aaj se tere bachche bhii raham ke qaabil ho jaayenge

Film : Agar...If

Year of release : 1977

Spoken by : Daver (Kader Khan)

Spoken to : Jangoo (Unknown)

Dialogue writer : Moinuddin

This underrated thriller of the golden period of Hindi cinema is surely lifted from some English film. I just can't figure out which one. Of course they let it meander towards the end - in classic Hindi film style. But it is still better than some of the films that are touted as classics.

Jangoo is Daver's henchman and he has slipped up badly in allowing one of the men he was tailing to be caught by the police. Daver is wild that his elaborately laid plan is being torn asunder. Jangoo realises that his time is up, and does what henchmen under fire do best - beg.

"mujh pe raham karo, merii beewii, mere bachche....raham karo..."

"मुझ पे रहम करो, मेरी बीवी, मेरे बच्चे...रहम करो..."

Like in volleyball, the dialogue is nicely setup for Daver for a great smash. And he executes it well enough.

He says,

"main sirf yateem bachcho.n pe raham kartaa hoo.n...aur aaj se tere bachche bhee raham ke qaabil ho jaayenge"

"मैं सिर्फ़ यतीम बच्चों पे रहम करता हूं...और आज से तेरे बच्चे भी रहम के क़ाबिल हो जायेंगे" 

Do I need to tell you what follows?

Unlike many other lines on this blog, it is unlikely that you would be able to use it anywhere. But I still wanted to feature this line.

Ek aur ghaRii bhii to hai jo peT me.n chaltii hai

Film: Kinara

Year of release : 1977

Spoken by : Aarti Sanyal (Hema Malini)

Spoken to : Inderjeet (Jeetender)

Actually the 'spoken to' column should say Prakash, because Aarti thinks she is speaking to Prakash, though it is actually Inderjeet. I was reminded of this film recently because the story of the recent Lafangey Parindey is loosely based on Kinara. Though I must add a caveat that I have not seen Lafangey Parindey and hence this need not be taken as authoritative. But I have seen Kinara. It is one of Gulzar's forgettable films with absolutely unforgettable music by RD Burman. Very slow and boring film. No performances worth speaking. Though Hema's dancing skills seem well exploited. But the music is worth its weight in gold.

Coming back to the line, Prakash/Inderjeet drops Aarti (who is blind) home after a visit to the church. As Inderjeet is about to take leave of her, she says, it is already 6 pm, so he might as well have tea before leaving. Inder wonders aloud as to how she knows the time.

I thought she would say 'braille watch' or something like that. But the answer surprised me. I liked it as well. So here it is - for your reading pleasure.

"एक और घड़ी भी तो है जो पेट में चलती है" 

"Ek aur ghaRii bhii to hai jo peT me.n chaltii hai"

I don't remember any other Hindi film dialogue that refers to the body clock!

mardo.n ke mukhauTe badalte hai.n, mard nahee.n

Film : Bhumika

Year of release : 1977

Spoken by : Mrs. Kale (Amrish Puri's first wife)

Spoken to : Urvashi (Smita Patil)

This was a film based on Hansa Wadkar's autobiography called Sangte Aika (literally translated it means - I'll speak and you listen). I found the message slightly layered, but then I am too used to the Bollywood formula. Urvashi (or Usha as she is later called) keeps running from one man to another. From the slightly elder Dalvi (Amol Palekar) to her co star Rajan (Anant Nag) to the witty producer Sunil (Naseeruddin Shah). She finally meets Vinayak Kale (Amrish Puri) and feels that she would settle down with him. She does not realise that he is already married (his first wife is handicapped) and worse while living with Kale, she cannot move out of the house without Kale's approval. She feels stifled and plans to run away to Dalvi, her first partner. Kale's first wife learns of this and tells her

"mardo.n ke mukhauTe badalte hai.n, mard nahee.n"

"मर्दों के मुखौटे बदलते हैं, मर्द नहीं"

MukhDaa dekhoge to antraa bhool jaaoge

Film : Ab Kya Hoga

Year of release : 1977

Spoken by : Rajesh (Asrani)

Spoken to : Ram (Shatrughan Sinha)

This was a very silly mystery film made by Sawan Kumar Tak. Ram reaches Rajesh's wedding quite late. While Rajesh is taking him to task for having come late, Ram says

"chal zaraa pehle bhaabhi kaa mukhDa dekh aate haiN"

Rajesh says,

"mukhDaa dekhoge to antaraa bhool jaaoge. laakhoN meN ek hai - nazar mat lagaa denaa"

"मुखड़ा देखोगे तो अंतरा भूल जाओगे. लाखों में एक है - नज़र मत लगा देना"

Beewii ho... to har masalaa TeRhaa hotaa hai

Film: Shatranj ke Khilari

Year of release : 1977

Spoken by : Mirza Sajjad Ali (Sanjeev Kumar)

Spoken to : Meer Roshan Ali (Saeed Jaffrey)

Khurshid (Shabana Azmi), Mirza's wife, is constantly angry at Mirza's long hours spent on playing chess. She is very demonstrative of her displeasure. On one such occasion when her feathers have been ruffled, the Mirza goes in to soothe her. When he comes back, Mir asks him if he managed to soothe his wife and remarks

"baRa TeRha masalaa hai"

"बड़ा टेढ़ा मसला है"

Mirza heaves a long sigh and says

"beewii ho meer saahab, to har masalaa, TeRhaa hotaa hai"

"बीवी हो मीर साहब, तो हर मसला टेढ़ा होता है"

I am sure many of the married men would agree with this.

