jab tak hai aashaa, tab tak hai gogia paashaa

Film : Patthar aur Paayal

Year of release : 1974

Spoken by : Shankar Dayal (Rajender Nath)

Spoken to : ChhoTe Thakur Ranjeet Singh (Dharmendra)

Ranjeet is a dacoit and he has come to drop off Asha (Hema Malini) at her house. So he has this interesting verbal encounter with Shankar. Ranjeet says,

"mai.n Aasha ko chhoDne aayaa hoo.n"

Shankar says

"Aasha ko to kabhee nahee.n chhoDnaa chaahiye; jab tak hai Aasha tak tak hai Gogia Pasha"

"आशा को तो कभी नहीं छोड़ना चाहिये, जब तक है आशा, तब तक है गोगिया पाशा"

aap jitnaa bhee zyaadaa soche.n, kam hee hogaa

Film : Chor Chor

Year of release : 1974

Spoken by : Hemlata (Leena Chandavarkar)

Spoken to : Aakaash (Vijay Anand)

This is one of the thrillers made reasonably well, which most people don't know about.

Hemlata has realised that she has feelings for Aakaash. He is lying sleepy and ill in his room in the guest house which is owned by Hemlata's mother. It is late in the night. Hemlata goes into his room to check on him. Aakaash says "log kyaa sochenge?". She says, she really does not care about that, but what will you think? He says that he can think quite a lot and read a lot of meaning into her action. She comes up with a great one liner. I think this is one of the better ways in which a Hindi film heroine has professed her love.

"aap jitnaa bhee zyaadaa soche.n, kam hee hogaa"

"आप जितना भी ज़्यादा सोचें, कम ही होगा"

ghar ka na khaaye aur duniyaa mauj uRaaye

Film : Man ka Meet

Year of release : 1968

Spoken by : Pran (Vinod Khanna)

Spoken to : Lala ji (Om Prakash)

This was Vinod Khanna's debut film. Otherwise a very boring film. Interestingly he plays a villain in this film and his screen name is Pran. Towards the climax, Pran's villainy is revealed and Lalaji, who hitherto thought of him as loyal relative, is shocked to see the real Pran. He asks Pran why he is threatening his daughter Aarti (Leena Chandavarkar). Pran says that Lalaji is distributing all his wealth to the poor and it is unlikely that he (who has been a loyal aide and colleague) will be left with anything. As he puts it

"ghar ka na khaaye aur duniyaa mauj uRaaye"

"घर का ना खाये और दुनिया मौज उड़ाये"

ek to jungle me.n aag oopar se chaDDii me.n naag

Film : Dhol

Year of release : 2007

Spoken by : Gautam "Goti" Sisodiya

Spoken to : Himselves

This is a caper about a group of friends who move from one funny situation to another. This was a remake of a 1990 Malayalam film In Harihar Nagar which was later remade as MGR Nagaril in Tamil. Unfortunately did not do as well in Hindi. Pakkiya (Sharman Joshi) brings in a couple to live with them. The couple has actually run away from home. Goti is not too happy, as they themselves have many problems to face and cannot afford to complicate their lives further. So when they leave he says out aloud

"ek to jungle me.n aag, oopar se chaDDii me.n naag"

"एक तो जंगल में आग, ऊपर से चड़डी में नाग"

Aaj tak aisee good luck huyee nahee.n ki kisee ladies se pyaar ho jaaye

Film : Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Year of release : 2008

Spoken by : Surinder Sahni (Shah Rukh Khan)

Spoken to : Taani (Anushka Sharma)

This was an interesting film - funny in parts - but too many cliches. Typical YashRaj cloying stuff. YRF should outsource writing and direction - else it becomes far too predictable. But the film is still worth a watch and Shah Rukh comes up with a good performance. If you watch the films do not switch off the moment the closing credits start rolling. Do listen to Shah Rukh's commentary over the closing credits. I, for one, thought that that by itself redeemed the film.

Taani plays the role of a girl who has a husband who loves her very much, but she is running after 'love' and does not appreciate what she has. So once she tells Surinder that she can't love him and if he can't live forever without love then she would leave. A very patient and 'nice' Surinder says,

"pyaar kyaa hotaa hai Taani ji mujhe nahee.n pataa, aaj tak aisee good luck huyee nahee.n ki kisee ladies se pyaar ho jaaye"

"प्यार क्या होता है तानी जी मुझे नहीं पता, आज तक ऐसी गुड लक हुयी नहीं कि किसी लेडीज़ से प्यार हो जाये"

jahaa.n dekhtee hai.n ek rishtaa qaayam kar letii hai.n

Film : Kabhi Kabhie
Year of release : 1976
Spoken by : Amit Malhotra (Amitabh Bachchan)
Spoken to : Pooja Khanna (Rakhee Gulzar)

Amit is a poet and he has gone to Pooja's college to recite his poetry. Pooja (among all the other girls) is enamoured of this tall, shy poet with a great voice. When she goes to take his autograph, he starts flirting with her. He praises her eyes. Pooja asks him what's so special about her eyes. A normal person would have been cornered by such a direct question. But Amit is a poet. So he comes up with a great response. He says,

"jahaa.n dekhtee hai.n ek rishtaa qaayam kar letii hai.n"
"जहां देखती हैं एक रिश्ता क़ायम कर लेती हैं"

On a lighter note, I used to wonder (and still do) about the way the title of the film was written. Why was the first 'Kabhi' written with just the 'i' and the second 'Kabhie' is written with 'ie'. Do write in and let me know, in case you know the answer.