REVIEW: Hello is not bad!
Adapting books for mainstream cinema is a rarity in Bollywood and more uncommon is the original author being a part of the scripting team of such films. Hello, as we all know by now, is an adaptation of Chetan Bhagat's best seller, One Night at the Call Centre. Surprisingly, it turns out to be a fairly decent watch and stays true to the book most of the time.
What is it all about?
The film begins with a rock star played by Salman who after a rocking performance is waiting in the airport lounge for his chopper to get repaired. He encounters a stranger (Katrina) who offers to narrate an unusual story to him on the condition that he makes it into a film. He agrees and she narrates this story of six call centre employees (Sharman, Sohail, Gul, Eesha, Amrita and Sharat Saxena) who are struggling with their individual problems and the events that unfold one night at their call centre. And how one call from GOD changes their lives forever!
While the book had the author encountering a stranger woman in the train, here it happens at an airport lounge befitting Salman's rock star stature.
Performances
Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif are in special appearances so all those expecting to see the real life jodi ignite the screen with their chemistry will be in for a disappointment. While Salman has a screen time of 10 minutes (including a dance number) Katrina has a much lesser screen time of around six-seven minutes in all. Salman disappoints in terms of his looks (looks haggard with bags under his eyes) and dialogue delivery (extremely half-hearted). Katrina looks 'angelic' though.
The real star of Hello however is Sharman Joshi who plays Shyam. For long we have seen this talented actor being sidelined in ensemble cast films. But in Hello he shines in his first-ever author backed role displaying various emotions with amazing ease. Sohail (playing Vroom) though entertains, is getting repetitive with his smart-ass act. It's the same Sohail you seen in Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya, God Tussi Great Ho and Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na. The only scene where he gets serious and vents out his anger has turned out unintentionally funny what with those exaggerated blood-shot eyes you see in heroes of B-grade potboilers. Gul Panag does well in a bad wardrobe. Eesha is good too and so is, surprise surprise, Amrita Arora!
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URBANEYE
Hello is good but not to good
Third class movie hai bhai
Well i liked d movie but it has only one problem it
didn't keep me intact as in i was not excited as to
what will happen next on d other hand reading d novel i felt
so excited to read further infact i have read it atleast 5
times....So overall i'll rate hello 2/5.
Fantastic movie and rocking performance by a rockstar salman
khan
The call center shown in movie and loo shown is a actually a
hotel in delhi, i cannot remember the name but yes that loo
is in a 5 star hotel in delhi
This review looks to be written by a amateur film-critic.
Come on, are we reading something on a network 18's website.
The movie is worst in ages and review is even worse. Looks
like by school kid. Grow-up!!!
I wrked in a call center b4 i joined media... In da 1st
case, atul really needs to visit a call center nd decide 4
himself if a call center really luks lyk 1he showed in da
movie and are the agents allowed to sit with their bags n
stuff... If sharman has visited ccs in da due course, he cud
hv taken da initiative to say or rather chetan cud hv done
da job.. Howeva da movie wz below nt bad, below average..
Eesha would have lookd stuning if she had shorter
hair.....She needs good makeup man and dress designer to
give her screen presence....She is vibrant, sexy
female.....She needs good banner and good director...
I saw hello and regret it. I've read the novel also and
these ppl cut the best parts only to add stupid portions of
their own.However on the whole it was a decent if u think
aap ka surroor was a cool movie ! Salman was weird and kat
had such a little part though she looked awesome . It was a
small budget film seeing half the family was there leaving
malaika and mommy helen . The non relatives were sharman ,
eesha and gul . God help those survive who go watch the
movie and have read the novel and plan to compare the two .
Dont u might commit suicide at the end of it all , seeing
the awful result.
Moderate!.!.! I have seent the movie and also read the
book.....
i walked in to the movie hall purely out of curiosity and
i was half served. Will not say atul has been sucessful in
bring chentan's book alive on scree but he has made a fine
attempt.
small peice of advice. If are yet to read the book, do
so!! U will understand and like the movie lot more