Hello My Dear Wrong Number
Hello My Dear Wrong Number is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language comedy thriller film directed by Priyadarshan and written by Sreenivasan from a story by Priyadarshan. It stars Mohanlal, Maniyanpilla Raju, Jagathy Sreekumar, Lizy and Menaka, with Mukesh in a guest appearance.[1][2][3]
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| Directed by | Priyadarshan |
| Produced by | Tripthi films |
| Screenplay by | Sreenivasan |
| Story by | Priyadarshan |
| Starring | Mohanlal Maniyanpilla Raju Lizy Jagathy Sreekumar Menaka |
| Music by | Reghu Kumar Score: K. J. Joy |
| Cinematography | S. Kumar |
| Edited by | N. Gopalakrishnan |
Production company | Thripthi Arts |
| Distributed by | Gandhimathi Films |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
Venugopal is a medical representative, a very innocent young man who likes being around women and boasting about him to impress them. One day after his job, he decided to watch a movie and while heading towards the theatre in a taxi (rented car ) a young beautiful lady stops the car and requests him to drop her at a nearby hotel. Enchanted by the beauty of the girl, he agrees to drop her also agreeing to post a letter she wrote on the way. Since the lady looked perplexed and confused and in a hurry there wasn’t much of a conversation taking place even though Venugopal tried hard.
Later he goes to the movie and walks into the restroom during the break and gets beaten up bad by certain goons demanding him for a “letter “ and takes him to the boss’s place where he gets asked to reveal the address the letter was posted to which venugopal fails to give an answer as he doesn’t even remember the address.
Next day he goes to the guy‘s( captain raju)place with minnal babu a police officer (jagathy ) to lodge a complaint and is shocked to see how the entire event of incidents is manipulated against him . He rushes to the hotel where he had dropped the lady the other day to find what’s going to only find her dead body falling on him as he opened the door of the room.
Then starts the game where he is framed for crimes he hasn't committed.
Cast
- Mohanlal as Venugopal, medical representative
- Lizy as Sunitha Menon / Annie Abraham, Venugopal's love interest
- Maniyanpilla Raju as Ramadasan
- Menaka as Shobha, Venugopal's sister
- Jagannatha Varma as Udayavarma, diamond merchant
- C. I. Paul as Police Commissioner
- Jagathi Sreekumar as Minnal Babu, Crime Branch DySP
- Sreenath as SI Rajagopal, police Sub-Inspector
- Mukesh as John, diamond thief
- Ragini as Sridevi, John's accomplice and lover
- Captain Raju as David Antony Fernandez, criminal mastermind
- Sreenivasan as Priest
- Sankaradi as Judge
- James as Chacko
- Sukumari as Forensic officer
- Bob Christo as David Antony Fernandez's assistant
- Shivaji
- Zeenath
- Kothuku Nanappan
- Sulakshana
- Disco Shanti
- Fazil (Cameo appearance)
- P.A Latheef
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Raghu Kumar and the lyrics were written by S. Ramesan Nair.
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
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| 1 | "Nee Nee Neeyente Jeevan" | K. S. Chithra, M. G. Sreekumar | S. Ramesan Nair | |
| 2 | "Neeyen Kinaavo" | K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra | S. Ramesan Nair |
References
- "Hello My Dear Wrong Number". malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- "Hello My Dear Wrong Number". malayalasangeetham.info. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- "Hello My Dear Wrong Number". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 22 October 2014.