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

Reviews
deepika mathur

This was one movie that I was waiting for very eagerly! Carry a pack of pop corn and cans of cold drink and enjoy this film with friends ,it has everything , starting from bang bang song( super six pack Salman dance number) , humor , sympathy , thrill , romance , revenge and what not and not to mention director Atul Agnihotri was the captain of all these departments . Out of so many positive things the most important thing is the story line, which is very gripping and entertaining....Salman's hard work on his body paid off , he really danced well on the song bang bang which has good production values....The Picturisation and the music was excellent...Their something happening in every scene of the movie and you don't get bored or look at your watch, script is strong. Performances are strong too....Though the film was based on the novel one night @ the call center and people knew about the plot still it was enjoyableIn a nutshell its a books idea; Bollywood Masala filmI am giving Hello 9/10

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kanika-b

i think that the promos made the movie look a little more mysterious and exciting then it actually was. It takes a little while to actually get the movie started and i feel they could have done a little better.Also, they could have had some more parts to do with salman khan and katrina kaif as they were hardly in the movie. The setting of the movie is pretty good however, thescript was a little weak. There is a short song in this movie which goes something like this "When you love me it feels so right only in your arms tonight I wanna feel you next to me holding me so tight love me love hold me hold me" does anyone know the artist of that song or the name of the song or is just another part of the movie?

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Pratik Jasani

I just knew that this was based around a few characters who work in a call centre and nothing else and having had some experience in working in one, I thought it would be interesting to watch.The story is told to a protagonist rock star by an unknown woman and is based around three women and three men who work in a call centre. The story itself takes place during one night and each character reveals their problems whether it is their love life, marriage problem or any other problems, which also includes the prospects of all of them loosing their jobs as the centre belongs to an American based company and the manager of this centre is extremely keen on moving to the USA.Starring Sohail Khan, Amrita Arora, Sharman Joshi, Isha Koppikar, Sharat Saxena, Gul Panag, Dalip Tahil, Suresh Menon and Rishi Nijawan. While Arbaaz Khan, Salaman Khan and Katrina Kaif make special and guest appearances The movie is directed and co – written by Atul Agnihotri and written by Chetan Bhagat and is based on his book entitled "One Night At Call Centre." Sajid – Wajid provide the music score.This has some flaws which are conspicuous and stare at you through the screen. A good example is whenever time shown - for example 0.09 is shown as 12.09am – that is incorrect and should be shown as 0.09 and there's no need of having "am." Another flaw was that each person who works at a call centre knows their shift patterns but here, each of the six receives a call to inform them that it is their time to be on the job. The third flaw was that there are so many breaks during the shift and also whenever they want, which the floor manager on duty would not permit even though it may be at a time when there are not many calls coming in. Talent has been wasted in this movie, which also goes onto criticise mostly the Americans a lot. There was no need of Salman Khan's character, as a rock star, who, like Shah Rukh Khan, in "Om Shanti Om," removes his shirt and in what way it is connected to the story just does not make any sense and the music can be considered as too loud and does not support the movie in any way whatsoever. Lastly, there was no need for a character such as god (and I am no blaspheming) to tell a story, which leads me to write: Katrina Kaif "Tussi Great Nahin Ho." Conclusion: Not worth wasting time and more importantly, in this time of financial crisis that is engulfing the world, don't waste your money on this.

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Souvik Chatterjee

Hello, the movie, is loyal to its source 'One Night@ Call Center". Thats where the issue lies. Let me explain. Hello is the story of 3 Men and 3 Women working at a call center, their lives, their work and above all their relationships. Without dwelling much into the very well known and popular story I can safely say that the story is very loyal to its source. Its so loyal that it forgets that reading a piece of Literature and watching the same thing on-screen are two completely different experience. The Novel is so popular that most Indians are very familiar with the story and how it ends. When they go to watch the same thing on-screen it becomes very predictable. It actually becomes boring to he movie-goer even though the acting and the character developments are well enough to match the novel. But then again, when filming a novel of such popularity a direction just would not dare to twist the story to an extent where the original becomes separable from its copy on celluloid. So, if you have read the novel, you have seen the film too. Regarding the acting, the only thing awful in this movie is Mr. Khan. He should stop playing characters which are suitable for actors 20 years younger than him. Specially 'paired' with an actress as young and beautiful as Ms. Kaif. One of the comments on IMDb objects to the movie calling Americans Dumb. Agreed, they are definitely not. But it is a well known fact that in call centers in India the '35=10' rule is followed. It is to ensure that no agent is rude to the 'general' customers (who are, in most cases, 'relatively dumb', regardless of which country they belong to) and not to poke fun at any country. Also, racist calls are rampant in call centers. In all call centers. Not just those serving US clients/customers. Overall - 7/10. Strong recommendation: Set your expectations right before you see this movie IF you have read the book.

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