Film: Khoj
Year of release: 1989
Spoken by: Inspector Balbir (Naseeruddin Shah)
Spoken to: Ravi Kapoor (Rishi Kapoor)
Dialogue writer: Iqbal Durrani & Sajeev Kapoor
Inspector Balbir is investigating Ravi Kapoor's complaint about his missing wife. When he sees Ravi Kapoor talking to his Doberman in English, he says
"ek baat samajh men nahiin aati... log hamesha apne kutton se angrezi men kyon baat karte hain"
As a former pet parent, I have often wondered that whenever I had to order my pet, I used English. Hindi and other languages were reserved for petting and comforting.
The film is copied from the 1958 Chase a Crooked Shadow. The 1981 Hindi Film Dhuaan also was based on the same film. In fact there are many other Indian films based loosely on this script. They are:
Sesh Anka 1963 Bangla
Puthiya Paravai 1964 Tamil
Charithram 1989 Malayalam
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