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Few scenes/dialogues swim in the sea of memories and they want recognition and so many times we are unable to give proper identification to these audio-visual memories.

Few PFC authors have collected some dialogues from Hindi Films and hope some of these dialogues will take you on a nostalgic trip and some will tickle you inside.

Dialogues may not have exactly correct (word to word) order but meanings are very close to the original dialogues.

Have Fun !

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Karthik Krishnan
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1) hum log cement mein ret milatey hain …. Woh toh RET mein cement milata hai !!!

2) Kya logey ?
Ek VIP ki chaddi dena 36 number ki !!!

OM
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3) Lo Cream role khao

4) Eh, tu jab rota hain na..apna dil bhi rota hain rei

5) …

Random thoughts on “NAMKEEN” (1982)

Caution: Spoilers Ahead

This is not a review kind of article but describes my random feelings and thoughts while and after watching Namkeen. Kartik has written an article on Namkeen but I must share my thoughts about this gem, - you have to tolerate this. Pardon me if some lines match with kartik’s article but this would be genuine as we all have same feelings about cinema.

So Namkeen is a story about a truck driver and his relation with four women residing in a remote Himachal village. Truck driver Gerulal (Sanjeev Kumar) decides to rent a house in a village where house owner is a family consisting of an old woman (Waheeda Rehman) and her three daughters(Nimki-Sharmila Tagore, Mithu-Shaban Azmi, Chinki-Kiran Vairale). Then their relation develops and Gerulal is thinking to marry elder sister Nimki. But as his work contract expires he has to go …

bombay to bangkok ke asafal hone ka poora shreya nagesh kukunoor ke hi mathe hoga.woh akeley kasoorwar hain.is film ke liye subhash ghai ko doshi nahi thahraya ja sakta.iqbal aur dor jaisi filmon ke baad bomabay to bangkok jaisi kamjor film ke baare mein nahi socha ja sakta tha.kya ho gaya nagesh ko?kya unki pahle ki films fluke thin.

gaur karen to nagesh koi bade aur significant filmmaker nahin hain,unki hydearabad blues sadharan film thi.vastav mein yah aisi mediocrity ka daur hai ki koi thoda bhi behtar kaam kare to ham use sir par bitha lete hain aur umeed karte hain ki chalo,ek banda mila.ab yah achchhi films banayega.tarifon aur phir mil rahe paison se uska dimag aisa ghoomta hai ki woh nagesh kukunoor ho jata hai.kauaa chala hans kee chal,aakhir bhoola apni chal.dar lag raha hai ki nagesh ki agli film kaisi hogi?kya woh iqbal ya dor jaisi sarahna hasil …

Responsible for Divyashakti, an adequately downbeat tale of revenge driven by principles and loss bolstered by an interesting villain, Tau (pronounced: taauu), played by Amrish Puri and two films with Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan (Main Khiladi Tu Anari, a rip-off of The Hard Way and Keemat), Sameer Malkan was last heard of when he finished a songless thriller shot in New York City and Philadelphia called Lips: The Kiss Of Death starring Anuj “KKusum” Saxena and Maushmi Udeshi. Despite getting the skin bits excised and getting slapped with an A certificate, the film reportedly still hasn’t made it to the marquee (or did it just quietly get out on DVD?). The film’s about the development and consequences of the crush an illegal Indian in the US has on the enigmatic young sexy wife of a middle-aged millionaire….

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Everytime I go to watch a movie at Fame Adlabs,Andheri Link Road, and visit its wash-room/ rest-room/ pee-room or plain loo, it is not only the tool I hold on but the dialogues/one-liners from various films that are framed at eye level..And looking at them a vague feeling nudges me as to what’s missing in present day fare of movies !

Then the other day in a seminar and screening (of Raman Raghav) organized by Baiscope at PVR, Juhu, Shriram Raghvan while talking on the subject of film noir mentioned that his Johnny Gaddar could not be narrated (narrated as in conventional manner)..He had given 5-6 pages of treatment and characterization to the would-be cast but he could not narrate the subject as asked for because his film was not conducive to audio-narration..I appreciate his honesty ..And I have nothing against movies being considered predominantly a visual medium and treated …

There is a special place for villains in Indian cinema. Especially in the 70’s, 80’s and early 90’s before the Hum Apke Hain Kaun phenomenon, our writers created iconic bad guys. Amitabh Bachchan would have never succeeded as the Angry Young Man if he didn’t have equally dynamic enemies to defeat. Personally, I always found villains to be way more interesting and perhaps more real than the shudh, sacha heroes. So I figured, ok why not list my favorite 25 negative performances in Indian cinema. I’m not claiming that this is a definitive list, because it’s MY list, and I obviously have not see every single Indian film out there. Here goes:

