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Sunday, August 3, 2008

Par uskaa bad luck hee Kharaab thaa

Film: Rangeela
Year of release: 1995
Spoken by: Munna (Aamir Khan)
Spoken to: Mili (Urmila Matondkar)

This is another overused line which basically has its roots in the Mumbaiyya way of speaking, that generally avoids 'bol bachan" and focusses on the KISS principle - Keep It Short and Simple. I am really enamoured of this character played by Aamir Khan. I still remember a Ram Gopal Varma interview where he said that he thought this role would have been done better by Govinda. I felt very angry when I saw the film two years after its release. Govinda might have made the film funnier, but Aamir lent the role a quiet dignity which a forty thousand Govindas could not have managed. Here is the full dialogue for your reading pleasure - अक्षरश: . Munna justifying his friend Pakya's (Rajesh Joshi) illegal activities.

अरे मिली तू उसकी लाइफ़ स्टोरी सुनेगी ना तो हिल जायेगी. ये पक्या जब पांच साल का था ना, तभीच उसकी मां टपक गयी. उसका बाप अक्खा दिन दारू के नशे में फ़ुल्टू रहता था. वो भी साला लुढक गया. उसकी जीने का एक ही मक़सद था. अपनी बहन की शादी. उसी की शादी कराने वास्ते वो साला जी रेला था. हुं . पर उस का बॅड लक ही ख़राब था. लडके वालों ने इतना दहेज मांगा, इतना ब्लॅक मनी मांगा, कि तब से लेके अजून तक, वो दस का तीस दस का तीसिच कर रेला है.
An otherwise tautological usage of 'bad luck' being 'Kharaab' is lent a certain charm by the way Aamir says it.

1 comment:

  1. हिन्दी फिल्म के बारे में चिट्ठा, अंग्रेजी में। हिन्दी में क्यों नहीं लिखते।

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