WHEN FILMMAKERS DIALLED D FOR DIALOGUEBAAZI… – Times of India

After the third wave of the COVID19 pandemic, film business seems to be on its way back. Masala entertainers in particular are queuing up for release weeks in advance. In the last two decades, and particularly the last two years, Hindi cinema has experienced a visible transformation in every department – from writing spiral-bound screenplays to having screen-tests for artistes. In the act of creating drama on paper, dialogues have always played a key role. With masala films back in theatres, Bombay Times doffs its hat to some of the finest, wittiest and also widely recalled dialogues that have made watching movies a memorable experience…

BHAARI BHARKAM

*Tumhara Pakistan zindabaad hai, isse hume koi aitraaz nahi, magar humara Hindustan zindabad tha, zindabad hai, zindabaad rahega!

Film: Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001); Writer: Shaktiman Talwar


*Babuji ne kaha gaon chhod do … sab ne kaha Paro ko chhod do … Paro ne kaha sharab chhod do … aaj tumne keh diya haweli chhod do … ek din aayega jab woh kahenge, duniya hi chhod do

Film: Devdas (2002); Writer: Prakash Kapadia

*Aaj… aaj ek hasi aur baant lo, aaj ek dua aur maang lo, aaj ek ansoon aur pee lo…aaj ek sapna aur dekh lo…kya pataa, kal ho naa ho

Film: Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003); Writer: Niranjan Iyengar


*Ab bhi jiska khoon na khaula, khoon nahin voh paani hai. Joh desh ke kaam na aaye woh bekaar jawaani hai

Film: Rang De Basanti (2006); Writer: Prasoon Joshi

*Sattar minute. Sattar minute hai tumhare paas, shayad tumhari zindagi ke sabse khaas sattar minute. Aaj tum achcha khelo ya bura, yeh sattar minute tumhe zindagi bhar yaad rahenge…

Film: Chak De! India (2007); Writer: Jaideep Sahni

*Bachcha kaabil bano, kaabil…kaamyaabi toh saali jhak maarke peeche bhagegi

Film: 3 Idiots (2009); Writer(s): Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi


*Raaste ki parwah karoonga toh, manzil bura maan jayegi

Film: Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai (2010); Writer: Rajat Aroraa

*Insaan ko dibbe mein sirf tab bandh hona chahiye jab woh mar chuka ho

Film: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011); Writer: Farhan Akhtar


*Kahin pahunchne ke liye, kahin se nikalna bahut zaroori hota hai

Film: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013); Writer: Hussain Dalal

*Darya bhi main, darakht bhi main. Jhelum bhi main, Chinar bhi main. Dair bhi hoon, haram bhi hoon. Shia bhi hoon, Sunni bhi hoon, main hoon pandit. Main tha, main hoon aur main hi rahoonga

Film: Haider (2014); Writer: Vishal Bhardwaj


*Insaan ka emotion uska motion ke saath juda hua hai

Film: Piku (2015); Writer: Juhi Chaturvedi


*Na sirf ek shabd nahi, apne aap mein ek poora vakya hai

Film: Pink (2016); Writer: Ritesh Shah

*Ek tarfa pyar ki taaqat hi kuch aur hoti hai…

Film: Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016); Writer(s): Karan Johar, Niranjan Iyengar

SEETI-MAAR LINES THAT THE JUNTA LOVES TO REPEAT…

*Yeh Kabira Speaking mast naam hai re

Film: Hera Pheri (2000); Writer: Neeraj Vora


*Woh kaun tha jisne palat kar Poo ko nahi dekha?

Film: Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Ghum (2001); Writer: Karan Johar

*Perfection ko improve karna mushkil hota hai…

Film: Dil Chahta Hai (2001); Writer: Farhan Akhtar


*Yeh jism pyar karna nahi jaanta, yeh jaanta hai toh sirf bhookh… jism ki bhookh!

Film: Jism (2003); Writer: Niranjan Iyengar

*Emergency mein koi pada ho toh form bharna zaroori hai kya?

Film: Munnabhai MBBS (2003); Writer: Abbas Tyrewala


*Mujhe states ke naam nahi sunai dete hai na dikhai dete hai. Sirf ek mulk ka naam sunai deta hai: I-N-D-I-A

Film: Chak De! India (2007); Writer: Jaideep Sahni

*Bachpan se hi na, mujhe shaadi karne ka bahut craze hai, by god!

