a good example which teaches that we need to do a lot of changes and additions on the scripting stage if we want to make a movie on a novel. In "Hello", the director has made some additions, but the add on's are there only to sell the movie and grab attention of the audiences. By only taking Salman Khan for few scenes and shooting a catchy number with shirtless Salman, does not mean that you can ignore the other important aspects of movie making. Sadly "Hello" becomes the culprit of the same thought.Last week, I noticed and mention it for "Kidnap" and this week we have the same drastic mistake repeated in "Hello". I cannot simply understand that "How can a movie start straight away with a four-five minute song?" As the viewer excitedly sits to watch the movie, he is simply served a song at the start. This is a definite indication that you are going to watch a mediocre product. And as the time passes, you know that the outcome is not what you were expecting.An interesting and novel idea gets spoiled with a very poor script and execution. It was hugely promoted as a movie in which a phone call is made by "The God" himself to some call center employees. And the greatest flaw of the movie is that the phone call comes after almost half the movie is over. You keep on waiting for that but the director, Atul Agnihotri is more engrossed in giving scenes to all his characters and in describing the tragedies they are facing. Suddenly the phone call sequence comes and also finishes off in minutes. You don't feel excited while the call is being attended by the characters on the screen. The scene is not capable of generating any extraordinary thrill in the viewer. And as the "Call from the God" sequence ends, you also end having any interest in the movie. Morevoer, you also don't find any great results in the movie, even after the God has called.Performance by the entire cast is simply professional like they are just doing another film. So nothing special is there to write about any specific actor. Only Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif seem to be more interested in contributing to the movie than all others. They both are there enacting "a special appearance" in order to provide a star element to the movie. A catchy title song with Salman, is good to watch, but it should have been there in the end titles instead. The special and heartily efforts of Salman & Katrina are not able to save the movie which is unexpectedly a poor product based on a best-selling novel.It's nice to see that we are again picking up good books and novels for the stories in our movies. This practice was done way back in the Black and White era and in later years too by some great film-makers India has seen. But in the current and fast changing times a lot has to be re-shaped and re-written to transform a successful book into a Hit movie. Unfortunately, "Hello", fails in doing that.