Hello Brother

Hello Brother

Year: 1999

Runtime: 131 mins

Language: Hindi

Director: Sohail Khan

RomanceComedy

A ghost seeking revenge for his death haunts the man who received his heart in a transplant.

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Hero works for a courier company owned by Khanna. He is lively, full of jokes, and secretly in love with Rani, though she views him as a very good friend. When Inspector Vishal, a narcotics officer, is transferred from Goa to Mumbai, he starts piecing together a possible drug ring tied to Khanna. Vishal’s investigation puts him at odds with Khanna, and Hero initially stands up for his boss, defending him against the new police scrutiny. Yet the clues begin to reveal a darker truth about Khanna’s operation, a truth that will shatter Hero’s upbeat world.

After a tense confrontation, Hero is shot dead by Khanna, and in a shocking twist, Khanna is also shot in the heart by Hero. The police then transplant Hero’s heart into Vishal’s body, turning the former courier into a living link between two very different lives. With Hero now inhabiting Vishal’s frame, the pair is bound in a strange partnership: Vishal can feel Hero’s presence, and Hero can influence Vishal’s actions—yet only Vishal can see him, since the heart now beating inside him belongs to Hero.

From this unlikely connection, a new dynamic emerges. Hero appears as a ghost to Vishal and makes it clear he will not rest until Khanna is brought down. At the same time, Vishal and Rani begin to grow closer, complicating Hero’s feelings and his meddling warnings. Hero longs for Rani and resents the idea of losing her to Vishal, yet he also takes on the role of a mentor and ally, guiding Vishal as they start to dismantle Khanna’s drug empire. The two men—one in flesh, the other in spirit—form a uneasy but genuine partnership as they confront the criminal web that Khanna has built.

Khanna tries to flee the country, but not before he seizes a dangerous opportunity: he kidnaps Rani. Vishal, with Hero’s spectral help, stages a daring rescue and fights through Khanna’s henchmen. The battle is brutal, and Vishal sustains injuries; in a moment of desperate resolve, Hero channels Vishal’s body and uses his own fighting instincts to turn the tide. Rani witnesses the astonishing display and begins to sense that something beyond the ordinary is guiding Vishal’s actions. She calls out Hero by name, though Vishal remains unaware of the full truth—that Hero’s spirit is active inside him and protecting them.

The final confrontation comes when Khanna shoots Vishal. In a dramatic turn, Hero seizes Vishal’s hand and fires back, destroying Khanna. Khanna’s ghost rises in anger, but Hero confronts him directly, delivering a decisive blow that sends Khanna to Hell. With Khanna defeated, Vishal and Rani share a quiet moment of relief as Vishal confesses that Hero is still with them and that he loves Rani. Rani, moved and astonished, asks Vishal to tell Hero that she loves him too—acknowledging the bond that transcends life and death.

As the dust settles, Khanna’s haunting presence fades and Hero, freed from the mortal bond, moves on to his own afterlife. The couple’s future remains bright: Rani and Vishal marry and celebrate their wedding night in a house perched on the water. In a final, tender image, Hero appears as a benevolent Fairy, watching over them from Heaven as they begin their new life together. The story closes on a note of hopeful continuity: they live happily ever after, with Hero ever present in spirit, guarding their happiness from above.

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