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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Hello...Yama<br />
| image = Hello Yama.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = VCD cover<br />
| native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --><br />
| director = A R Babu<br />
| writer = Mohammed Ghouse (dialogue)<br />
| screenplay = Mohammed Ghouse<br />
| story = M S Ramesh<br />
| based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --><br />
| producer = D Raghu<br /> Balraj Anekal<br />
| starring = [[Kashinath (actor)|Kashinath]] <br />[[Doddanna]]<br />[[Sadhu Kokila]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| cinematography = Anaji Nagaraj<br />
| editing = K M Shankar<br />
| music = Sadhu Kokila<br />
| studio = R And R Enterprises<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1998|7|27}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Kannada<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Hello...Yama''''' is a 1998 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[comedy drama film]] directed by A R Babu and starring [[Kashinath (actor)|Kashinath]] and [[Doddanna]] in the titular role and [[Sadhu Kokila]], who also composed the music. The film was remade in Telugu under [[Hello...Yama!|the same name]] in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sify.com/movies/telugu/review.php?id=6007199&ctid=5&cid=2430|title=Hello Yama|work=[[Sify]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050108012601/http://sify.com/movies/telugu/review.php?id=6007199&ctid=5&cid=2430|archive-date=8 January 2005|access-date=6 October 2024}}</ref> <br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
*[[Kashinath (actor)|Kashinath]] as Suri<br />
*[[Doddanna]] as [[Yama]]<br />
*[[Sadhu Kokila]] as [[Chitragupta]]<br />
*Harish Roy<br />
*[[Tennis Krishna]]<br />
*[[Pramod Chakravarthy (actor)|Pramod Chakravarthy]]<br />
*Rinky <br />
*Monisha <br />
*[[Lavanya (actress)|Lavanya]]<br />
*Ramya <br />
*Pushpa Swamy<br />
*Bhavyashree Rai <br />
*[[M. S. Umesh]]<br />
*M D Kaushik <br />
*[[Vaijanath Biradar]]<br />
*Yamuna<br />
*[[Prem (director)|Prem]] (uncredited)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/shankar-nag-to-kashinath-five-hit-directors-turned-actors-of-kannada-film-industry/photostory/76198568.cms?picid=76198573|title=Shankar Nag to Kashinath: FIVE hit directors-turned-actors of Kannada film industry|first=Farhan|last=Syed|date=4 June 2020|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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==Production==<br />
Film publicist K. G. Nagendra clapped the ''[[muhurat shot]]'' by chance.<ref name="B"/><br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The music was composed by [[Sadhu Kokila]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/hello-yama-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1343331106|title=Hello Yama (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP|date=2014|work=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref><br />
{{Track listing<br />
| headline = Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Damal Dumil<br />
| extra1 = Sadhu Kokila, Sujatha Dutt<br />
| length1 = 4:13<br />
| title2 = Dingu Dongu Disco Dance<br />
| extra2 = [[Rajesh Krishnan]], Mangala, Suma, Kusuma<br />
| length2 = 4:38<br />
| title3 = Ee Rambhe Andha<br />
| extra3 = Rajesh Krishnan, Mangala, Suma, Kusuma<br />
| length3 = 4:55<br />
| title4 = Rambha Beda Jamba<br />
| extra4 = Rajesh Krishnan, Sadhu Kokila, [[Doddanna]], Sujatha Dutt, Mangala<br />
| length4 = 3:27<br />
| title5 = Sooji Maalige Mele<br />
| extra5 = Doddanna, Sadhu Kokila, Sujatha Dutt, Mangala<br />
| length5 = 4:40<br />
| total_length = 21:53<br />
}}<br />
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== Box office ==<br />
The film was a success and inspired similar films such as ''[[Yamalokadalli Veerappan]]'' (1998).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/%28docid%29/B1B03240AE8F5FF6652569400062A3E6?OpenDocumentn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312215349/http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/B1B03240AE8F5FF6652569400062A3E6?OpenDocument|title=Yamatokadalli Veerappan (Kannada)|archive-date=12 March 2008|date=20 December 1998|last=Srinivasa|first=Srikanth|website=[[Deccan Herald]]|access-date=6 October 2024}}</ref> After the film's success, Nagendra went on to clap for the muhurat shot of other films.<ref name="B">{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/a-lucky-priest-is-the-ideal-mantra-for-a-hit-film/articleshow/21448353.cms|title=A '˜lucky priest' is the ideal mantra for a hit film|work=[[Bangalore Mirror]]|date=23 December 2011|access-date=6 October 2024}}</ref> A sequel titled ''Yama in Bangkok'' was planned in 2011 with [[Namitha]], [[Jaggesh]] reprising the role of [[Yama]] and [[Sadhu Kokila]] reprising his role as [[Chitragupta]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodlife.com/south-gossip/namitha-bags-lead-role-in-yama-in-bangkok-40968/|title=Namitha bags lead role in 'Yama in Bangkok'|date=26 September 2011|work=[[Bollywood Life]]|access-date=6 October 2024}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:1998 Kannada-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Kannada films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]</div>BenWunderly