Eh Shiva, shaadi me.n itnii power hotii hai kyaa?

Film: Kabir Singh

Year of release: 2019

Spoken by: Kabir Rajdheer Singh (Shahid Kapoor)

Spoken to: Shiva (Soham Majumdar)

Dialogue writer: Siddharth Singh & Garima Wahal 

There was a lot of hullabaloo about this film and its 'toxic masculinity'. I am tempted to ask as Col Jessop did in 'A Few Good Men' - "Is there any other kind?". But on a serious note, that is the character of Kabir Singh. Now do you want to bowdlerise some aspects of every character. So should we stop showing stupid people on screen? How would we ever make a romantic film then?

After his relationship with Preeti has taken a nasty turn due to her family's interference, Kabir mixes morphine with alcohol and passes out for a couple of days (as that combination is actually toxic!). When he wakes up, his friend Shiva tells him that Preeti is about to get married to someone called Jatinder. Kabir is distraught and immediately jumps onto the scooty along with Shiva and tries to prevent the marriage from taking place. When he does not succeed (actually gets bashed up) and stands moping outside Preeti's house, he vents,

"Eh Shiva, shaadi me.n itnii power hotii hai kyaa? Ham log...ham log ab kuchh nahin kar sakte? Mujhe do din hosh nahin thaa, to manDap mein bithaa ke shaadi kar denge uski?"

"ए शिवा, शादी में इतनी पवर होती है क्या?"

Many parents try to mend their ways of  their wayward offsprings by getting them married. They think marriage has that kind of power. 

The current marriage season in Delhi and the attendant noise and air pollution that it brings (thanks to stupid DJs and firework displays), reminded me of this line. Marriage is such a powerful institution that it also affects those who are not even invited!