25. PINKY - Paresh Rawal, “Daud” (1997)
RGV has (had) a twisted sense of humor. Either you get it, or you don’t. That’s probably why “Daud” bombed at the box office. But among a select bunch …

tum dono.n ne use zi.ndaa kabr me.n dafanaakar ek ghuTan-bharii maut dii hai; aur ab tum log is khulii hawaa kii har saa.Ns me.n har pal ghuTan mahasuus karoge
(father james/ amit shankar)

Before they clashed at the boundary of life and undeath in this Ramsay flick, Aryan Vaid and Heena Rehman already had Fun - Can Be Dangerous Sometime in common. Since Payal Rohatgi featured in the cast of that film, it is safe to assume that it wasn’t a complex layered film that intelligently explored the shifting dynamic of human relationships.

you devilish devil to the blood
(father james / amit shankar)

Heena Rehman having learnt from her dismal début in I Proud To Be Indian was quite happy swapping her husband, played by Aryan Vaid, with Siddharth Koirala. Acting as a pouting, piano-pumping spouse who gets bumped off by her husband and …

When Apne go to make a movie with a backdrop of world boxing title at stake–first for redemption and then for revenge,you know you have exposed yourself to blows and bhaashanbaazi by not some ETs but your own Apne.

When Apne start talking nonsense in English and then switchover to Hindi to make some sense and Sunny Deol says Aa saale tujhe yahin gaarh doonga, you wonder whether its an arena or an akhaara.

When Apne in the boxing ring mouth more gaalis than land ghusaas at each other and a reigning world champion some Luca Garcia mouths I F*** you, and Sunny Deol echoes it to the tee and when the champion raises the bar a notch and shouts you motherf***** and Sunny gives him back a mouthful of motherf***** you dont wonder anymore –you simply feel f*****.

When Apne Dharam Paaji with his …

SARFAROSH (1999) - ORIGINAL AND AWESOME

Perhaps all of PFC guys have shown this superb film but I want to discuss this film as this film has impressed me lot with respect to story telling, griping script, dialogues, characters, performances and music.

Sarfarosh was John Mathew Mathan’s first film after making ads and in his first film he seems to be prominent director of hindi cinema. Let’s discuss this film by its qualities

Story: The first rule of cinema is it should be entertaining. The good message attached with it is secondary thing. Sarfarosh is entertaining as well it conveys the message of patriotism which writer and director want to say. The story has superb balance of qualities of commercial cinema as well as off beat cinema.

Story deals with exposure of weapons racket supported by ISI and our in-house terrorists. Film starts with mass killing and loot of passengers by some south …

Charlie Chaplin was not mute but he worked in the silent films. Without uttering dialogues from his mouth he was able to create magic on screen through his acting ability and he proved that you don’t need heavy dialogues to make impressive presence on the screen. Presence has to be generated through facial expressions, expressions in the eyes and body language.
Almost all great actors of the world have never been dependent solely on their dialogue delivery skills and they have been equally great in the scenes where they have not a single word to say from mouth. If three factors, face, eyes and body language don’t support an actor then s/he never can deliver a good performance no matter he has got best dialogues written by best writer of the world and we call such actors as actors with wooden face.
Kamal Hasan did wonder in “Pushpak” where he …

Iranian filmmakers for long have thrived on their unmatched ability to reflect upon their times through the eyes of their children. Majidi is perhaps the finest examples of exploring the issue through the viewpoint of the children who live it, because they are perhaps the only ones who see the world for what it is. They don’t judge, they observe. They see it, and tell it like it is. In the same vein, “Turtles Can Fly” matches if not betters the precedent set by Iranian masters.

Set in the Iraqi-Turkish border, Bahman Ghobadi showcases the lives of Kurdish refugees during the days leading up to the US invasion and the removal of Saddam Hussein from power. A young boy known across all the surrounding villages as Satellite (because of his ability to install satellite dishes), holds himself responsible for the well-being of all the orphaned children in the …

With Saawariya introducing the world to the acting talent of Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor, and Om Shanti Om rocket launching the career of Deepika Padukone, I got to thinking about the major stars of Hindi cinema who were introduced in the new millenium… and many an actor made his debut since Y2K, only a few have had the kind of impact which could earn them the title of bona fide stars…

This is not a list or even an analysis, but rather an observation… Hindi Cinema has attempted to launch many an acting career these past 8 years, however how many saleable stars has it created? How many of the many new faces we’ve been introduced to really have the power to pull in audiences, even with a few films under their belt? I can, unfortunately, only think of a few…

Of course there’s Hrithik Roshan, the quintessential new superstar of …

Orwell’s prediction of the horrors of 1984 would seem mellow compared to what humanity really saw. In Delhi at least, thousands were massacred, families destroyed forever, the scum of humanity exposed, as justice still remains to be served. It’s a disgusting piece of our history that our government, which still employs many of those directly responsible, chooses to conveniently bury. In that context, it is of utmost importance for us Indian’s to look at ourselves through our own personal stories, to re-live the horror we allowed into our society, and hopefully prevent that from happening in the future. “Amu” tells one such personal story.

