Aadmi tabhi baDaa banta hai, jab baDe log usse milne ka intezaar kare.n

Film: Once upon a time in Mumbai

Year of release: 2010

Spoken by: Shoaib Khan (Emraan Hashmi)

Spoken to: Javed (Mehul Bhojak)

Dialogue writer: Rajat Arora

Sultan Mirza (Ajay Devgan) wants to enter politics. He leaves the Mumbai business in Shoaib's hands. Shoaib takes the business into an even more ambitious zone. He uses means that even Sultan would consider mean. He also gets used to glamour and glitz a la Sultan Mirza. At a 5 star hotel lobby his aide Javed tells him,
"Baahar singhaaniyaa kaafi der se intezaar kar rahaa hai"
Shoaib retorts with this now-famous line.

"Aadmi tabhi baDaa banta hai, jab baDe log usse milne ka intezaar kare.n...jaa do minute ke baad bhej dena use"

"आदमी तभी बड़ा बनता है, जब बड़े लोग उससे मिलने का इन्तिज़ार करें"

1 hr 53 minutes into the film.