Hallo (Malayalam film)

Infobox Film
name = Hallo


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caption = Hallo
director = Rafi Mecartin
producer = Joy Thomas
writer = Rafi Mecartin
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starring = Mohanlal, Parvati Melton
music = Alex Paul
lyrics = Vayalar Sarath
cinematography = Sanjeev Shankar
editing = Don Max
distributor = Marickar Release
released = 5 July 2007
runtime =
country = India
language = Malayalam
budget = 4 crore
gross = 18 crore
preceded_by = Chotta Mumbai
followed_by = Alibhai
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0924225

"Hallo" is a Malayalam film released in 2007, starring Mohanlal and Parvathy Melton.

Plot

Mohanlal is Shivaraman, a once-brilliant advocate who now seems to be on a self-destructive mode. Almost al the time you're bound to find him in a highly intoxicated state. His clients had abandoned him a long time ago. But he has a very devout follower in Chaandy Kunhu, played by Jagadi Shreekumar. Whenever Shivaraman gets into one of his drunken brawls, it is Chaandy who rescues him.

Strangely, that doesn't diminish Shivaraman's public relation skills. After one particularly bad fight, he ends up becoming good buddies with three notorious rowdies in the area- Vadakkanchery Vakkan, Batherry Babu and Pattambi Ravi, played respectively by Spatikam George, Bheeman Raghu and Kirikadan Jose. Soon, they too join his gang of loyalists.

The reason why this once-hotshot advocate had hit the bottle is revealed later- he was in love with a girl named Priya. But, his father and brother weren't happy about it. They come up with a very cruel way of ending the relationship. They send a gang of henchmen to kill her. When Shivaraman finds out about it, he is devastated. That's when he becomes an alcoholic.

Then one day, he receives a phone call on his mobile phone from a stranger named Parvathi. She reveals that she is the daughter of a local Marwari banker. On the phone she tells him that her life is in grave danger and begs him to rescue her. The phone call changes his life...

Parvathi is the daughter of Bada Bhai, the owner of a very successful bank. The bank is jointly owned by him and his brothers and relatives. They want to take control of the bank by killing Parvathi. When Shivaraman finds out that the threat is from her family, he takes her home and pretends to be her husband.

Then begins the battle of wits and muscles with her greedy relatives. Slowly, Parvathi gets impressed by his brilliance and ends up falling in love with him.

Release

*The film released in 56 screens. [http://sify.com/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14488750&cid=2362]

Box-Office Performance

*The film was one of the top blockbusters of the 2007.It's being remade in Telugu with Rajasekhar and Bhumika in the lead. [http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/news/rajashekar_aug2508.php]

External links

* [http://www.12kerala.com/movies/Hello/ Hello movie review, stills]