Khaamosh!

Film: Badla

Year of release: 1974

Spoken by: Raju Dada (Shatrughan Sinha)

Spoken to: Shankar Dada (Sudhir)

Dialogue writer: Jagdish Kanwal

Some dialogues are so closely linked to some stars that it's difficult to separate the two. Pran and BarKhurdaar, Om Prakash and Bhaagvaan, Jeevan and naaraayaN naaraayaN and even Raaj Kumar and Jaani. The moment I say Khaamosh, the name and face that immediately springs to mind is Shatrughan Sinha. Ironically, in his biography 'Anything But Khamosh', Shekhar Suman reveals that Khamosh was not really derived from any film, but it was Shatru imitating Prithviraj Kapoor from Mughal E Aazam. So that dialogue should bring Prithviraj to mind. But not Shatru. I set about trying to discover the origin of this dialogue in a Shatrughan film. I discovered this 1974 film. 

So the dialogue 'Khaamosh' was first used by Shatrughan Sinha in this film.

Shankar goes to Bhaskar's (CS Dubey) 'daru ka aDDaa' or liquor vend, to avenge the bashing up and destruction of a vend run by Heera that is under his protection. 

When the lackey in Bhaskar's vend comes and tells him that Raju dada is coming everyone runs away. But the goons stay back. 

When Raju enters the bar by opening the closed doors, Macmohan throws a knife at Raju but misses. It lodges itself in the door frame.

Raju says, "abhi tak vo chaaku taiyyaar nahin huaa hai, jo Raju ko lag jaaye. Gulel lekar pahle chiDiyaa maarnaa seekho, chiDiyaa. 

Sudhir says (Shankar dada) "bako mat"

And then comes the dialogue that is featured here.

"Khaamosh!"
"ख़ामोश"

It's totally anodyne and lacks the punch that such an iconic dialogue should have had. So ideally Khaamosh should be credited to Baadshah Akbar i.e. Prithviraj Kapoor instead of Shatrughan Sinha.

This dialogue comes at about 11 minutes run time. You can watch it here.

You can watch Prithviraj Kapoor say the original dialogue here. Make up your own mind about who deserves credit for this dialogue.

juuta jitnaa bhii qiimtii ho, paao.n me.n hii pahnaa jaataa hai

Film : Rampur Ka Laxman
Year of release : 1972
Spoken by : Kumar (Shatrughan Sinha)
Spoken to : Mayor (Rekha's dad) (Raj Mehra)
Dialogue writer : K B Pathak

"juuta jitnaa bhii qiimtii ho, paao.n me.n hii pahnaa jaataa hai"
"जूता जितना भी क़ीमती हो, पाँव में ही पहना जाता है"

My mother used to use a line which was very close to this.

jeevan vivaah aur mrityu bhagvaan ki marzi se hote hai, insaan ki marzi se nahin

Film: Billoo Badshah

Year of release: 1989

Spoken by: Billoo (Shatrughan Sinha)

Spoken to: Roshan Lal (Vishal Dutt)

Dialogue writer: Mahesh Rawat 

A Bobby-esque scene (like the one with Premnath and Pran). Here Billoo is seeking an alliance for his siter (unlike Premnath). The rich father of the boy (Govinda) insults Billoo by offering him a settlement amount in exchange for Billoo's sister leaving Govinda alone. After a harangue aimed at the Seth, an angry Billoo bellows,

"Seth ji, jeevan vivaah aur mrityu bhagvaan ki marzi se hote hain, insaan ki marzi se nahin. Isliye insaan ko insaan ka hi kaam karnaa chaahiye, bhagvaan ka nahin!"

"सेठ जी, जीवन विवाह और मृत्यु भगवान् की मर्ज़ी से होते हैं, इंसान की मर्ज़ी से नहीं . इसलिए इंसान को इंसान का ही काम करना चाहिए भगवान का नहीं!"

Lata Mangeshkar was once asked about her marriage (or the lack of it). She famously said the birth, marriage and death are pre-ordained by destiny. Probably she had seen Billoo Badshah. Though why she would do that beats me. 

Useless trivia: the music of this film is terrible and is scored by none other than Ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh!

aaye to usse keh denaa Chhainuu aayaa thaa

Film : Mere Apne

Year of release : 1971

Spoken by : Chhainuu Laal  (Shatrughan Sinha)

Spoken to : Anandi Devi (Meena Kumari)
Dialogue writer : Gulzar

This is an all time classic line. The film is not so great. A remake of Tapan Sinha's Apon Jon. A youthful Shatru (Gambler is another film where you can see him at his youthful best, but this is a bigger role) and the very handsome Vinod Khanna pitted against each other.