Kaju (Konkona Sensharma) arrives in India, appearing to be the stereotypical Indian-American in search of her roots, doing the rounds of the exotic side of the country with her camcorder. Adopted at the age of three and raised in Los Angeles by her foster …

“Will this survive the Kingfisher litmus test?” asked Oz as we inebriated ourselves while hogging on some butter chicken at Ambala Dhaba. I was hesitant to respond because Vijay Mallya’s concoction has a tendency to strip your tolerance levels considerably. The last film we saw under the influence (Nishabd) had us running to save our tender brains from deterioration within 30 minutes. Fortunately, and finally, this time the hops have met their match!

Mallya ain’t got nothin’ on Anurag…Anurag Basu that is! “Anurag who?” you say? The Anurag previously known for xeroxing firang flicks for the ever so original Bhatts (Murder, Saaya). The Anurag who hinted at his ability to pack a punch with Gangster. If only he hadn’t succumbed to the producer’s safety net! But beware, for this time, there are no ifs, and no Bhatts, as the writer/director nails the bull’s eye with a film that is refreshingly …

Shatrughan Sinha’s biography will be consisting chapters on his acting career, political career, his real life incidences and his relationship with Amitabh Bachchan.

Late Raaj Kumar and Shatrughan Sinha can be said as two truely stylish hindi film stars whose “I don’t care” attitude was not seen with hostility among the film fraternity. Audience loved their cynical mannerisms on screen and filmi people liked and endured their real life “not seen before” behaviour. No wonder that Raaj Kumar who hardly attended any filmi party, attended wedding ceremony of Shatrughan Sinha and its said that he danced whole night there.
Pakistan’s Army chief and president Late General Zia Ul Haq, used to be a fan of Shatrughan Sinha and he gave him a status of State guest in 1981 when he was touring Pakistan. And when Gen Zia himself suddenly came to India to watch a cricket match in Jaipur and played …

In the commercial hindi cinema Salim-Javed have been termed as most successful writers of story, screen play and dialogues. They were best or not or they produced best products or not this is another question but undoubtedly they ruled the box office for some 10 years after the release and success of their first film “Hathi Mere Saathi”. They charged hefty amount and its said that often their fees defeated the fees of leading actors in their films and it was unheard in hindi cinema before because writers never got much money there.
Good or bad but perhaps they ushered hindi cine writers in to the professionalism. They wrote scenes which appealed to audience of that time and some of films written by them still have capability to fetch the attention and attraction of the audience. Its not less worthy that inspite of weak points in their written scripts, when …

It has been said often that though both, Raj Kapoor and B R Ishara, dealt with female exposure to a great extent in their films but the difference between them was of the methodology, they applied in their film to cover the exposure of female body and eroticism. While Raj Kapoor exposed his heroines slowly scene by scene, B R Ishara believed in doing things in one go, audience blink and clothes of the female on screen are gone. No diplomatic ways while tackling nudity and exposure and once he filmed his scenes it was up to censor board to handle his films. But nudity in his film was not for the sake of keeping nudity but that was requirement of his scripts. In several films he tackled topics which were taboo in those days.

If he tackled topics related to prostitutes then he did not glamourise them like Bengali …

Amidst all the wonderful discussions about indie movies, we haven’t quite had the opportunity to talk about what is in my opinion, one of the best indie films this year - The Pool. If the credits were deleted, one would never in the wildest of their imagination believe that this is an American movie. Independent documentary filmmaker Chris Smith, famous for the award-winning doc American Movie, makes his narrative feature-film debut with an unusual piece of work that is simple, yet captivating and heartwarming.

The Pool is a Hindi-language film set entirely in Goa that tells the story of Venkatesh Chavan, a bell-boy at a modest Panjim hotel. On his way to work every morning, Venkatesh takes time out to stare over the wall of a large uninhabited house at its swimming pool. Urged by his best friend Jehangir, Venkatesh finally decides one day to take …

As fans of hindi cinema, it’s far too often that we find ourselves watching what could have been a good, even great film, but somehow its found a way to disapoint us. 99% of the time its due to poor scripting. And what a damn shame that is.

