Dialogue-Bhaaji!

Hindi movies are being made since ages. One thing is common in most of them....cliched dialogues! Themes and concepts keep changing (or so one can hope!!) but there are some lines that never change. And in a way, that's great, because those situations demand those lines, and they sound good only when written and said in that specific manner.

So, here goes a list of some cliched dialogues of Hindi cinema.

1. Bhagwan ke ghar der hain andher nahin
2. Maa...main first class first aaya hoon
3. Beta, maine tumhare liye gajar ka halwa banaya hain
4. Main tumhare bachche ki maa banane wali hoon
5. Bahar hi khade rahoge ya andar bhi aaoge
6. Main ______ ko aapke paas apni amanat samajhke chodke jaa raha hoon
7. Jug jug jiyo beta...bhagwan kare tumhe mere bhi umar lag jaye
8. Ab inhe dava ki nahi dua ki jaroorat hain
9. Kanoon ke haath bahut lambe hote hain
10. Agar tune maa ka doodh piya hain toh saamne aaa
11. Bachaooooooo....
12. Khamoshhhhh
13. Yeh tumhara judwa bhai hain jo bachpan mein kumbh ke mele mein bichad gaya tha
14. Tumne mujhe dhoka diya hain...main tumhe kabhi maaf nahi karoongi
15. Bhagwan jab deta hain to chappar faad ke deta hain
16. Uparwale pe bharosa rakho
17. Main tumhare bina jee nahi sakta...
18. Mujhe kuch der ke liye akela chod do...
19. Yeh dhamki nahi...chetavni hain...
20. Mera waqt aa gaya hain....tum apne chote bhai/behen ka khayal rakhna
21. Aaj tumhari maa/pitaji zinda hote toh unhe tumpar naaz hota
22. Agar tum meri nahin hui toh kisi aur ki nahi ho sakti...
23. Kalmoohiii....Tuney biradari mein hamari naak kata di...hume kahin ka nahi choda
24. Mubarak ho...ladka hua hain
25. Mubarak ho...aapke ghar chand jaisi beti aayi hain
26. ______ ko hosh aa gaya hain...ab aap unse mil sakte hain
27. Hum maa aur bachche mein se sirf ek ko bacha sakte hain
28. Dhyan rakhna...inka dil bahut kamjor hain...inhe koi sadma nahi pahunche
29. Mere dil mein ched/suraag hain
30. Yeh adaalat ki tauheen hain
31. Apni zabaan ko lagaam do
32. Naheeeeeeeee
33. Chodo mera haath....
34. Chodo mera haath.....aaaaa.....you are hurting me (this is the modern day version of #33)
35. Tum jis school mein padhte they hum uske principal reh chuke hain
36. Kuch aisa karo ki saap bhi mar jaye aur laathi bhi na toote
37. Tumne hamare khandan ka naam mitti mein mila diya
38. _____ karne se pehle tumhe meri laash per se gujarna hoga
39. Main _____ karke rahoonga.....rok sako toh rok lo
40. Yeh sunane se pehle mere kaan kyu nahi fat gaye
41. Hey bhagwan...yeh din dekhne se pehle yeh dharti kyu nahi fat gaye?
42. Kya yehi din dekhne ke liye maine tujhe paal-pos ke bada kiya tha
43. Tujhe meri kasam hain
44. Apne aadmiyon se kahon apne hathyar fek de
45. Yeh tumhe bahut mehenga padega...
46. Aage aage dekho hota hain kya
47. Sapno ki duniya se bahar aao
48. Sach ki hamesha jeet hoti hain
49. Maine aapka namak khaya hain
50. Mehmaan bhagwan ka roop hote hain...
51. Sharam aani chahiye tumhe...
52. Tumhe chullu bhar paani mein doob marna chahiye
53. Bhagwan tera lakh lakh shukar hain
54. Duniya ki koi bhi takat hum dono ko juda nahi kar sakti
55. Ghee agar seedhi ungli se nahi nikla toh ungli tedhi karni padti hain

This list of "Ghise-peete Repeate" dialogues seems to be going on forever. In short, these lines are the basis of our movies and inke bina hamari hindi filme adhoori hain.