Apun tum ko sirif do maaraa, pan solid maaraa

इसे हिन्दी में पढने के लिए यहाँ क्लिक करें

Film: Amar Akbar Anthony
Year of release: 1977
Spoken by: Anthony Gonsalves (Amitabh Bachchan)
Spoken to: Amar (Vinod Khanna)

This line appears before the one featured earlier - the 'solid aawaaz' one. Anthony is in the lock up and recouping from the bashing he has received from Inspector Amar. His confidence is shaken but he tries to salvage whatever of it he can by asking Amar,

"तुम अपुन को दस दस मारा अपुन तुम को सिरिफ़ दो मारा...पन सॉलिड मारा कि नहीं ...हैं? है कि नहीं? अरे हां बोल ना"

"tum apun ko das das maaraa – apun tum ko sirif do maaraa…pun solid maaraa kee naheen..hain? hai ki nahee…are haan bol naa…"

An exasperated Amar retorts with,

"शट अप विल यू. तुम्हारी यहां बक बक नहीं चलेगी"

"Shut up will you…tumhaaree yahaan bak bak nahee chalegee"

Sometimes, in a fight, the victor does not get all the accolades. A determined opponent who delivered two competitive blows could actually make his mark.

Are itnaa solid aawaaz aur kisee kaa ho saktaa hai kyaa

Film : Amar Akbar Anthony
Year of release : 1977
Spoken by : Anthony Gonsalves (Amitabh Bachchan)
Spoken to : Bharati (Nirupa Roy)

Amar (Vinod Khanna) goes to Anthony's area and arrests him. A bruised and battered Anthony is now in the lock up. The blind flower seller Bharati (who is actually their mother) walks in to give flowers to Amar. She is hailed by Anthony. She reacts with

arre, ye to Anthony kee aawaaz hai
अरे, ये तो ऍंटनी की आवाज़ है

Anthony responds with a classic

Then what, arre itnaa solid aawaaz aur kisee kaa ho saktaa hai kyaa.
अरे इतना सॉलिड आवाज़ और किसी का हो सकता है क्या

duniyaa me aisaa koii qaanoon naheeN hai jo patnee ko pati kee jeb saaf karne se rok sake

Once in a while I do come across lines which do not have the kind of layers that I look for. But they do make me laugh. I struggle a lot with myself before deciding to put such lines on this blog. The line featured today is one such line. It is featured in the climax of the movie. Interestingly apart from Vinod Khanna (who was called Kishan) all the other main characters in this film were called by their real names. So Amitabh was Amit, Neetu was Neetu, Shabana was Shabbo, Shammi Kapoor was Shamsher Singh. Wonder why Vinod wasn’t called Vinod. Or was his full name Vinod Kishan Khanna. Anyways, both the girls are pick pockets. In the 1970s film it was considered ok for heroines to be pick pockets. They were not allowed to smoke and drink – but picking pockets was ok. Their abuses were also limited to words like “halkaT, saalaa and kameenaa”. They could not make uncharitable references to one’s parentage. Anyways, these two girls (who also happened to be sisters) were nice girls who had to pick pockets to make ends meet. Okay, no more ranting. Back at the ranch, we were talking about the climax. Neetu is Amit’s girl and Shabbo is Kishan’s girl. Both the marriages are happening together. During the ceremony, Shabbo flicks Kishan’s purse. Amit makes a comment on the inappropriateness of such an action. Neetu comes to Shabbo’s aid and points out that the act has achieved legitimacy now. She says

दुनिया में ऐसा कोई क़ानून नहीं है जो पत्नी को पति की जेब साफ़ करने से रोक सके

So this is a good line to use to justify similar actions even today. Though the ‘jeb’ might take the form of using a debit/credit card or using the online transfer from a bank website.

Paise maange to passbook dikha di

Film : Gharaonda
Year of release : 1977
Spoken by : Sudip (Amol Palekar)
Spoken to : Guha (Sadhu Meher)
Dialogue writer : Gulzar

This is a sequence from the 1977 Hindi classic Gharaonda. Sudip (Amol Palekar) and Chhaayaa (Zarinaa Wahab) are a young couple with a dream of having a home (Gharaonda) of their own. But given the fact that in 1977 we did not even have an HDFC in place, owning a house of one's own was almost a pipe dream for a middle class person. This is captured beautifully in this film. Coming to the germane topic, Sudip is constantly looking for money in order to save up for the ever elusive dream. In one such instance, Sudip goes and asks his chawl roommate Abdul (Jalal Agha) for money. He is unable to get any monies from him. Later when Guha (Sadhu Meher) suggests that he should not bother about getting a loan - rather he should borrow from his friends; Sudip's acerbic response is

"saale se paise maange to passbook dikhaa di"

साले से पैसे मांगे तो पास बुक दिखा दी

which means that when I asked him for money, he showed his bank statement (literally). Figuratively this means that if you wish to share your sorrows with someone and ask for help and if that person starts sharing his own tales of woe, then you would say this. This happens all the time, especially in a world where the only answer expected and hence possible to the question "how are you?" is "I am fine. How about you?". No one even remotely wants to listen to the real answer. As the title of that offbeat film went "Everybody says I'm fine". And in the rare event where people do share their woes, they only expect you to listen. Else, they would say

साले से पैसे मांगे तो पास बुक दिखा दी