Best phrases in Hindi Cinema

The face of films has changed over the years. From a Mother India to a Munnabhai, we sure have come a long way. All these movies came and went, but some of the memorable dialogues of these movies stay on to become part of our idiom.

I asked the youngsters some of their favourite lines of the movies and find out some brilliant, romantic and silliest phrases. Take a look…

Priyanka Kini, an art student
“Amar Prem: 1971
“Pushpa, I hate tears.... inhe ponch dalo.”
Evergreen Rajesh Khanna said this dialogue to a sobbing Sharmila Tagore in the immortal love story Amar Prem.

Sonya Khan, Sales & Marketing Executive
“Pakeezah: 1972
“Aapke paon dekhe, bahut haseen hai. Inhe zameen par mat utariyega, maile ho jayenge.”
The nation sighed when Raj Kumar left this poetic note to Meena Kumari in the movie Pakeezah.

Mubashir Usmani, Mass Media student
“Sholay: 1975
“Kitne aadmi the?”
Amjad Khan played the famously feared dacoit Gabbar Singh to perfection in this 1975 classic.

Niketa Naik, an Interior designer
“Deewar: 1975
“Main aaj bhi pheke hue paise nahin uthata.”
Amitabh Bachchan’s voice had your skin tingling when he taught us a thing or two about self-respect.

Ashray Khanderkar, Science student
“Deewar: 1975
“Aaj mere paas paisa hai, bangla hai, gaadi hai, kya hai tumhaare paas?
“Mere paas maa hai.”
Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor put the morality vs materialism debate in a nutshell with this exchange in Deewar.

Viral Joshi, an event coordinator
“Sholay: 1975
“Hum angrezon ke zamaane ke jailor hain.”
Asrani’s Great Dictator-inspired character had everyone in splits when he warned prisoners with a lathi.

Hiren Desai, Advertising Student
“Sholay: 1975
"Tumhara naam kya hai, Basanti?"
We can never forget this funny dialogue of Amitabh Bachchan which is said sarcastically to Hema Malini

Kuldeep Jalan, Advertising student
“Kaaliya: 1981
“Hum jaha pe khade ho jaate hein, line wahi se shuru hoti hai.”
Amitabh Bachchan said with poise in a jail when a person who disterving food said him to be in a cue.

Abhishek Shah, Sales and Marketing Executive
“Souten: 1983
“Jinke ghar sheeshe ke hote hai, woh batti bujha ke kapde badalte hain.”
A villainous Prem Chopra said these words. What happens in daylight, we wonder!

Ramesh Bansode, clerk, Bank of India
“Shahenshah: 1988
“Rishte mein to hum tumhare baap lagte hain, naam hai Shahenshah,”
Who can forget an over-the-hill but stylish Amitabh Bachchan and his studded leather jacket in Shahenshah?

Shweta Damankar, Teacher, Oxford School
“Baazigar: 1993
“Kabhi kabhi kuch jeetne ke liye kuch haarna bhi padta hai, aur haar ke jeetnay wale ko baazigar kehte hain.”
Shah Rukh Khan`s signature line comes when he meets Kajol on the racetrack for the first time in Baazigar.

Manish Solanki, Account Executive
“Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge: 1995
“Bade bade deshon mein, aisi choti choti baatein hoti rehti hain, Senorita.”
A dimpled SRK played the lover boy to perfection in the India`s biggest ever hit.

Kushdeep Singh, Entertainment student
“Devdas: 2002
“Babuje ne kaha gaon chor do, maa ne kaha haveli chor do, sab ne kaha paro ko chor do, paro ne kaha sharab chor do, phir ek din ayega jab woh kahega ke duniya hai chor do.”
Shahrukh Khan at his best in the Sanjay leela bhansali's classic DEVDAS.

Juhi Verma, student
“Om Shanti Om: 2007
“Jab bhi kissi cheez ko dil se chaho
to puri qayanaat usse tumse milane mein lag jaati hain.”
Shahrukh Khan expressed his passion to Shreyas Talpade in the Om Shanti Om.

Niyati Bane, a commercial art student
“Om Shanti Om: 2007
“Pictue abhi baki hain mere dost.”
SRK to Sreyas Talpade.

Today, we are celebrating our 61st year of Independence. Indian cinema played a vital role in the history of India. Pre-independence, the kind of films being made in India was full of patriotic fervour, full of messages and full of morality. On the other side, Independence brought with it a freedom that was creative in the extreme and this was reflected in our films.

Here are some films which successfully depicted Patriotic theme in the movies:
Gandhi (1982), directed by Richard Attenborough,
Shaheed (1948), Diip Kumar starrer,
Naya Daur (1957),
Jagruti (1954), old, starring Abhi Bhattacharya,
Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (1960), made by Raj Kapoor,
Old film Sangram (1993),
Leader (1964), Dilip Kumar starrer,
Nastik (1983), made by I.S. Johar
Son of India (1931), directed by Mehboob Khan