Y(L)uck!

The only reason why I ended up watching "Luck" was because I was taking a road trip in a bus, and I was not sleepy enough! I "had to" watch the movie that was being screened to keep myself from getting bored to death in the 8 hr journey.

Well, the film didn't quite last the entire time but it might as well have since it was so entertaining! Before you jump to wrong conclusions, I mean that it's entertainment value lies in the fact that it was completely brainless, absolutely silly, and just enough to keep you engaged to see what stupid thing comes next. If I were to review it professionally, I wouldn't dare give it more than 2 out of 10!

The basic plot involves a Mafia boss Karim Moosa (Sanjay Dutt) recruiting "lucky" people from all over the world with the help of his 'right-hand-man' Tamaang (Danny Denzongpa). The idea is to engage these poor, needy folks in a series of life-threatening tasks and make money from bets placed by rich idiots globally. The chosen lucky ones include heavily-in-debt Ram Mehra (Imran Khan), "badla"-seeking Ayesha/Natasha (Shruti Hassan), terminal-wife-to-save Major Jawar Pratap Singh (Mithun Chakraborty), escaped-from-death-row serial killer Raghav (Ravi Kishen), sold-by-parents Shortcut (Chitrashi Rawat), and other firang dudes and dudettes.

From day one it is a game with the basic principle of "survival of the luckiest". Everyday is a matter of life and death...only the luckiest can survive until the end! Each game is more stupid than the previous. There are guns held to each other's head while everyone stands in a circle, there are parachutes, sharks and burning trains. Jaise purane filmo mein bolte they.."aap ko dava ki nahi dua ki jaroorat hain"...waise isme sabko "luck ki jaroorat hain". In addition, there is also a "the script definitely didn't demand it" bikini scene with Shruti Hassan...it is a pathetic attempt to add some oomph value!

However, the last scene takes the cake for me...here's how it goes (sorry for the spoiler but I couldn't resist the temptation! :D)

Imran Khan is the last man standing ("koi shaque" ;) ). He challenges Sanjay Dutt to a shooting game. Each one has a gun with a single bullet. Both fire simultaneously...the luckiest one will survive. As luck would have it, both hit the mark and for a moment one begins to think that both of their "lucks" gave out. However, Moosa survives with the bullet hitting his arm and as far as Ram is concerned.......

wait for it.....

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he survives because his heart is not where it was supposed to be! It is on the right side instead of the left! It was hillarious to hear the doctor say it, and more hillarious to see the bewilderment on Imran Khan's face! Damn...he found this out after more than 20-25 yrs of his life...kya maa-baap kabhi usko doctor ke paas nahi leke gaye?

To add to this silliness, the "Aazma luck" track plays in the background all through the movie. Listening between the lines, it might actually mean "aazma patience aur sahanshakti" to the audience.

"Luck" is supposed to be an action flick but the action scenes lack "dum". The action sequences seem like poor rip-offs from Hollywood movies! The dialogues are cheesy and don't make much of an impact. I would have personally appreciated if they didn't bother to include any songs...just a good background score would have sufficed!

As far as the performances are concerned, Sanjay Dutt and Danny "puck"au you with their endless banter about luck and how Sanju baba is the luckiest dude ever! In my honest opinion, Imran Khan should stick to romantic, chocolate-boy roles...action doesn't quite suit him. Else his luck might give up on him and he might end up as a "one film wonder". Shruti Hassan didn't get a good launchpad as one would have thought about for Kamal Hassan's daughter. She has a lot of work to do as far as her acting and dialogue delivery is concerned. Mithunda is "than"da with cheesy lines like "koi shaque". Ravi Kishen and Chitrashi Rawat have done pretty well in their characters.

All in all, you better duck, because "Luck" sucks, is not worth the buck, and is full of muck...LOL!