Billoo (Dinesh Thakur) was abducted by Raghu (Asrani) who is part of the rival Chhainoo gang. Shyam (Vinod Khanna) goes and rescues him. Later Raghu is rounded up by Billoo and team, but they run away after seeing naani maa or Anandi (Meena Kumari). She takes Raghu home and tends to his wounded leg.

Since she stays in what is a  known hideout of Shyam's gang, Chhainoo and gang land up there to rescue Raghu. The moment he goes in, Raghu stands up and blurts out

"Chhainoo...Billoo .. aur uske saath do aur bhee the"
"छैनू...बिल्लू...और उसके साथ दो और भी थे"

Anandi  says,

"dost hai teraa?... aa baiTh"
"दोस्त है तेरा? ....आ बैठ"

A very angry Chhainoo says

"shaam kahaa.n hai"
"शाम कहां है?"

Anandi who has not really wisened up to the gangwars, naively says

"dekh naa beTe... ye laDke bahut laDte hain aapas me.n...tu to baDaa hai inme.n... inko samjhaataa kyo.n nahee.n...jaane kis baat pe kaTTi kiye baiThe hai.n...too baTTi karaa degaa to ye nahee.n laDenge"
"देख ना बेटे...ये लडके बहुत लडते हैं आपस में...तू तो बडा है इनमें...इनको समझाता क्यों नहीं...जाने किस बात पे कट्टी किये बैठे हैं...तू बट्टी करा देगा तो ये नहीं लडेंगे"

Though Chhainoo is surprised at this warmth, he still persists with

"shaam kahaa.n hai"
"शाम कहां है?"

"wo to biTToo ko lekar dawaakhaane gayaa hai"
"वो तो बिट्टू को लेकर दवाखाने गया है"

"aaye to usse keh denaa chhainoo aayaa thaa...bahut garmee hai khoon me.n to beshaq aa jaaye maidaan me.n..jo hasrat nikaalnee ho wo nikaal le wo, lekin aaindaa...mere kisii laDke ko haath lagaayaa to muhalle kaa muhallaa uDaa ke rakh doo.nga"
"आये तो उससे कह देना छैनू आया था...बहुत ग़र्मी है ख़ून में तो बेशक़ आ जाये मैदान में ...जो हसरत निकालनी हो वो निकाल ले वो...लेकिन आइन्दा मेरे किसी लडके को हाथ लगाया तो मुहल्ले का मुहल्ला उडा के रख दूंगा"

The trade mark rub of the left side of the neck with the right hand today defines any sketch of Shatrughan Sinha. And yes this dialogue too...though many artists use a variant of this 

"Shyaam se kehnaa Chhainoo aayaa thaa. "

But the actual line is,

"aaye to usse keh denaa Chhainuu aayaa thaa"

"आये तो उससे कह देना छैनू आया था"

Mere taash ke tirpanve patte

Shatrughan Sinha made his own that blustery style of threatening people with insults which were his own. Words like chapaDganjoo, chirkuT et al sound so natural from his mouth, it is very hard to believe that the words existed in Hindi language before he spoke them. In Kaala Patthar, he is ‘in the zone’ as one would say. He plays the role of Mangal Singh – who is a convict on the run. In order to escape from the police he goes and takes refuge in a coal mine. Gambling is a favourite pastime of workers there. One day while playing with Mohan (Macmohan), he has a hand containing two kings and a two. Mohan has two Jacks and a four. When Mohan has disclosed his cards, Mangal says he has won because he has three kings. After he picks up the money, he shows his cards. Mohan asks where is the third ‘baadshaah’ (king). Mangal gets up in his characteristic style and says
Mere taash ke tirpanve patte, teesre baadshah ham haiN…dikhaaee naheeN detaa, teesre baadshah ham haiN.
Taash ke tirpanve patte is a clever and veiled reference to a joker. The fifty third card in a pack is the joker. Since I am not into cards, it took me some time to realise the import of what was being said. A regular card player might not read much into this line. But to me it sounds great

मेरे ताश के तिरपनवे पत्ते

And incidentally this is Shatrughan Sinha's debut on this blog. I would have wanted to start with 'aaye to usse keh denaa chhainoo aayaa thaa', but that shall follow.