phir democracy kaa faaydaa kyaa hai

Film : Baat Ban Jaaye

Year of release : 1986

Spoken by : Mr Singh (Utpal Dutt)

Spoken to : Aruna (Aruna Irani)

Dialogue writer : Dr Rahi Masoom Raza

Mr Singh is Nisha Singh (Zeenat Aman)'s uncle. He is trying to hook her up with a poor boy. After his second attempt fails, as the poor 'boy' Yashwant Bhonsle (Amol Palekar) hits paydirt with his latest invention, he goes to Hyderabad to search for the next target. 

He is sitting in the lobby of the hotel in Hyderabad with Aruna and remarks 

"छी छी अरुणा, ये कहाँ आ गए हैं हम. आधे घंटे से ढूंढ रहा हूँ. एक भी ग़रीब नज़र नहीं आया. फिर डिमॉक्रसी का फ़ायदा क्या है?"

"chhi chhi Aruna, ye kahaa.n aa gaye hai.n ham. aadhe ghanTe se DhoonDh rahaa hoo.n, ek bhi Gareeb nazar nahee.n aayaa.

phir democracy kaa faaydaa kyaa hai?"

Of course, he finds more 'Gareeb' targets as the comedy develops further. This could have been a great film with a younger star cast. Apart from Mithun, all the other actors were well past their prime. One of the cast actually died during the making. It affects the timing. And comedy is all about timing. If this film was made with the same cast in 1977, it would have been in a different league. 

Satire in Hindi film is rare. And in the hands of a master craftsman like Rahi Masoom Razaa, it does create the desired effect. 

murdaa jannat jaaye yaa dozaKh, hame.n qabr khudaaii se matlab hai.

Film : Shaukeen

Year of release : 1982

Spoken by : Jagdish (Utpal Dutt)

Spoken to : Om Prakash Chaudhary (Ashok Kumar)

Dialogue writer : Shaanii (Based on Samaresh Basu's story)

The recently released movie The Shaukeens reminded me of a dialogue from the older version. The three frustrated old men decide to take a vacation. Their destination is not quite decided, though they feel they should go to Nasik. They hire a driver Ravi (Mithun) who senses their purposelessness and suggests they should go to Goa. Jagdish initially does not like the idea as he had his mind set on Nasik, but after clarifying a few things, he agrees with this great line. 

Jagdish : maalish vaalish kaa intizaam?

Ravi : are sab hoyenga saab. jo kuchh bhi mangtaa hai naa, apun ko bolna. Apun sab dengaa

Om Prakash (butts in) : kyo.n Jagdish

Jagdish : are murdaa jannat jaaye yaa dozaKh, hame.n qabr khudaaii se matlab hai. chalo goa. 

And then they go to Goa. The rest as they say, is history. 

sochaa! ab sochnaa bhii shuru kar diyaa

Film : Golmaal

Year of release : 1979

Spoken by : Bhawani Shankar (Utpal Dutt)

Spoken to : Kalindi (Shubha Khote)

Dialogue writer : Dr. Rahi Maasoom Raza

I believe they remade this film as Bol Bachchan. Thank goodness neither Hrishida nor Dr Raza is alive. The original of course was a classic with beautifully scripted and delivered lines. This was one of them. This is part of the extremely funny scene where both Bhawani and his sister Kalindi are looking for Lucky (Amol Palekar). Bhawani is armed with a gun and Kalindi has a stout staff in her hand. While they are going around the house looking for Lucky, Kalindi  hits Bhawani on the head with a stout stick thinking that he is Lucky. An angry Bhawani says 

"kalindi ki bachchi yahaa.n kyaa kar rahee hai?"

An embarrassed Kalindi stutters,

"bhaiyyaa maine socha..."

Bhawani interrupts her and shouts

"sochaa! ab sochnaa bhii shuru kar diyaa"

"सोचा! अब सोचना भी शुरु कर दिया"

National dress kaa mazaaq nahee.n uDaaoge to broad-minded kaise kahe jaaoge

Film : Golmaal
Year of release : 1979
Spoken by : Bhawani Shankar (Utpal Dutt)
Spoken to : RC - Guest at party (Unknown)
Dialogue writer : Dr. Rahi Maasoom Raza

This is the scene where Bhawani Shankar sees Ramprasad's fake mother at a party in stark contrast to her simple white sari avatar that he had seen. This makes him smell a rat and leads to many interesting situations. He is sitting sipping his drink with a couple of his friends and lamenting (as usual) the state of affairs. He is wearing a bandgalaa suit while his friends are wearing the typical English suits. Here is that exchange.

"aaj kal party hotii kahaa.n hai. party ke naam par fashion parade hotii hai..  fancy dress show hotaa hai."

"tum kisme.n aaye ho, fashion parade me.n, yaa fancy dress show me.n ?"

"haa.n haa.n national dress kaa mazaaq nahee.n uDaaoge to broad-minded kaise kahe jaaoge. "
"हाँ हाँ, नॅशनल ड्रेस का मज़ाक़ नहीं उडाओगे तो ब्रॉड माइंडिड कैसे कहे जाओगे."

RC jhenp jaao bhai, bhawaani ne jawaab to munh toD diyaa hai.