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Hello Darling

2010 Indian film by Manoj Tiwari

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Hello Darling is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Manoj Tiwari and produced by Ashok Ghai, starring Gul Panag, Celina Jaitly, Isha Koppikar and Javed Jaffrey in the lead roles. Sunny Deol makes a special appearance. It is an unofficial adaptation of the American film 9 to 5 (1980).

01Plot

Mansi and Candy work in a fashion designer firm. Satvari Chaudary joins their firm for a job. Mansi and Candy inform Satvari of their flirtatious boss, Hardhik Vasu, whose desire is to sleep with hot women. Everyone in the firm knows that Mansi always prepares coffee for Hardhik. One day, Mansi, who is fed up with Hardhik stealing her work, accidentally mixes Rat Kill in his coffee. As Hardhik is about to sip his coffee, he falls off his chair. But it creates the impression that he died from the poison.

Fearful of getting caught, the three girls (Mansi, Candy and Satvari) head to the hospital to make things right. Due to a misunderstanding, the three girls think he's dead. Coincidentally, another patient died, which they think is Hardhik. Mansi and Satvari hide his "body" in the back of their taxi, but soon they realize it's the wrong body. The next day at work, the three girls find out Hardhik is still alive, who also recorded the girls taking out a dead body from the hospital. Hardhik offers the girls to avoid jail on one condition: they must accompany Hardhik to Kandala for 7 days. The day before leaving, the girls contact Hardhik under the pretext of sleeping with him. After a bit of song and dance, they make him unconscious by dousing a cloth with methylated spirits and placing it on his face.

Meanwhile, Hardhik's wife finds out he had a supposed affair with Candy. To reform him, she calls Poolan Bhai, who runs a place to reform men of their flirtatious deeds. Due to a misunderstanding, they think her husband is Rocky, who is Candy's boyfriend. Hardhik manages to escape from the house (the girls chained him that night; he was unconscious. The girls then contemplate whether to contact Nikhi Bajaj, the manager of the firm. He reaches there and disapproves of Hardhik's contract for renewal and sends him to Bangladesh. Nikhil appoints Mansi as vice president and encourages her to marry her fiancé, Ashish. Nikhil himself ends up falling in love with Satvari, whereas Candy is reunited with Rocky. The film ends in Bangladesh, where Hardhik realizes his boss is gay.

02Cast

03Soundtrack

Hello Darling
Soundtrack album by Pritam
Released27 July 2010
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelT-Series

The soundtrack was composed by Pritam.

Track list

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Working Girls"Shabbir AhmedShweta Pandit, Ritu Pathak, Priyadarshini1:56
2."Aa Jaane Jaan'"Shabbir AhmedJaved Jaffrey, Akriti Kakkar, Antara Mitra2:57
3."Band Baaja"Ashish PanditRicha Sharma, Ritu Pathak, Rana Mazumder2:15
4."Dil Toh Saala"Shabbir AhmedSunidhi Chauhan1:20
5."Attrah Baras Ki"Shabbir AhmedSuzanne D'Mello2:27
6."Band Baaja" (Remix)Shabbir AhmedRicha Sharma, Ritu Pathak, Rana Mazumder - (DJ A-Myth)2:15

04Reception

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 1 out of 5 stars, writing, "On the whole, Hello Darling tries hard to make you laugh, but falls flat on its face. In fact, this comedy is more of a tragedy for the viewer". Preeti Arora of Rediff.com gave the film 1 and a half out of 5 stars, writing, "Hello Darling needs to be avoided at all costs. Unless of course gnashing your teeth and wasting your money on mindless, tedious comedy is your favourite hobby".

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Sources and credits

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