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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

naalaayaq, adharmi, duraachaari, vaamaachaari, bhrashTaachaari, bol sorry

Film: Jaane bhi do yaaro

Year of release: 1983

Spoken by: Tarneja (Pankaj Kapoor)

Spoken to: Ahuja (Om Puri)

Dialogue writer: Ranjit Kapoor and Satish Kaushik 

First, a rant. It is not jaane bhi do yaaron, it's jaane bhi do yaaro. There is no 'n' at the end. That done, back to the ranch. 

This film was of course a cult classic and the Mahabharat scene has probably given the country many meme worthy lines. I would not have put this line up if I had not recently seen a meme using this line wrongly. 

Then I searched for other sources. All of them were using the same version. Instead of vaamaachaari, they were all saying maamaachaari. Probably they thought they were all Iyengar names, so how does it matter. But the correct word is vaamaachaari. Vaamaachaar or left ritual is part of Tantra, where things like maamsa, madya, maithuna, matsya and mudra are indulged in. So many people consider it unacceptable. Hence the dialogue.

This line works beautifully when you are among friends and have to ask one of them to apologise. Of course, they will all laugh. Half of the people these days won't even know what all these words mean (except Naalaayaq). Of course if you haven't seen the Mahabharata scene, do see it. 

"नालायक़, अधर्मी, दुराचारी, वामाचारी, भ्रष्टाचारी, बोल सॉरी"

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