I’ve always believed that you don’t necessarily need a brilliant or even unique story to make a good film. It’s all in how you tell it. Many great films over the years haven’t had complex stories at all. What they had were believable, relatable characters, whose motivations were made clear and understandable. What they had were well thought out, well executed plots, giving us just the right amounts of details in the right spots. What they had were strong emotions, which would carry through and resonate with audiences.

Then there’s the issue of filmmakers lifting scripts from Hollywood and world cinema rather …

Though there was a hype about his debut but Abhishek Bachchan started with a moderate success in Refugee. After all he was only son of Bachchan couple, Amitabh and Jaya, who have been getting tremendous respect for their acting skills.
It was a great news with great media coverage and earlier JP Datta wanted to launch Abhishek in “Akhiri Mughal” with Dilip Saab in a substantial role. But somehow plan was not materialised and Abhishek was launched through Refugee. Film was an average success and Abhishek’s performance was noticed. I could not see Refugee at that time when it was released. In between he was associated with few so called flops. Promos of his second film “Tera Jadu chal gaya” were on TV where he was shown saying with strange pronunciation of words “Amaaan kya ho riya hai”. Abhishek looked awkward while saying those funny lines. Shekhar Suman ridiculed …

Comedy King Dharmendra and Basu Chatterjee joined hands only once and their combination gave a wonderful comedy Dillagi. During those years of 70s, Hema Malini worked mostly with Dharmendra and this working partnership ultimately converted in to their marriage.

Dharmendra plays role of a Sanskrit teacher and joins a GIRLs college where he sees Chemistry teacher, i.e. Hema Malini and it is as usual first sight love from his side. There can not be any doubt about chemistry between Hema Malini and Dharmendra. By seeing Hema Malini in this film people will forget hyped chemistry teacher of Mein Hoon Na i.e. Sushmita Sen.

Unlike forced glam looks of Sushmita Sen, Hema Malini wears simple clothes but even then she looks utterly beautiful and plays her role very well.

If one has any doubt about Dharmendra playing Sanskrit teacher then his command over the character, his body language, his get up, …

This is not Priyadarshan’s loud comedy like Hera Pheri, Hangama etc. Its a sobre comedy film with enough romantic and emotional flavour intermingled in  the plot.

Revathi is no Sri Devi or Jaya Prada as far as physical beauty is concerned but her spontainity is not less than Sri Devi’s and if you like to watch an younger Revathi in a comedy role or in a comedy film then Muskurahat can be a great satisfaction for you.
A strict retired Judge (Amrish Puri) is living alone in Ooty after his retirement away from his family members. Judge is as bitter towards life as Neem or karela or karela growing on a Neem tree. He does not like interference of anyone in his life. He has big moustache and self made principles about life. He has a servant - Charausia (Jagdeep- perhaps his last good performance) who is as cynical as his boss is. …

Nida Fazli the famous Urdu Poet wrote once –
 

Tum bhee likhna Tumne us shab kitanee baar piya paanee
Tumne bhee to dekha hoga Chajaje upar pura chand.
 

 A loose translation –
  (You also write to me how many times you drank water that evening
   You also might have seen full moon from your balcony)
 

If you like this poetry and understand the romance in it then you can enjoy Vivah also. Vivah has several romantic moments which can happen between lovers of 18-24 years age.
In one such scene Amirta Rao says to Shahid kapoor,” Jab Tum barat lekar aaoge to hamare mohalle mein sab gharon mein chulhe par rotiya jal jayengee”
Shahid asks why? And she says” kyonki ladkiyan dulhe ko dekhne chaton par jo aa jayengee”.

If you enjoy the episode in Ram Charit Manas where Sita sees Rama first time in a garden then you can enjoy this film- Vivah. 

Its not an intellectual film …

Here’s an event for PFC-ites in Mumbai… a few months back I had given an introduction to Baiscope Entertainment, an NGO designed to benefit fledgling filmmakers and others interested in film and the industry. Now they’re back with an event in Juhu and the director of the upcoming Salaam-e-Ishq will be in attendance. Highly recommend those of you in Mumbai to check it out if possible and give a write-up on what transpires.

BAISCOPE ENTERTAINMENT

Presents

In Association with

PVR CINEMAS and IndieFocus

A workshop with Nikhil Advani

(Director - Kal Ho Na Ho, Salaam-e-Ishq)

“From the Other Side of the Fence”

The workshop will explore:
Salaam-e-Ishq: The making of the mother of all multi-starrers
Bridging the 2 worlds: Nikhil Advani’s journey from the realistic world of Sudhir Mishra to the kandyfloss of Karan Johar
Film Finance for Great Scripts in Indian Cinema: A myth or reality
Casting Blues: The Final Clincher
…And other Agonies …

Well, let’s see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes Benzes. And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di’s clothes. I couldn’t believe it.