Film: Jab We Met (2007); Writer: Imtiaz Ali


*Ek baar jo maine commitment kar di, toh main apne aap ki bhi nahi sunta

Film: Wanted (2009); Writer(s): Shiraz Ahmed, Sunil Kumar Agrawal

*Dua mein yaad rakhna

Film: Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai (2010); Writer: Rajat Aroraa

*Hum tum mein itne chhed karenge ki confuse ho jaaoge, ki saans kahan se le aur paadein kahan se

Film: Dabangg (2010); Writer (s): Dilip Shukla, Abhinav Kashyap


*My Name is Khan and I am not a terrorist

Film: My Name Is Khan (2010); Writer(s): Shibani Bathija, Niranjan Iyengar

*Jisme hai dum toh fakht Bajirao Singham

Film: Singham (2010); Writer(s): Farhad Samji-Sajid Samji


*Tumhara ishq, ishq… aur humara ishq, sex

Film: Ishqiya (2010); Writer: Vishal Bhardwaj

*Filmein sirf teen cheezon ke wajah se chalti hain, entertainment, entertainment, entertainment.. aur main entertainment hoon!

Film: The Dirty Picture (2011); Writer: Rajat Aroraa


*Jo main bolta hoon woh main karta hoon, jo main nahi bolta woh main definitely karta hoon!

Film: Rowdy Rathore (2012); Writer: Shiraz Ahmed

*Sab ka badla lega tera Faizal

Film: Gangs of Wasseypur 2 (2012); Writer(s): Akhilesh Jaiswal, Anurag Kashyap, Sachin K. Ladia, Zeishan Quadri

*Mere baare mein itna mat sochna, dil mein aata hoon, samajh mein nahi

Film: Kick (2014); Writer: Rajat Aroraa


*Bajirao ne Mastani se mohabbat ki hai aiyyashi nahi!

Film: Bajirao Mastani (2015); Writer: Prakash Kapadia


*Ammi jaan kehti thi, koi dhanda chhota nahi hota aur dhande se bada koi dharam nahi hota

Film: Raees (2017); Writer(s): Rahul Dholakia, Harit Mehta, Niraj Shukla, Ashish Vashi


*Woh mere boyfriend ke saath gulu gulu karegi toh dhoptungi hi na

Film: Gully Boy (2019); Writer: Vijay Maurya

*How’s the josh? High sir!

Film: URI: The Surgical Strike (2019); Writer: Aditya Dhar


*Mohabbat thi iss liye jaane diya, zidd hoti to baahon mein hoti

Film: Jazbaa (2015); Writer: Kamlesh Pandey


**SWANAND KIRKIRE PICKS HIS FAVOURITE DIALOGUES

Screenwriter and poet, Swanand Kirkire, who has written dialogues for films like Chameli and Sivaji among others, likens the form to poetry. He says, “Dialogues are the shortest form of poetry. India is one country where people still go waah-waah on dialogues. We also love one-upmanship in our lines and to bring that out in a story with gravitas and flair needs a special kind of talent.”*Kaun kambakht bardasht karne ko peeta hai

Film: Devdas (2002); Writer: Prakash Kapadia


*Aap namak ka haq adaa karo, main mitti ka haq adaa karta hoon

Film: The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002); Writer(s): Piyush Mishra, Anjum Rajabali


*Mera toh itna life kharaab ho gaya

Film: Queen (2014); Writer(s): Anvita Dutt, Kangana Ranaut


*Main apni favourite hoon!
Film: Jab We Met (2007); Writer: Imtiaz Ali


*Dost fail ho jaye toh dukh hota hai, lekin dost first aa jaaye toh zyaada dukh hota hai

Film: 3 Idiots (2009); Writer(s): Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi

*Tumse na ho payega

Film: Gangs of Wasseypur (2012); Writer(s): Akhilesh Jaiswal, Anurag Kashyap, Sachin K. Ladia, Zeishan Quadri
*Mhari chhoriyan chhoron se kam hain ke?

Film: Dangal (2016); Writer(s): Piyush Gupta, Nitesh Tiwari, Shreyas Jain, Nikhil Mehrotra


*Hum hain to kahan hain, aur nahi to kahan gaye, hum hain to kis liye, aur kahan gaye to kab? Janab hum the bhi ya the nahi…Chutzpah ho gaya humaare saath

Film: Haider (2014); Writer: Vishal Bhardwaj


*Saala yeh dukh khatam kaahe nahi kam hota bey?

Film: Masaan (2015); Writer: Varun Grover


THE DIALOGUE THAT FILM-LOVERS LOVE TO QUOTE…

Itni shiddat se maine tumhe paane ki koshish ki hai, ki har zarre ne mujhe tumse milaane ki saazish ki hai. Kehte hain agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaho, toh puri kainaat usse tumse milane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai…

Film: Om Shanti Om (2007); Writer: Mayur Puri

7 DIALOGUES THAT BECAME THE NATION’S MANTRAS…

*Ek chutki sindoor ki keemat tum kya jaano Ramesh Babu?
(Om Shanti Om)


*Aal izz well!
(3 Idiots)

*Thappad se dar nahi lagta sahab, pyar se lagta hai!
(Dabangg)

*Aata maajhi satakli
(Singham)

*Don’t angry me!
(Rowdy Rathore)

*Apna time aayega!
(Gully Boy)


*How’s the josh? High sir!
(URI: The Surgical Strike)