Hello (2008)

Call-center workers receive a phone call from God.

Director:

Atul Agnihotri

Writers:

Atul Agnihotri (screenplay), Chetan Bhagat (additional dialogue)

Stars:

Sharman Joshi, Amrita Arora, Sohail Khan

Cast

Credited cast:
Sharman Joshi	...	Shyam / Sam
Amrita Arora	...	Radhika / Rebecca
Sohail Khan	...	Varun 'Vroom' / Victor
Isha Koppikar	...	Esha / Elizabeth
Katrina Kaif	...	Story-teller
Arbaaz Khan	...	Anuj
Salman Khan	...	Khan
Gul Panag	...	Priyanka
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bharti Achrekar	...	Priyanka's mom
Anupam Maanav	...	TV reporter
Suresh Menon	...	Systems Guy
Rishi Nijhawan	...	Ganesh
Rammy C. Pandey	...	Team leader
Sharat Saxena	...	Military Uncle
Dalip Tahil	...	Subhash Bakshi

Storyline

Hello... 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...

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Plot Keywords:

call center | one night | boss | helicopter | sex in a car | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Did You Know?

Trivia

In 2006, Ramesh Sippy was making Chetan Bhagat's novel "A Night At A Call Centre" into a film. He had signed Abhishek Bachchan and Upen Patel for the lead roles. Rohan Sippy was to direct the film. It was later shelved and remade as "Hello" with Atul Agnihothri.

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Connections

Referenced in Mumbai Diaries (2010)

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Soundtracks

Main Apne Rabh Ka Bandha Hoon
Performed Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan, Zubeen Garg
Lyrics by Jalees Sherwani
Composed by Sajid Ali, Wajid Ali
Music on Tips

User Reviews

Atul Agnihotri is a burden to Bollywood

Man this Atul Agnihotri could never be a great actor and now he tried directing films, to give competition to Deepak Tijori another same type

In This film he takes his brother in laws Salman and Sohail Khan with Arbaaz Khan, Amrita Arora too and then he takes the talented Sharman Joshi and Gul Panag

Makes a joke of the book by Chetan Bhagat ONE NIGHT AT A CALL CENTRE

Well what else we expect with such a cast and such a director?

The first song and scene involving Salman are enough to give u a headache and the way the call center is shown, it's even worse

Performances are OK Sharman is the only actor who acts well, even if the script is bad Sohail is irritating as ever, god please, he should leave Bollywood Arbaaz too is similar Salman should stop trying to look cool and young, looks like a drunkard Amrita Arora is better, Gul Panag is good while Katrina Kaif continues to act fake

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

10 October 2008 (India)

Also Known As:

Алло, колл-центр слушает!

Box Office

Budget:

INR80,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,412,084

Company Credits

Production Co:

Funky Buddha Productions, Mirah Entertainment, Percept Picture Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min

Color:

Color