That was Jacob’s reply to his boss, the Air Traffic Controller in Airplane II.

This is one of the best gags I have seen / heard ever. Till today, whenever I watch Airplane series, I get totally plastered and every inch of body ache’s with laughter.

Many serious movie lovers call this kind of cinema as mundane or ordinary. They feel that you don’t need much of brains to come up with movies like Airplane, Spaceballs, History of the world etc. But let me tell you something, you need to have real crazy funny bones in your body to come up with such gags.

Watching Charlie Chaplin or Three Stooges when I was 8 or 10 years of age, I thought the characters are real dumb assed morons that have ever walked the planet. But as I grew, I realized that you need to be real serious at writing a comedy. Infact, I find it comedies to be much tougher that doing a tragedy. The writers have to really think out of the box, be illogical but also have logic attached to the characters dialogues and the actors need to have a real sense of timing to give audience a great laughter moment.

Listed below are my favourite slapstick / spoof comedy movies and some of amazing gags they had.

I love short films. They’re perfect for when you’re in the mood to watch a film but don’t have the time. Hell, I even try to catch a couple here and there during the day at work. Sadly, the market for short films is just not there with the masses. Unless a Darna Mana Hai or Darna Zaroori Hai comes along with Ramu’s banner behind it, the audience won’t care much for it. But that’s just another reason I’m obsessed with Ramu I digress. This is not a post about Ramu.. calm down striker…

Short films can be just as challenging to make as a feature film, if not more. Feature films have a 2hr (or more) luxury time in which to captivate the audience. In some cases, even if the first half isn’t good, the second half can make up …

Last week Babul was released with widow re-marriage as its base subject.

The led me to seeking out more women issues that plagues India. My search took me to the dowry issue. I looked up the judiciary system and found Indian Penal Code 498a, the anti-dowry law. Following is an excerpt of the same

“Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine. The offence is Cognizable, non-compoundable and non-bailable.”

As per the law if a woman lodges a complaint against her husband or in-laws (or anyone else), there is now way in hell they can run away. They are presumed guilty till proven innocent.

Hundred of movies have been made denouncing dowry and are in favor of this law.

But no movie has questioned …

A lazy afternoon in near-weekend desperation, no mood to check out any new film from my pending DVDs(BRAZIL/FELLINI/and some hard to pronounce films), sipping beer, I stumbled yet again on a rerun of HKA. With no mood initially to revisit it, I could not resist getting hooked to it, yet again.

I saw Hazaaro Khwaahishen Aisi some 6th time today.

The scene was when Shiney is been taken by the cops, an early foggy Delhi day, an ever-ear-to-ear-grinning-Shiney happily takes a letter from a Sardar with an Agra accent, and the scene slowly fades to the hostel scene and the works.

I yet again go through the heady mix of ideologies, romance set against a political back-drop of pre-emergency days, a youth mired in disillusion, an octogenarian Gandhi lot too stiff and resistant to change, and the aftermaths of the 60’s’ West.

Every time I see this …

Kundan Shah, the inimitable genius and creator of Nukkad, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na, is coming to Bangalore this weekend for Eye for India, a film screening program for Indian directors done by the Bangalore Film Society. For this weekend’s event, BFS is collaborating with Collective Chaos and Films for Freedom.

The program would include screenings of the classic Shah films-Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa & Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, and the Bangalore premier of his new film, Teen Behanein(Three Sisters)., to be followed by a POV discussion of his cinema. I plan to meet him, and also do a small interview on behalf of PFC.

A brief about Teen Bahenein:

You say life is beautiful. Yes, but what if it only seems so! With us three sisters, life hasn’t yet been beautiful, it has stifled us as weeds do grass….I’m letting …

Time and time again, Bollywood movie makers have been called copycats for lifting an idea, script or complete scenes from various global movies. This was all OK before the early 80’s as not many Hindi movie-goers were subjected to the global cinema, especially Hollywood.

There have been rumors of writers renting out 10 DVD’s, lifting a scene from here, a dialogue from there and making a masala film.

This is fine for the village masses that only watch Hindi movies. For them everything is new. But wait a second. With advent of satellite channels beaming latest global flicks and movies being dubbed in Hindi, even they might not like what they see on the silver screen.

Are our writers, directors, producers so deprived of grey matter that their brain does not function properly? Or taking this route is a better prospect as they don’t have to exercise their brain.

Sometimes, I wonder if …